I wish I could say this was my embroidery..... but sadly no; this is a detail from a tablecloth my friend Lynne showed me last week. Her mother stitched it many years ago and I was astounded to discover that the reverse is virtually identical to the front....... girls were taught to sew properly in those days! Can you tell which is the front? It took me a while....
I've been knitting flowers over the past few days - I have quite a pile of them (they are very quick to do). This is what they look like to start with .....
...then they are stitched into a flower shape....
....and this afternoon they are going in the washing machine on a hot wash! They will hopefully look better when they are felted and the final step will be stitching and beads. Come back later and see how I get on! Just had to show you the gorgeous fibres I bought from http://www.stef-francis.co.uk/
They sell a large range of hand-dyed threads, fabrics and fibres. The colour schemes are amazing - I love these purples and greens.
Almost too good to use!!
