My ''happy cloth'' from class now has a surface pocket which is embroidered and titivated and which is also crammed with Suffolk puffs.....Suffolk puffs which are securely attached to the lining. I am at the stage now with this where it's all coming together, almost finished in terms of embellishment for the surface. At the moment there are a few panels which need to be attached to the main piece. The loose panels are mostly held together with tacking/basting...waiting for me to join them to the main piece with fancy seams, bullion loops and little tiny stab stitches.
Over the next couple of days I am hoping to make progress with those seams, that joining process. All that will remain after that will be the finishing of embellishment on the backing cloth, the damp stretching of the backing cloth and sharing the backing cloth with you for the first time.