Needle and Thread memories
For sometime now I have been playing with the idea of using my old tracing wheel on a card. Today was the day. Here is the card I created to share with a group of ladies at a local community craft group: A close up of the detail of lines created using the tracing wheel. This card is clean and simple and you could easily add more detail if you wanted - why not inks and ink splatters, a scissor charm, more stamping of a ruler or sewing lines - the opportunities are endless. My mother was a tailoress/dressmaker and she passed on her skills to me as a young child. I would read her Ladies Home Journal magazine from cover to cover many times over the years - the lady image reminds me of that time. These magazines came complete with paper patterns and I recall that Mum made several of the family's outfits from them. I loved the stories that were of the film stars and the clothes that they wore. I did sewing/needlework as a subject a school where we were t...