Hockey season's here

My brother recently started playing for a new ice hockey team - London's Haringey Racers - I thought I'd craft a little keepsake to mark the start of his first season with them. So I enjoyed a couple of hours sat with some felt and threads designing a felt version of their away hockey shirts.

I think it turned out really well, and he was certainly pleased with it. Maybe some hockey themed Christmas decorations should follow.

A little bit of embroidery

At the end of last week I saw a post on the Glee and cakes blog of a lovely piece of embroidery. This reminded me how much I enjoyed embroidery when I finished a couple of small individual motifs a while ago. So I raided the fabric stash for a piece of plain material, some threads and a needle and got going.

You can draw the design straight on to the fabric using washable fabric pencils. Once the design was drawn out it was time to start sewing - picking difference stitch types as I went. I decided I wanted quite a simple look so I chose to use only three colours of thread throughout - blue, white and purple. I also only used four types of stitch - lazy daisy, chain stitch, couching, and french knots.

I really like the finished design and the process of making it. Now just to decide what design to do next...