Over the years before retirement I picked up quite a few embroidery kits at the thrift stores thinking it might be nice to have a stash of different things to work on in retirement. I've been retired for six years now so finally decided to dig into the stash of kits and work on a few of them.
I blogged about this one a couple of weeks ago - a long stitch embroidery kit to make a pillow. I've finished the stitching and have set it aside for now until I decide if I want to make it into a pillow. At this point I think I will but for now it is in the TBC pile....To Be Continued...
I found several different stamped pillowcases in my thrift store retirement fund kit bin and have started working on those.
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This is beautiful. Those strawberries look so real, I felt as though I could reach onto the screen, pick one up and eat it! Sensible to set it aside and let yourself decide exactly what you want to do with this lovely piece.
A perfect project for strawberry season! I hope you can find a way to use this in an item you can display! Gail at the Cozy Quilter
I always loved the look of the long stitch embroideries but for some reason never did any in my many years of hand embroidering/crewel embroidery. This one is especially pretty because it is strawberries. I see it was an Erica Wilson embroidery. I have several of her books on embroidery and used them for ideas for original designs and of course using her wonderful stitch patterns.
That's a pretty design, Cathy! I haven't heard of long stitch before. I'll have to look up how that's done. Enjoy your stitching today!
Beautiful stitching. I hadn't heard of long stitch either. Happy stitching!
So so pretty! Congrats on finishing this treasure!
This is such a beautiful piece. I am glad you have dug into your retirements stash after waiting 6 years. Enjoy your stitching.
You have such fun names for your piles of unfinished projects. Embroidered pillowcases sound interesting I really must check out the OP shops for treasures that other people seem to find.
Beautiful. The embroidery is so interesting. Great job.
Sharon M
I see that it's an Erica Wilson design. I remember when her books and kits were so popular.
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