O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay! I’m not sure Lewis Carroll ever knew the delight of finally finishing a piece of needlework that you’ve been working on for yonks, but I’m sure that subliminally that’s what he was referring to in Jabberwocky. The Floral Lace Variation Felted Buttonhole Edge is finished, and I like the way it looks. One down, eighteen to go . And just to satisfy your curiosity as to how it eventually came out, here are the front, the back (a little less regular than I’d hoped, but it’ll have to do), and a close-up of those awkward wisps of burgundy felt that are peeping through the buttonhole stitches – though from a distance fortunately not too noticeably.

You may wonder how “postage” made it into this post’s title. Not because it has anything whatsoever to do with buttonholing, but because I’m getting rather fed up with constant increases in postage, especially when sending stuff abroad. My apologies especially to those of you living in Australia, as Royal Mail have made you more expensive to send to than anyone else, and so I’ve had to create a special postage category for you on the Squissors, Kits & more page.

On a more positive note: if all goes well a new addition will soon be coming to that page, as I’m putting to the finishing touches to a new set of kits. Watch this space!