Epic Embroidery

The other day I ran across a video showing a HUGE embroidery project…..

… that was used as a backdrop to the unveiling of the Dior Autumn-Winter 2021-22 Haute Couture collection.

Check the video out……

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=514374609675087

Then once you have seen it being designed and created, click HERE to see how it looked when it was being used.

The fashions were interesting but the backdrop was MAGNIFICENT!!!

Don’t you wonder what happened to it after the show?? Personally, I would have “wall-papered” my house with it!!

Lots of Handwork….

You should know by now that, if I am posting about a LOT of handwork, it is someone else’s quilt!!

I have mentioned before that my Mom LOVED doing things with her hands. She seldom sat at night without a needle in her hand……….and stuck in the padded armrest….but that is another story!!

One of her favorite crafts was embroidery and she KNEW how to do it.

I thought she was crazy when she started this quilt…..

There are 50 blocks with each state and its bird and flower……

Look at all of these French Knots…..

And of course, her beloved Texas…..

Now the AMAZING thing here is that not only did she make this quilt, but she also went on to make TWO more of them!!!

I love that I have this quilt and when I look at it, I can see her bent over her needle and smiling!!

Who is “J”???

Just before our second child was born, I decided to make some ornaments that had all of our initials on them. I had done the “F” for Frances, “M” for Michael (hubby), and the “B” for Brian (son). I was working on the “J” while we were visiting with some friends and she asked how I could do the last initial before I knew if baby number 2 was a boy or girl. My answer was easy…..James if it was a boy and Jenny if a girl

By the way…..it was a girl!!!

More Christmas Decorations

Early in 1981, we moved to Canberra, Australia so my husband could do a PhD at the Australian National University. When I thought about the 20+ hours that we would be in transit, I knew that I needed something to work on, so I bought a packet of 6 embroidered ornaments to take with me. I distinctly remember working on one of them during the trip and then finished them in the first few months that we lived there.

When I first made these and hung them on the door knobs, the frames would break apart and fall into three parts on the floor. After several years of this, I finally got out the glue gun and secured the frames. Now we enjoy them every year.