Renewed

 A few years ago, I made some little felt key-rings in the shape of cats and dogs as a fundraiser for the charity Lord Malarkey works for. Yesterday, one of his colleagues showed him the key-ring she bought back then and it was looking fairly tatty to say the least. On its last little doggy legs, in fact. Lord M sent me a photo and, to be honest, I was amazed it had survived for so many years. 

Anyway, I offered to make his colleague a new key ring, so Lord M duly brought the tatty old specimen home with him so I could use it as a pattern and this afternoon I made the replacement. And here it is:

A little pink ‘n’ purple job. The pink is similar to one of the corporate colours of the charity. The purple is not. I reused what was left of the original stuffing, plus the ring to which keys are attached, but the rest was unsalvageable. 

The thing is, whilst I was rootling around in my arty crafty room for the relevant materials, I found a couple of unfinished sewing projects that I had completely forgotten about. This one, for example: 

Spring…

Summer…

Autumn…

Winter…

My vision, when I began this project, was to attach all the leaves as a border for each tree, then bring all four pieces together as a single 3-D picture. I think I need to add more snow to Winter. Maybe a little robin in the tree to add a splash of colour. 

And then there are these…

…some little bead blackberries. I think I was going to embroider some 3-D bramble leaves and mount it all in a small box frame. 

I really enjoyed making the key-ring. I’ve barely done any sewing in the last four years and I think it might be time to start again.