Driving myself crazy in 4 easy lessons

There is a Japanese thimble project in the book I got for Christmas, and they were so darn cute an colorful that I just had to make one. But for something this small and quick to whip up, the frustration level was pretty high- but that's not the book's fault. You can tell I was stressed by checking the upper left hand photo, a tell-tale sign of having a death grip on the needle because it is bent. While making this I realized 4 things:

- I should never ever attempt to embroider anything again without my glasses, and I should get new ones.
- When trying out an embroidery stitch I haven't done in ages, please test drive the needle on a fabric scrap first.
- French felt, which is cheap and thinner than cigarette paper, is a pain to sew and does not mix well with chirimen silk.
- This was cute and different to make, but I should stop messing about with small stuff and make something bigger.

Comments

[Kim C]

It looks very cute and small~!

[Crafticus Muchimus]

this is totally my next project (a friend brought back kimono scraps from a recent trip to Japan); thank you for the advice :)