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Cross stitch cushion.
Seeing spendlove's beautiful cushion I remembered the embroidery I made for my mother. She did not want it to be framed and sewed it on a silk pillow. It needs to be cleaned and has been in a drawer for almost 2 years.I really should remove the embroidery and wash it carefully. It is too nice to lay hidden.
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wow, it's beautiful!! love the design :)
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Thank you.
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Dat is prachtig Martine!
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Dank je.
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This is absolutely gorgeous! I like the way the design works without having to have loads of back stitch outlines.
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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.
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.
I've only just realised that the background is stitched as well!
(I always use a frame to embroider by hand.)
(I always use a frame to embroider by hand.)
23577✽
It is absolutely beautiful. It should definitely be displayed. Great job!
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Thank you.
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asterixsew
26 May 2014
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Lovely work, I just feel I can touch the roses and smell the perfume from them
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Thank you. Yes, those roses are beautiful, but I am very partial to the blue flowers.
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It's way to beautiful to be kept hidden away. Thanks for showing.
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Thank you. I am so glad spendlove showed hers, I had forgotten all about mine and think you are right - it should be used.
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Such 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?
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Thank you. I'll resew it as a cushion cover and the blue in it would look great on my blue settee.
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oh yes wash it and use it and smile every time you look at it for your Mother :):)hugs
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Thanky you, I will!
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Just gorgeous......
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Thank you.
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Oh, it's ... impressive, very nice
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Thank you.
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It is too nice to stay hidden.It is beautiful, so leave it out, in rememberance of your mother.
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Thank you, I will.
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Excellent! The thread choices are just perfect. You could just set it on a decorative shelf so that it could be viewed like a painting.
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Thank you. I think I'll keep it as a cushion cover.
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basketkase
26 May 2014
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I can't even fathom having the ability to do this delicate work....Bravo, Martine!
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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. :)
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PatriciaVosloo
26 May 2014
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To 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
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Lets hope our children appreciate it enough to keep it....
Yes, Martiens, that, unfortunately, is the unknown factor....?
Be blessed, Patricia
Be blessed, Patricia
8037✽
Absolutely gorgeous. Don't hide it away!
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Thank you. I won't.
750✽
It is so Stunning!!!!Well done
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Thank you.
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It is beautiful! Can you frame it?
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Thank you.
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het is een heel mooi kussen
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Dank je!
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highlandermom
26 May 2014
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Beautiful glad you will have it out to enjoy and hopefully it continues showing as it is a gorgeous heirloom.
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Thank you.
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Definitely too nice for a drawer. This is so lovely!
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Thank you.
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graceandham
26 May 2014
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If 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.
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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.
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This is so Beautiful ! Awesome !
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Thank you.
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Before 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?
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Thank you. Although I love machine embroidery I like the hand worked pieces more and I agree they should be used.
78119✽
That's beautiful, Martine, love it!
Hugs, Lidia
Hugs, Lidia
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Thank you.
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I love this! Beautiful work!
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Thank you.
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marjialexa
27 May 2014
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Oh, 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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You are right about the background! Thanks and hugs!
30656✽
Its beautiful and should be displayed. Framing it would keep it cleaner.
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Yes, it would, but then it would probably end up in a spare room. I prefer the cushio option.
Thank you.
Thank you.
78119✽
That's beautiful, Martine, love it!
Hugs, Lidia
Hugs, Lidia
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Sorry for the double posting, I am unable to delete it...
15256✽
I adore this piece on the cushion, incredible work and a beautiful keepsake. Hugs Jussy :)
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Thank you.
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dragonflyer
27 May 2014
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Lovely...great that it has escaped from the drawer, too!
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Thank you.
299559✽
It is just beautiful Martine & no it should not be hidden away but out for all to see it's beauty! ~hugs~
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Thank you.