Our group challenge for last month was to do a tablecloth. I was inspired by one that featured in a recent Creative Machine Embroidery & Textile Art magazine (Vol.16 No.7). Pictured is my version of the 3D Pansy tablecloth from the magazine. The 3D pansy designs are from Elsa Goussard, they were very tricky to put together. There are 3 separate embroidery files for each pansy and each layer gets stitched in place during the embroidery of the next layer - positioning is quite difficult. The embroidery designs are from Ace Points, the lace edging is from Sue Box and the pansy leaves are from Scrigbys. Ciao Claire

This is beautiful. Looks like a real challenge. Your work is fabulous.

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by cuddlebear 02 Nov 2010

Thank you for your lovely comments - I like a challenge and this one certainly was. I get bored with doing the same things all the time so I try to do some things that expand my skills and knowledge. Cheers Claire

Very pretty.

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by cuddlebear 01 Nov 2010

Thank you

Beautiful work I Love the 3d pansies close up they are spectular1 Nice Job Suzanne

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by cuddlebear 01 Nov 2010

Thank you Suzanne. Cheers Claire

Beautiful Work Claire Hugss

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by cuddlebear 01 Nov 2010

Thank you Diane. Cheers Claire

If prizes were given Claire , you would have won hehehee . Well done as usual your work is just fantastic

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by cuddlebear 01 Nov 2010

Thank you Rossie. Hugs Claire

Here is a link to a close up of the centre. http://projects.cuteembroidery.co...

Here is a link to a close up of the pansies. http://projects.cuteembroidery.co...

this very nice work

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by cuddlebear 31 Oct 2010

Thank you Oaro

Wow! This is such a delicate work of art. Very tastefuly done. A lot of work has been put into it, but the rewards are priceless.
Sukiray

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by cuddlebear 31 Oct 2010

Thank you Sukiray. Cheers Claire

Such a beautiful table cloth, congratulations. The borders and edging really compliment the pansies. You did a great job putting this together.

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by cuddlebear 31 Oct 2010

Thank you for your lovely comments. Cheers Claire

This is a wonderful work! Congratulations my dear!

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by cuddlebear 31 Oct 2010

Thank you so much - I'm glad you like it. Cheers Claire

This is beautiful. Great job!!

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by cuddlebear 31 Oct 2010

Thank you Ramona

Claire, this is stunning - so much patience to do all this fine detailed work involved in this table cloth. *4U

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by cuddlebear 31 Oct 2010

Thank you Shirlene, yes it did involve a lot of patience. I hand stitched the pansies onto the cloth and that took about 8 hours to do as I used embroidery thread to exactly match the colour and it kept breaking on me. I am very happy with the result though so the time was worth it. Cheers Claire

Lovely work! Well done!***

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by cuddlebear 31 Oct 2010

Thank you Nini.

Claire, this is lovely. Well done *4u Hugs Yvonne

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by cuddlebear 31 Oct 2010

Thank you Yvonne. Cheers Claire

this is beautiful.. great job.

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by cuddlebear 31 Oct 2010

Thank you

Looks difficult to line up-glad it was U,not me, haven't got that down yet. It all comes together quite nicely,congratulations; very pretty.

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by cuddlebear 31 Oct 2010

Thank you Shilly. Yes it took a bit of measurement and alignment to get it all to line up. Cheers Claire

Lovely! I no longer try to do such tedious work. My age is telling on me along with everything else. I would love to know how long it took you to do all these tiny designs along with the table cloth alone. You should be proud!

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by cuddlebear 31 Oct 2010

Thank you. There were many, many hours of work doing the tablecloth. I don't know how exactly how many, the pansies were the most time consuming part. Cheers Claire

Excellent one word says it all:):)Carolyn

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by cuddlebear 31 Oct 2010

Thank you Carolyn.

FANTASTIC Work Claire!!!! Are there difficulties in ironing? Hugs Hilde

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by cuddlebear 31 Oct 2010

Thank you Hilde. Regarding ironing I just dodge the pansies and the centre and the rest is good. Cheers Claire

by mysew1325 31 Oct 2010

you can put a soft towel down on the ironing board and iron on the back side and the flowers will pop out again..

by stickmuster 01 Nov 2010

Thank you for the good tips. Hugs Hilde