Strawberry Photo Board

Last summer I was asked by a lovely lady here in Sheffield

if I could make her a strawberry shaped photo board. 

It was going to be a present for her bestest friend who loves
strawberries. What she wanted was sort of like those fabric covered
notice boards with ribbons crisscrossing at the front
to hold papers, cards, etc.
I've never made one before but decided to give it a go.
It wasn't needed til November so I had time to come up with
a design and plan.

I started off by cutting out a giant strawberry shape from

 two pieces of red spotty fabric then appliqued the leaves onto one of

them using blanket stitch.

Then I did a bit of embroidery before sewing both pieces of fabric

wrong sides together with the stalk then turned it right sides out.

I used medium interfacing on both sides to help hold its shape.

Instead of ribbons I attached these wooden pegs to the front

to hold photos.

Here it is stuffed and padded 

and all finished.

I was hoping it was what the lovely lady had in mind and
luckily it was. She liked it so much she gave me
the nicest compliment and paid me extra for my work!
Hurray!
Hoping to hear from her soon. Fingers crossed her friend will
love it too!



Thanks for reading!
See you soon!

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