Gifts

For the past few days, I’ve been working on and off on this:

It’s a fabric covered box based loosely on a project from one of my Japanese books. I figured it wouldn’t be too difficult to follow the instructions (that is, guess the intructions based solely on the images), because they provided measurements for all the pieces in Arabic numerals, so all the measuring had been done for me. That’s what I figured, but I went wrong at about every turn. The base is supposed to be 2.5mm wider than the body of the box all the way around, yet mine was practically the same size. And so on.

So the box is seriously wonkified here and there, but I’m still really pleased with the end result. I keep tying up the ribbon and admiring it, and then having to undo it so I can peer inside the box. It’s lined with flocked paper, which I adore — I wish I had a fabric version too! I made the box for somebody else, so I might have to do a slightly different version for myself soon.
And to end, some pretty flowers Rob gave me. They’re sitting here in my craft room, in my little aqua pitcher, looking ever so sweet.