Goodies for the Seamstress

I love handsewing but always seem to lose my best needles. I finally figured something out, I can make a little Needlebook with the 8 inch sample prints I ordered from Spoonflower. This way all those test squares get used and I can make something lovely and useful with them. Here is a photo of how they look.

I found some lovely larger buttons for the closures, the wool pages are made from wonderful wool I bought from a great shop on Etsy, QuiltingAcres. She has great eye candy wool and I buy it whenever I have extra money. What have you made with your Spoonflower test samples?

Bird Fanatic

I seem to gravitate towards Birds this time of year, they have started to chirp in the mornings when the sun comes out for a few minutes. I have found a few lovely and interesting Bird items on Etsy and thought I would share a couple of them.

 This one may be found here

This one may be found here

Both are top quality prints and would look great on any wall. I think it would be neat to see cartoony birds like this flying around outside my windows.