Treasured Needlework and Hydrangeas
I haven't had the chance to stitch in quite awhile. Life is just too busy lately, but I know there will be more relaxing days coming soon.
I love hardanger needlework, but I've never tried it myself. Here's a photo of a gorgeous hardanger piece that I have in our living room. It's sitting on top of an antique armoire that happens to be filled with a lot of my needlework projects, thread, and patterns. My mother-in-law bought the hardanger piece for me back in the early nineties. A friend of a friend had stitched it, and sold it to her. I sure was lucky to receive it as a treasured gift! Once I nearly ruined it with a deep red candle wax stain, but a clever dry cleaner was able to get it perfect again.
I also want to share a photo of an antique embroidered doily that used to belong to my mother-in-law. I love how it looks with these old cups and saucers. I wonder who embroidered this piece? I have no idea, but I sure do appreciate her work.
Another view:
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I also want to share some fall photos of our backyard's hydrangea blooms.
I loved the gradation of color on this bloom:
Thanks for stopping by today, and have a great day!
I love hardanger needlework, but I've never tried it myself. Here's a photo of a gorgeous hardanger piece that I have in our living room. It's sitting on top of an antique armoire that happens to be filled with a lot of my needlework projects, thread, and patterns. My mother-in-law bought the hardanger piece for me back in the early nineties. A friend of a friend had stitched it, and sold it to her. I sure was lucky to receive it as a treasured gift! Once I nearly ruined it with a deep red candle wax stain, but a clever dry cleaner was able to get it perfect again.
I also want to share a photo of an antique embroidered doily that used to belong to my mother-in-law. I love how it looks with these old cups and saucers. I wonder who embroidered this piece? I have no idea, but I sure do appreciate her work.
Another view:
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I also want to share some fall photos of our backyard's hydrangea blooms.
I loved the gradation of color on this bloom:
Thanks for stopping by today, and have a great day!
Labels: embroidery, flowers, hardanger, needlework
3 Comments:
At November 14, 2008 at 3:56 AM , Anonymous said...
That is a great shot of your Hydrangea. I have one Hydrangea bush, but it hasn't done much since I planted it a year ago. Maybe if I baby it next spring it will do better.
That is beautiful needlework and the way you have it displayed is so nice. :)
Have a wonderful weekend!
At November 15, 2008 at 7:20 AM , Anonymous said...
beautiful needlework , i love hardanger.
At November 19, 2008 at 1:53 PM , Windy said...
I like your flowers!!!!
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