Secret UFOs - the sewing phenomenon

You know they are out there! They lurk in their thousands across the globe. They are every creative, crafty woman's little secret, as they lurk and tease you from their dark sequestered hiding places. Usually found pushed right to the back of a designated 'UFO shelf' in your craft or sewing cupboard. You will sometimes catch a glimpse of them. You find yourself hoping that the sewing pixies will come and visit your house in the still of the night and somehow finish those UnFinished Objects for you.

In the still of my nights this week, I found myself picking up a UFO that I had started way back in 2003 :) I have always loved embroidering by hand, it's soothing to my soul, and this Stumpwork Embroidery of 'Gum Leaves with blossom' and 'Red Bottlebrush', has been a pure pleasure, albeit a long one! I had found the pattern for it in an Australian Craft magazine and although the magazine has long found a new home, my unfinished embroidery had decided that this was its' home and has sat there for all those years . . .waiting . . . It has felt so good to complete it. It has renewed my inspirations.

So it's back to my drawing board to finish off writing my new patterns. Oh, and to frame my new embroidery work too . . . so that I know in my heart that it is completely done and no longer a secret UFO!

Rosy wishes,