~*Lotsa Punching!*~

Oxford Punches and Needlepunches!

Hello Dear Friends!

Sharing some of my recent finishes... and a little work in progress...

before...

Old stool...

Paper mache' and wood boxes with paint drying...

And after...

Several Needlepunch pieces...

The Hand & Heart piece is made with inspiration from Lori Brechlin's design in HeartFelt from Notforgotten Farm.  I had posted in an early post that I needed the design larger and wasn't near the tools to enlarge her pattern directly... so I traced my own fat, hand and drew the rest freehand.  *Wink* 

I used wool yarn and wool strips to make the Oxford punched, top for this old stool.  The stool was found at an auction or garage sale long ago.  I added a little glue to the stool itself to tighten it up and some paste wax to liven up the wool... and then... I wanted the finished top look just as old as the stool.  It seems to be old looking!

 Lots of scraps for a nice Hit n' Miss piece!

 I tacked a 'roughly' cut piece of cutter quilt to the underside... again just trying to make the stool finish look good and old!

The white spots you can see are from the camera flash.  The actual punched top, in person, doesn't show any 'bald' spots.

 

As for the work in progress... I have this old frame to fill...

 with another Oxford punch.  My hope is that this Santa will be old and prim looking when he is finished!

Wishing you all warm smiles...

Betty