I’ve been meaning to sew up a set of needle rolls as a gift for quite some time now. This week I finally freed up the sewing machine and set to work. I find them easier to do in multiples of two and these took a few hours to cut out and a morning to assemble and press. The rest of the box was packed up pronto and a visit to postmistress Karen soon followed. Hopefully the recipient will enjoy them!

Here’s the full costume for best effect. The sword was  gussied up during art metals class with a coat of black paint all over and then red paint down on the tip. The helmet is borrowed from a friend and will be a template for the next big art metals project. The non-smudge black paint stayed on fairly well throughout the day (some rubbed off where the helmet presses) and washed off fairly easily. The felt cross and flames need to be stitched on. I was afraid to do that on the sewing machine since I have very little experience with applique but this morning it occurs to me I could easily sew that on by hand so I’ll have to remedy that later this week.