My daughter had an asian floorscreen that her cat destroyed about 5 years ago.
I would describe the fabric that was used as about as flimsy as light weight embroidery stabilizer so therefore easy for a cat to claw up and destroy.It was all one panel and had asian flowers painted on it.
I decided that I could make it an even better floorscreen than what it was by
embroidering panels (48) for each opening in the floor screen.
Well, once the frame was all taken apart it was found to be very flimsy so a new inner framework of wood to hold each embroidered panel was made by my husband and painted black by me. I embroidered each section in a separate panel and then positioned them very carefully on the back of the frame and stapled them on. This project took over a year to finish as it took quite a while not only to embroider each panel, but just figuring out how to unassemble, fix and reassemble it all! Many hours went into this project! I am very happy with the end result as is my daughter:))
What do you think of it?
P.S. My daughter doesn't own a cat anymore so no worry about this one getting destroyed!
4500Well Done !
What a remarkable testament to your wonderful work!
LOL
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15218Oh! my goodness!!! I would have had a nervous break down on this one. Did you sleep and dream about it? a really wonderful job. I am so proud of all your hours of work. I hope you daughter is pleased.
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by marlakay
14 Sep 2010
Thanks! Yes, it was in my thoughts constantly. My daughter kept asking me when it would be finished! I think she thought that I was procrastinating, but really it just took time to think it through as to how I was going to go about it all. Especially when the wooden frame fell apart when I took the screen apart! My daughter loves the screen even more than the original one!
85867This is quite an accomplisment. Very nice, and I know that your daughter will love the combined efforts of both your hubby and you.
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3442Your daughter is so lucky having such a loving parents and now this beautiful floorscreen too....****
60484Your daughter is so lucky having such a loving parents and now this beautiful floorscreen too....****
60484Your daughter is so lucky having such a loving parents and now this beautiful floorscreen too....****
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14513What a value for your daughter!
She will appreciate this showing uo of loving her for sure!
Great job, really. You have so much patience over this long period of working
2188Oh wow what a huge project. It is beautiful. Did you keep track of how many hours you worked on it? It will be a priceless treasure.
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by marlakay
14 Sep 2010
No, I didn't keep track, but I should have! I can only answer a lot of hours!
Not with just doing the embroidery... that was the easy part! The rest is what took so long.
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360641Thanks for all of your very nice comments. I am very lucky to have a "handy" husband. He is good at fixing a lot of things. If he doesn't know how to do fix something or make something he reads about it and tries to do it.
It was great to cross this big project off of my list of projects to do. Plus, it made my daughter so happy that I completed it.
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29648This is just stunning and you and your husband are a great team to make this screen reusable again.
58029WAAAAAAUW, I think it is fantastic. what a result after all your work
57801Very beautiful. You must be very proud of all the work you and hubby put into this.
27683I love it Marla. I was planning to make one with Geisha designs to separate my sewing area but it's a long way off now. :-)
I love your design choices.
Hugs n roses, Meganne
122864Excellent result! This is a true work of art, congratulations!
A beautiful screen!
46919WOW, now that was a labor of love! It is gorgeous! Congratulations on completing it!
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8342My goodness...lots of hard work but it certainly paid off! Beautiufl job!!!! You and your hubby make a great team.
23222It looks fantastic! Well worth of all the time you spent! Well done!***
14227FANTASTIC . Shame the cat had to go.. heheh. Not really I know. All good things come to and end don't they
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7183Marlakay, what a lovely project and well worth the time and effort to creat something so unique and beautiful.
211079It's absolutely fabulous, well worth the time and effort spent on it!
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119791It is stunning, well worth all the time that you and your husband spent re doing it. this looks amazing, well done. Sorry that I can only give you 1 flower - hugs Yvonne
132773Incredibly beautiful! Must be so much more beautiful than the original - and now you have a one of a kind!
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