Thinking of Shirlene's Beautiful Pineapple bowl & doilies (look-a-like hand crochet) this is another example - a greetings postcard made as a likeness to the silk cards sent home by soldiers, to their loved ones, during WW1. I have done very simple embossing around the edge, which doesn't show up well in the picture. The 'flap' design is from Awesome Embroidery through Oregon Patchworks the text from a CD.
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1436its really fantastic Jean, what a very great idea! Shirlene is the queen of fsl and you definitely are the queen of embroidered cards! well done ***********
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by elenu
21 Jul 2008
Anna, you keep that up and my head wont go through the doorway :-) Thank you. 4 more days to B day.
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38135Oh Jean - as usual - you have made another very pretty and speical card - I love the way that you are always making them different and special - those postcards that were sent home by the soldiers had to be treasured and loved. *4U
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by elenu
21 Jul 2008
Thanks for that Shirlene but nothing I make can ever surpass the beautiful WW1 originals which were generally hand embroidered, mostly by French women in their homes and then sent to the factories for making into what we know as silk cards. The sentiments behind them can never be copied. But I love making my version for 'special' people in my life & hopefully, will give pleasure to them.
by shirlener88
22 Jul 2008
Thank you for sharing them with us - I love them and the whole idea of what they did - back then.
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