Kylie Bag

 I've added another Kasia Jacquot bag to my collection over the Easter weekend. 

Back in February. I set another linen, this time Kylie, into a hoop to take up when I needed a break from knitting. It was only on Maundy Thursday, as I was starting another knitting project, that I decided an embroidery project was called for.

The hooped linen was waiting and I plunged in.

As always, it was a lot of fun. I began with the leaves, sticking to a simple herringbone to allow the linen colour to show beneath, then moved on to satin stitch in the buds. I had a quick look at the examples on Kasia's website, then plunged in on my own, deciding as I went along.

I hesitated over the blue heart, settling on a crow's foot that I'm rather pleased with.

 I finished the embroidery late on Easter Saturday.

On Sunday morning I ironed the linen, pinned it on to the bag, changed the thread in my sewing machine, and stitched the linen on.

It has joined the bunch of these bags hanging in my sewing room, awaiting ownership.  I haven't checked, but I think I have four more panels to work before disposal becomes an issue.

As I've said before, these are satisfying and interesting projects to work, not the least because they give scope for continuity, variation and whim - a welcome break from the (equally attractive) repetitive discipline of knitting.