day 14

The fourteenth day of the Moomin Advent calendar is open and I realise that we are falling behind with preparations.

Cat sketches for a Christmas order; fox and cat cushions off to Northumberland soon. Have decided there will be zig zag stitch in 2014.

Meanwhile the solar system is being recreated around me.

solar

And difficult choices are being made; would 0.3, 0.5 or 0.7 width line be best. In the end Faber Castell Pitt F was decided upon

Tags advent, cat, moomins

By anna osborne

Living in East Anglia with my family and sewing machine I cover empty surfaces with scraps of fabric, search for treasure at Emmaus and the Red Cross jumble sales and take immense pleasure from making freehand machine embroidered textiles for the curious and discerning.

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