Kingfisher

I have found my new summer holiday piece: Kingfisher. I have bought this kit more than 10 years ago, when I was expecting our son - he is going to be 12 next Spring, so maybe it happened 12 years ago... It is part of a series of birds by Anchor, where I finished the Bluetits, the Red Robins, and this Kingfisher was sadly sitting among my kits to be started. There is an aida in the kit, and I have moved to linen a long time ago, but somehow I was in a nostalgic mood and I thought using some easy aida with fairly low count and not too many colors could be a good choice. 

Actually it is quite a lots of colors, and seems a few only because I compare it to my Chatelaines, but definitely easy to have a kit with me when I am packing for a holiday. The central bird is ready, the wood it is sitting on will be the next, and also the missing triangle, which will be some leaves overlapping the central bird.

Pomarium border

The border of Pomarium is back on the frame. All the little apples are waiting to be picked, just like the 5 triangle flowers. Now I am adding the trees before I am moving the hoop.

Chatelaine: Pomarium

Fonal/Floss: DMC + many silks as suggested in the kit

Anyag/Fabric: Zweigart antique white 32 ct Belfast

All the trees are done, lets move!

Pomarium 4th garden

 I have finished the 4th garden in Pomarium, only the border and the corner trees are missing. And of course, the beading!

It is huge!!!

Chatelaine: Pomarium

Fonal/Floss: DMC + many silks as suggested in the kit

Anyag/Fabric: Zweigart antique white 32 ct Belfast

Pillows

I was waiting for 5 minutes of free time since Spring to fix my husband's pillow. He is using a long pillow, and it was quite used, and low on feather, so he got a new one. The old one was sitting in a corner of the wardrobe to be fixed as a couch pillow. After several months I took the 5 minutes and cut it to a smaller sized cover and created a perfectly stuffed little pillow. I need only a new sheet to use it!

When I ordered a fabric for my sister-in-law I also ordered a stuffing material. I chosed a big one (5kg) of siliconed puff, and it came in a huge packet. I sewed up 3 pillowcases and stuffed them (~650g each). They still look a little bit bumpy, but I will smoothen them out soon.

The original huge bag

The remaining stuffing material - still a lot!

A bag for my sister-in-law

My sister-in-law is a physiotherapist, and when needed, she also takes her folding therapy bed for visits. The cover was kind of falling apart, and she asked me whether I can make a replacement. This was my first time with waterproof material, but I said I will give a try - and I did. 

I found online a good place to buy durable fabric (hektor extra 400D, 325 g/m at k-elme, could be even stronger). It turned out quite easy to sew, the most difficult part was the measuring of the original (90x75cm)! I took the original zipp and main strap, for the smaller handstrap I made a new one. I added a sidepocket with covers as well. I also realised that my velcro had adhesive on the back and it killed 2 of my strongest needles, so I skipped it.

Cherry

The last arch is ready!!! Cherry on the cake, no more confetti tree background, all the arches are done!

Chatelaine: Pomarium

Fonal/Floss: DMC + many silks as suggested in the kit

Anyag/Fabric: Zweigart antique white 32 ct Belfast

Pomarium - Apple

Last week I have finished the apple tree in the last but one arch, there is only the cherry remained. The confetti flowers took quite a while to stitch, but putting it on the blog was even more time consuming :)

Chatelaine: Pomarium

Fonal/Floss: DMC + many silks as suggested in the kit

Anyag/Fabric: Zweigart antique white 32 ct Belfast