A make a month October 2010

It has been a while since I last participated "a make a month group" at Flickr.  The object of the group is to make a dent in the hoard of materials/books/patterns/etc and share the finished work and/or on-going project with the group monthly.  I have just finished the ruffled scarf and would like to share with you, too, as well as the group.

If you are interested in the group, here is a link to Flickr for you to join or admire other lovely works.  If you are interested in buying one for you (or winter holiday gift), here is a link to my Etsy Shop.  Thank you.

Share Your Thimbles October 2010

It's time to start a new photo sharing at Flickr and everyone is welcome.

General Rules:

1.  The thimbles (or any other rings) have to be your own work.

2.  Although the group name says "thimbles", your work is not necessarily a thimble and you can make your rings in any size you would like, as small as a focal bead for the necklace or as big as a bracelet, or even bigger.


3. As stated above, they have to be your own work however, you can use the ring base from the kit if you choose to do so. It may not seem to be fair, considering I sell the kits, however, they are many other kits available (at least in Japan) and some of you may be able to obtain them, and it is definitely not fair to exclude the people brave enough to share their first work with us from the group.

4. Your work has to be done with only forward stitches. No weaving or back stitches at this time.

5. You can use any material, and in any colours, you would like.

6. Please state the size of the mould on which you formed your ring base in the description field of the photo. Please also mention what threads and padding you used, too, so that we could compare notes. In case you bought one of my kits, here are the size and materials: "first thimble" is 50mm in circumference and Tire Silk size 9 & floss silk padding. "small pincushion" is 61mm in circumference and Tire Silk size9 & floss silk padding. "medium pincushion" is 103mm and Tire Silk size 16 & knitting yarn for padding.

7. You can upload as many photo as you like.  You can upload several photos of one thimble if you choose to do so.

8. The closing date is 21st of October 2010, Japan time. Please note that we are 9 hours ahead of GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) in Japan.

Now you can start uploading from here.


We are going to have a lucky draw at the end, too.  One lucky winner will receive the thimble of my contribution to this month's photo sharing which shown as above.  In order to enter the draw, please leave a message at the discussion board at Flickr under the subject of "Thimbles of October 2010".  As stated above, you can upload as many photos as you like however, you can enter the draw only once.

For those of you who are not a thimble stitcher or who chose not to join the group this month, you can still participate in the group as we participants of the group would love to have your comments left to the photos uploaded.  When you click the photo at Flickr, you will find a dialogue box in which to leave your comment.   I (and I believe you, too) would be so excited when someone left me a comment.   Please come visit us at Flickr.

Share Your Thimble -- September 2010

This month we had three participants to my monthly thimble photo sharing group at Flickr.  There were only one participant up until the very last minute and it worried me a lot.  Thank you for those of you who participated and those of you who visited Flickr to admire our works.  I will continue the photo sharing and look forward to seeing your works there next month, too.

As before we had a lucky draw and the lucky winner who got the thimble as a prize is Quiltsummse from Germany.  Quiltsummse, I will contact you about shipping later. 

I have not been contacted by the last month's winner, Dorian E, yet, for shipping information.  Dorian, if you read this, please send me an e-mail at chloe_patricia (at) hotmail (dot) co (dot) jp for shipping information.

Share Your Thimbles September 2010

Are you ready for this month's "share your thimbles"?  You can start uploading your thimbles from here at Flickr.  The rules are the same as before:

1.  The thimbles (or any other rings) have to be your own work.

2.  Although the group name says "thimbles", your work is not necessarily a thimble and you can make your rings in any size you would like, as small as a focal bead for the necklace or as big as a bracelet, or even bigger.

3.  As stated above, they have to be your own work however, you can use the ring base from the kit if you choose to do so.  If may not be fair, considering I sell the kits, however, they are many other kits available (at least in Japan) and some of you may be able to obtain them, and it is definitely not fair to exclude the people from sharing their first work with us.

4.  Your work has to be done with only forward stitches.  No weaving or back stitches at this time.

5.  You can use any material, and in any colours, you would like.

6.  Please state the size of the mould on which you formed your ring base in the description field of the photo. Please also mention what threads and padding you used, too, so that we could compare notes. In case you bought one of my kits, here are the size and materials: "first thimble" is 50mm in circumference and Tire Silk size 9 & floss silk padding. "small pincushion" is 61mm in circumference and Tire Silk size9 & floss silk padding. "medium pincushion" is 103mm and Tire Silk size 16 & knitting yarn for padding.

7.  You can upload as many photo as you like.

8. The closing date is 21st of September 2010, Japan time. Please note that we are 9 hours ahead of GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) in Japan.

Now you can start uploading from here.

We are going to have a lucky draw this month, too, at the end and one lucky winner will get the thimble of my contribution to this month's photo sharing, shown above.  In order to enter the draw, please leave a message at discussion board at Flickr under the subject of "thimbles of September 2010".    You can upload as many as you like but you can enter the draw only once.

Let's start stitching the thimble and please come join us here at Flickr. 

** Dear Dorian, you are the winner of the last month's draw.  Please contact me for your shipping address.  My e-mail address is chloe_patricia(at)hotmail(dot)co(dot)jp

flower basket

I have been kind of hibernating during summer months and as predicted I have not worked on the embroidery project during summer but in about a month the autumn course will commence so I have to start threading the needles and work on the on-going project, seriously.

I have made a little progress since June, but not much as you can see, and the peony petals as well as leaves still need a lot of work but it looks rather nicer, if I may say so myself, now that the centre of the flower is done.  I truly hope I would be able to make more progress before the course starts on 30th September.

*** shop update ***

This is just a reminder that tomorrow (Japan time) is the last day before you can shop at the current price at my shop although the new item (24 cards of silk thread) will remain the same price.