145191It is just beautiful Martine & no it should not be hidden away but out for all to see it's beauty! ~hugs~
299557Lovely...great that it has escaped from the drawer, too!
313865I adore this piece on the cushion, incredible work and a beautiful keepsake. Hugs Jussy :)
1525678092Its beautiful and should be displayed. Framing it would keep it cleaner.
by mops
27 May 2014
Yes, it would, but then it would probably end up in a spare room. I prefer the cushio option.
Thank you.
30631Oh, my, how beautiful, and what a LOT of work! I enlarged it, and your stitches are so perfect, all lined up properly, and all that background work must have been, well, terribly boring! What a fine thing to have done. I hope you enjoy it for many years, and one of your daughters will pass it along with fond memories. It's very fine work, Martine, thanks for showing. Hugs, Marji
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5761878092Before I had my embroidery machine I did lots of cross stitch and needle work. thought nothing of a rather large design, You just worked it until it was finished. But now we can have so many more pretty things with our embroidery machines. And these things should be displayed and used, isn't that why we made them in the first place?
by mops
27 May 2014
Thank you. Although I love machine embroidery I like the hand worked pieces more and I agree they should be used.
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23579If you wash more than just a bit of surface washing, you will probably need to re-block it. If you need to know how, PM me.
by mops
27 May 2014
Thank you. That's what i intended, i'd use one of my frames and then wash it. Shortly before his death my father asked me to clean it - actually he said he'd put it in the washing machine, so I took it home. Then he died rather suddenly and I forgot all about it.
66506Definitely too nice for a drawer. This is so lovely!
158553Beautiful glad you will have it out to enjoy and hopefully it continues showing as it is a gorgeous heirloom.
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54617232817508037To see this cushion/pillow that Mops has displayed, my thoughts were taken back to 1976 when I visited the long deceased William Wordsworth's home in England and saw a crocheted blanket that his sister, Dorothy, had made - some 100+ years before. To this day this particular image remains with me: handiwork long outlives the person who so diligently executed it. Let us be remembered hereafter in our works of art - if not for anything else .... Patricia in South Africa
by PatriciaVosloo
26 May 2014
Yes, Martiens, that, unfortunately, is the unknown factor....?
Be blessed, Patricia
297435301I can't even fathom having the ability to do this delicate work....Bravo, Martine!
by mops
edited 26 May 2014
Thank you. My eyesight was a bit better then, but more importantly I had the patience to do it. I might, just might, have enough stamina to do the flowers, but the whole background .. brr. Since machine embroidery came into my life some 22 yrs ago I have come to love quick results. :)
261161Excellent! The thread choices are just perfect. You could just set it on a decorative shelf so that it could be viewed like a painting.
33640It is too nice to stay hidden.It is beautiful, so leave it out, in rememberance of your mother.
109043118676223oh yes wash it and use it and smile every time you look at it for your Mother :):)hugs
360403Such beautiful colors in the flowers, and wonderful needlework - I'm sure your mother cherished this cushion. You are right, in that such a lovely piece should be out on display. If you take it apart for cleaning, will you re-sew it as a cushion or frame it now to hang on a wall?
by mops
26 May 2014
Thank you. I'll resew it as a cushion cover and the blue in it would look great on my blue settee.
31625It's way to beautiful to be kept hidden away. Thanks for showing.
by mops
26 May 2014
Thank you. I am so glad spendlove showed hers, I had forgotten all about mine and think you are right - it should be used.
275Lovely work, I just feel I can touch the roses and smell the perfume from them
by mops
26 May 2014
Thank you. Yes, those roses are beautiful, but I am very partial to the blue flowers.
114322It is absolutely beautiful. It should definitely be displayed. Great job!
23577This is absolutely gorgeous! I like the way the design works without having to have loads of back stitch outlines.
by mops
26 May 2014
Thanks.
If I remember rightly there were 22 or 23 colours to get the shading correct. Back stitches would not have worked that well with the petit point stitch - which made a frame necessary as it pulls diagonally if you aren't careful.
by spendlove
26 May 2014
I've only just realised that the background is stitched as well!
(I always use a frame to embroider by hand.)
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