Andrea received her Spring Exchange :)

My Spring exchange on the SBEBB reached Andrea in the UK in only two days - I mailed it on Monday and she received it yesterday.

I did not know Andrea beforehand, but as soon as Jo, who organized the exchange (thanks Jo!), sent me her name and blog address, I evidently started to stalk her. I was very impressed by the quality and finery of her work: Andrea was certainly setting me a high standard! At the same time, I realized we seemed to have pretty similar tastes.

I finally decided on a needlebook:

The design is a free alphabet by Tournicoton. You'll find the design on this website, in the category "Les entrevues de créateurs". I changed the colour scheme to use only green and a floss dyed by a French designer, Marion. The shade is Magnolia, but I find all her threads equally mouth-watering.

I made rosebud pins with Polymer Clay to go inside the case - those are all the rage among French stitchers. You can buy them of course, but I thought it might be fun to try my hand at making them myself!

Here's the whole exchange, minus a Spring-themed French stitching magazine which I bought at the last minute.

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I completed all the stitching on the Petal fairy yesterday night and hope I can bead tonight! I don't know how long this will take though - I haven't done such a huge amount of beading before, since the Petal Fairy is my first large project. Any pointers on this?

Have a great day everyone!