A few years ago I picked up a wool ironing mat from a crafting/quilting fair -it's been brilliant and I use it all the time when I'm sewing - among other things it's a pin cushion and a place to pin little scraps that I'm working with. The downside is that I often pick up fibres from it while sewing and end up picking them out of the embroideries with tweezers! So this week I decided to cover one side of the mat with some smooth cotton fabric. I blanket stitched it all around the sides - this means the covered side can be used for sewing and I can flip it over for ironing - the embroidery doesn't get flattened when ironed face down on the wool side.
I'm sewing my way through some more little garden themed collages - we get a lot of sea mists in the mornings living so close to the water and I love the way the garden peeps through in such lovely soft muted colours.
The corners of the mat were a bit hit and miss and are all different, giving it a very individual look!!
I'm linking up with Sarah over at WOYWW this week.
