Eyelets Smilets

I am making a gown for a re-enactor usually referred to as the Greenland gown. The original was found in a burial in Greenland!

I just finished stitching fifty eyelets on the eXcellence 7400, an absolutely wonderful sewing machine manufactured by Elna. I called this post Eyelets Smilets because it was so easy, I was smiling!

More details to come!

Needlework Post Frustration

Working on the final needlework pillow post again. It has halted at least waiting for additional pictures. I know I've taken some detailed ones I can't find. And no, they are not on my camera. I probably can't recreate them now. grrrrr

So I thought I would show you a couple of the ones that won't be included in the post.

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First is checking to see how much I was able to square up the canvas before trimming it.

Second is an edge of the trimmed canvas and the strips trimmed off. It was impossible to use the worked border because the needlework wouldn't return to true square. Note that some of the worked border has become seam allowance. That's okay too.