Blissful weekend stitching!
Four pieces ready to quilt and bind - Since the Love Nest I'm enjoying quilting as a way to finish my embroideries so I'm trying to make it work on these new pieces - tricky tricky!
I have been in french knot heaven with this piece. It reminds me of my Grandma. As a young girl in the 1930's she worked as a tambour beader for a company on Oxford Street - stitching thousands and thousands of tiny glass beads onto debutantes' dresses!
I tidied the workroom in December. I'm quite sure that's why I achieved nothing in January. Happily it is now looking rather like a whirlwind hit a textile mill and working has become much easier! Is it only me who finds that tidiness stultifies creativity? t.x
Four pieces ready to quilt and bind - Since the Love Nest I'm enjoying quilting as a way to finish my embroideries so I'm trying to make it work on these new pieces - tricky tricky!
I have been in french knot heaven with this piece. It reminds me of my Grandma. As a young girl in the 1930's she worked as a tambour beader for a company on Oxford Street - stitching thousands and thousands of tiny glass beads onto debutantes' dresses!
I tidied the workroom in December. I'm quite sure that's why I achieved nothing in January. Happily it is now looking rather like a whirlwind hit a textile mill and working has become much easier! Is it only me who finds that tidiness stultifies creativity? t.x
Comments
Mel xxx
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Your Grandma must have been incredibly patient! ;-)
Hen x
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i am curius to see it all..
I know exactly what you mean about tidiness stifling creativity! I have to have lots of 'things' around............
Vanessa x
I particularly love your last piece - reminds me of beautiful Southwold....so glad that you have your creative head back on!
;-))
I wouldn't know about tidiness stulifying creativity...as my workroom is always a complete mess! heehee...
Niki x
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your embroideries look very similar to my stitchings...but your 'sea' is making me nervous and making me want to double check my daughters duvet cover is still on her bed!
is it a commision? i had to do one once for a isabella francesca margaret! the frame was about 3 foot long! the grandparents paid though...not me!
I also wanted to thank you for popping by my blog and adding your kind comment. Just thinking about "a cuppa" and cake (I've seen photos of your cakes!) cheered me up.
Lesley x
Frog
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Kimx
Such a lovely blog!
And guess what, I am Follower #100 !
Whee!
this is my new blog
http://china-cutter.blogspot.com/
willing to exchange and share the views with the people concerned.
I have a rubber thimble...I use that for sorting thru paper work...saves licking my finger!
LOL!
It was such an interesting shop...full of goodies, but out of my price range!
xxx
I enjoyed your comment on cleaning over at my blog - and indeed, yes, my daughter has been caught sporting the ostrich feather duster as hair extensions... You are quite right, they're wasted on dusting....
Will also enjoy looking at your blog... Another beach lover, I see.
Seaside living gets under your skin, doesn't it? I'd find it hard to live far from the sea now.
x Elspeth
MM - thank-you. t.x
Sal - yes she was. very. with her grandchildren particularly! t.x
Hen - of course it only counts if its MY mess. Can't be doing with all that boy mess everywhere! t.x
TMrs - I'm sure you have no need honey! t.x
GH - me too - I've got stuck! t.x
V- beautiful things of course! Not lego and DIY tools and broken bits of engines... nice girl things! t.x
C&B - I have a fine collection of spectacles! t.x
mmm - what a nice thought! t.x
Niki - sounds like perfect heaven! t.x
Lynne - I'm off to see what that was! t.x
MrLee - thank-you. t.x
MM - as long as it stays in his room! My boy has creative mess everywhere! t.x
BBG - I can honestly say I have not stolen any duvets! t.x
S - great to hear from you! t.x
Lesley - sometimes getting it all out takes up the window of time - but it's nice to do now and then! t.x
Frog - thank-you sweetie! t.x
RR - exactly right! t.x
VM - more mess can help with that - it gets to a point where it has it's own sense of place! t.x
SP - you spy right! t.x
JT - welcome 100! t.x
I - thank-you. I must say I prefer those two aswell. 3rd is being neglected! t.x
th - thank-you! t.x
aneela - sometimes a challenge in itself! t.x
Sean - is that you Janet? t.x
Elspeth - thank-you for popping in. I like to be near but far enough away to avoid the spring high tide! t.x