june joys:sewing

A while back I was delighted to win a blogaversary 

bucket giveaway over at maya*made,

and I got to pick from several motifs,

 so I asked for scissors.

The bucket catches spools, bobbins, safety pins...

whatever my current project requires.

Maya's is one of the first blogs I ever started following,

and it remains one of my favorites.

I thought it only right to send her a little treat as well,

so this morning I made some balsam sachets,

with needles from our very own trees.

I followed instructions in this lovely book,

a gift from our Stewart and his Dawn.

I added my own homemade birch bark buttons,

because I am pretty sure Maya will appreciate them.

Most of my sewing supplies are still packed away, 

waiting for a rehabbed sewing studio,

and my wrist has recently been freed 

from a cumbersome splint (ugh!), 

so I was really, really happy to get this simple project done.