Since I am in my last week of being home bound, I have been trying to pass the time by trying out embroidery. My Tia Isidra used to embroider beautiful pieces. I especially liked the table cloths she embroidered for my mother. Her embroidery stitches were perfect, both on the front and the back of the piece. My mom also created some beautiful embroidery pieces.
I am thinking of embroidering and thread sketching small pieces and maybe eventually stitching them into a wall hanging or small art quilt. One of the pieces I stitched was inspired by a card that my daughter-in-law sent me. The card had a vase with dainty flowers. I used fabric to make the vase, and then embroidered the flowers.
The other piece I embroidered was that of a Lesser Goldfinch. My friends and I keep a list of birds that we see on our walks or birding trips. I am thinking of drawing and embroidering the different new birds that I see this year.
The third piece I embroidered was inspired by my mom. This week marks the fourth year of her passing. My siblings and I shared some special memories that day. I drew a Robin and embroidered it. Mom used to sing the song, When the Red Red Robin Comes Bob Bob Bobbin’, so I thought it would be fun to try to make one. I used some of the buttons from mom’s button jar for the flowers.
One of the Meemaws shared a free scrappy rectangle pattern. We are planning to pool our scraps and make one for ourselves. I cut quite a few scraps from my bin, and we will start working on this in the spring. In the meantime, I started working on one of the suggestions provided in the pattern. Instead of using random scraps,this scrappy quilt can be made from 18 different fabrics of at least a half yard of each. I have a bin that has some half yard and fat quarter pieces leftover from other projects. I started cutting (1620 pieces) and piecing a quilt for one of my nephews. The color palette for these pieces is mainly blue, orange, brown, beige, and green. I thought it would be perfect for my nephew. I’ve pieced 8 out of 90 blocks, so I have some work to do.
Your embroidery art is delightful. I particularly like the vase of flowers.
The quilt for your nephew, with its 1000+ pieces, is a true labour of love
Thank you. I am finding embroidery to be very relaxing. My nephew is a very special person.
Once again, thank you for the inspiration. I really enjoy seeing everything you create – please continue to share. Thank you so much!
Thank you, Sarah.
Interesting what you mention about your Tia Isidra and her embroidery expertise – it seems like creating embroidery masterpieces are fading out with each generation, glad you are keeping it up!
My mom and each of her seven sisters were taught to embroider, crochet, and sew. One was a great pianist and another was an artist.
They sound awesome!
Glad to see you have no trouble staying busy despite restrictions!
I’m free now! I’m back in my car, ready to visit my favorite quilt shops. Funny, how even going to the grocery store was fun.