by mops ( edited 08 Apr 2013 ) 08 Apr 2013

Bookmarks


The one on the left I made some 40 years ago. It was an Eva Rosenstrand design.

The one on the right I made today, by machine. What gives the game away is the machine stitch I used to secure the fringe. The design stitched in 13 minutes, much faster than the handmade one.

I uploaded the design in DBC, see link.

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by blueeyedblonde 10 Apr 2013

great job!

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by highlandermom 08 Apr 2013

Very nice both bookmarks.

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by capoodle 08 Apr 2013

They are both lovely. You did beautiful work on both of them.

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by lilylyn 08 Apr 2013

Very nice - Lyn

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by oaro 08 Apr 2013

very nice looks bookmarkes

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by myrizun 08 Apr 2013

Very cute

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by cfidl 08 Apr 2013

wow! looks perfect. Is that a ribbon you stitched that out on? It looks like it is made from yarn.

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mops by mops 08 Apr 2013

No it is dress-weight linnen. I had a 4" strip left, stitch the design in the centre and then seamed and turned, pressed, stitched the two lines to secure the material before ripping away threads to get a nice fringe.

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by clawton 08 Apr 2013

Very nice. And thanks for the design. Love cross stitch especially for bookmarks.

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by teun 08 Apr 2013

Ze zien er allebij heel mooi uit en voor de linkes leeftijd,respekt

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mops by mops 08 Apr 2013

De linker lag al die tijd in mijn cadeaula, maar ik kon het niet over mijn hart verkrijgen hem weg te geven :)

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by pldc 08 Apr 2013

wow it has lasted quite well for 40 yrs old! excellent! Hugs Loralye

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mops by mops 08 Apr 2013

Thank you.

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by annyn 08 Apr 2013

Wat mooi om het nu zo te maken. Die van 40 jaar geleden ziet er ook nog prachtig uit. Daar ben je zuinig op geweest Martine.

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mops by mops 08 Apr 2013

Zo zuinig dat-ie nog steeds in mijn cadeaula lag :)

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by rescuer Moderator 08 Apr 2013

That is beautiful! Thank you for sharing it in DBC as well. It looks great!

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by shilly 08 Apr 2013

Only a trained eye would know the difference....thanks for showing these.

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by lidiad 08 Apr 2013

That's lovely!
Hugs, Lidia

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by spendlove Moderator 08 Apr 2013

Excellent - love the violets!

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mops by mops 08 Apr 2013

Your wish is my command :)

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by sboo 08 Apr 2013

Very lovely bookmark.

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by asterixsew Moderator 08 Apr 2013

It is very interesting seeing both the bookmarks together.

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by noah 08 Apr 2013

Love it Mops hugs:):)

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mops by mops 08 Apr 2013

Thank you.

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