A little bit of stitchery

I have had this little piece of fabric for about 20yrs or so

It came from a printed cushion panel, in fact I have two of them, they were printed alonside the main cushion square just using up space on the fabric I guess.

I came across it while searching for fabric to make myself a little case.

I thought it was a bit plain and not really my style so I decided to

 play around with the little heart print with some beautiful Oliver Twist space dyed thread

fluff up the sheep

 with a bit of needle felting and couched on some looped yarn, gave them a nice crimson yarn collar

and satin stitched the legs in a lighter colour.

add a couple of trees

and some more french knots because I enjoy stitching them

I resisted adding beads ,

 just wanted to be able to feel the texture of the stitches

I added a little bit of wool blanket offcut to the back before I started the stitching as I needed it to be thicker and padded.

and some lovely blue velvet I have had in my stash for ever

backed this too with with wool blanket offcut

and machine stitched a little tree

stitched them together

 to make a much needed glasses case for my handbag,
  another project complete and more of my stash used up

Thanks for stopping by

Yvonne x