coral stitch and cola pens

There has been quiet but steady progress in the studio this weekend.

I'm really enjoying the stitching on my current project - pseudo-darning, coral stitch, sorbello clusters and bones were added.

And (huge fun) the smallest sprog and I made cola pens this afternoon. Inspired by Denise Lach's book on calligraphy I went looking on the internet for the right recipe and found it here.  Very straightforward and easy we ended up with ten pens of varying sizes and they work beautifully!