Sunday 13 October 2013

Finding....... Don't Remember and Forgotten!

One thing about clearing stuff out - throwing it away, giving things away to charity shops or free-cycle, putting to one side for boot-fairs or vintage fairs, you find things that you just don't remember doing or have completely forgotten about!


I don't remember stitching this, well....... perhaps vaguely I do.  I do know it is my own work because the alphabet and numbers are ones I use on all samplers designed by me.  I must have thought I will give other stitches ago as there are a variety of designs and cut-work in this sampler.  Think I might just wash it and get it framed as a treat for me.


A close-up of the work, (click on pictures) to get a closer look.  The coin is a five pence piece so you can see the size of the stitches.  I think I am quite proud of this piece of work as I am of the following piece.


Stitched by me when I was about eight years old.  I bought the fabric myself with my pocket money from Harrods of Knightsbridge on a day trip to London with my mum.  We lived  a train ride away so it was regular trips to museums and shops at least twice month.


I think I was going to just fill it in with owls and flowers!  The patterns for the owls and flowers were from knitting patterns because that is all I had to follow otherwise it would have just been basic patterns.  I think perhaps it should have been basic patterns but I seem to have ambitious adventurous tendencies.  The more complicated I am at my happiest!

8 comments:

  1. I love it when you find things from long ago, I found a lace collar I knitted when the kids were young, I used to take it to the swimming baths and do it while they swam. They are all in their 40's now so that's how long its been hidden.
    I love the sampler, that deserves to be framed.
    Briony
    x

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  2. Goodness what beautiful stitchery and to think you were only 8 when you did the second one! Amazing. Certainly frame them they are well worth keeping for posterity.

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  3. Lovely work Julie. You must have so much patience to do all that cut work! x

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  4. Two very beautiful projects.

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  5. What beautiful work Julie. I love the little owls.

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  6. What great finds! Yes get them framed :) x

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  7. Wow, you must frame it. It's beautiful, so delicate and detailed. It's amazing that you did the other piece at 8 yrs old, so talented :) xx

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  8. Beautiful work Julie. You must have lots of patience!

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