Embroidered cuff....

This is how I spent my day today.

Besides cooking breakfast and picking up, I did nothing else but work on this embroidered cuff.  It is my "trial run" for a very special cuff I plan to make -- a bridal cuff.

It may take several tries before I get it perfect, but I wanted to see how embroidering on wool/acrylic felt would go, and I think it will be a good fit.

 I'm calling this my Hippie Cuff because to me, it looks like something I would have stitched and worn in the 70's.  I was a bell-bottom blue jeans embroiderer back then and it stuck.  I plan to wear this now that I'm just a Hippie Grammie.  It works, doesn't it?

 I found the pattern on Feeling Stitchy blog.  They are having a stitch-a-long and when I saw this pattern, I knew I just had to do it.  So here is my interpretation of those lazy daisies and French knots.

I put this hot pink and orange cotton fabric on the backside and sewed snaps on to fasten it closed. 

I have learned a lot with this trial run and I'm excited to get started on the bridal cuff.  It will be white or creamy white with light blue hydrangeas and crystal beads. 
I was inspired to do the bridal accessory when I saw this cuff over at Etsy. 
Very inspired!