Mirror, mirror, in my hand....

Mirrors! Yet more work on the xmas presents... Again, this is the Molly Mine purse pattern, with various colors of cotton fabric and foam core to give it stability. The mirror material is adhesive-backed vinyl from Specialty-graphics, who sells it by the foot ($2 per foot for 15" width), and shipped it out really fast (arrived within 3 days for standard postal shipping). This is a poor scan, since you cannot actually tell the mirrors reflect nicely. The flexible material does create some distortion, but the overall effect is pretty spectactular considering the price of materials.

More photos of toys

Some toys....

Along with the play money from Molly Mine, I also purchased a purse pattern and roadsigns. I'm going to be making presents for some children I know (so if you know one of these children, please don't give away the secret)

Some edits to the purse design were necessary - first and foremost the design files are meant for one single purse to be constructed at a time. This isn't very practical when I have a large number (8? 10?) on my 'to do' list. So I used Embird to edit the files - merging several copies onto the same hooping. In addition, some files were stitch-edited such that colors and outlines were done in an order that makes the higher volume easier (join multiple instances of the same color, run all applique stitches together, etc). I'm still working out the kinks, but it's much faster than one-off.