More embroidery :)

So after a productive FNSI last night I decided to squeeze in a little bit of time to stay in a stitchy mindset today. Along with the FMQ last night I also spent time getting this lightbox into working order!

 I'm pretty excited about this! It was my grandad's, he wasn't into sewing but he was into photography and I'm told that what he used it for. (Photography is my sister's thing not mine as you can probably tell!) Apparently he made it himself and when I found it it had no plug on it (obviously needed that for something else at some point!) and it needed a good clean. So last night I managed to buy and fix a plug on.... was amazed that it did not go bang when I switched it on! Then gave it a good clean and put it back together again.

I hope my grandad would be pleased it is going to be used again instead of just sitting in a garage somewhere. And I love having something he made in my sewing space :)

So today I decided to give it a go!

I downloaded & printed this free PDF file of Aimee Ray's.

And set to work tracing....

It was so much easier to trace than trying to do it on a window as I've tried before! It's a cute design (I know its tiny on here sorry!!) Think it is probably way outside my embroidery skills but it fit onto the bits of white fabric I had lying around. (mental note:need to buy more white solid!)