Stitched postcard swap

Alas, I have no creative mojo at the moment, and after a couple of hours embroidering a clock that I later decided was crap and chucked away, this simple effort ending up being my stitched postcard:

Plus I was running late, but I hope my partner liked it.

The text is from the following quote, as the theme was Time:
“Time is too slow for those who wait,
too swift for those who fear,
too long for those who grieve,
too short for those who rejoice,
but for those who love, time is eternity.”

~Henry van Dyke

More on the swap over here.
In the meantime, I check the mail hoping that the post gremlins haven't devoured mine.

Pincushion swappy - out

As my partner will get her pincushion pressie soon, I thought I'd put a couple of pics on the blog. After pondering hedgehogs, pears and jar pincushions, I ended up going for a simple rectangle, as my sewing mojo is still lacking and when faced with the machine now, anything too taxing ends in cranky pants.


At the moment you get the back view of the pincushion as the front will give the recipient's identity away.


And the little sewing kit is fashioned out of an recycled choccy truffles tin from yonks ago, with bits and bobs stuck on by yours truly. I've also included some chocolate and a little bag of random cutesy stuff. True to my stash bust, I didn't buy anything new for this...besides the chocolate, obviously.

Hope you like it Ms Swap Partner!

PS. I haven't forgotten that I promised someone a bundle of desk-ish stuff as a result of my desk drawer post from a few weeks back. While I'm on a roll, I'll do that later this afternoon.