Laura’s Embroideries

I saw a prettily finished piece on Aprilblue’s blog quite sometime ago and fall in love with the alphabet theme and seeking Gigi’s great  help, I managed to get this chart from Craft-Corner  the designer behind the name Coeur de Lin which happened to arrived in September. I decided to stitch on Blush coloured linen with Redwood Waterlilies. I just love the colours! I’m thinking of finishing off as a stitcher’s pocket with some compartment on the inside. However I will not see this will be done so soon

 

The Sampler Gameboard

 

 

I believe I had taken some pictures of the latest stage of the sampler but I can’t seem to locate in which folder did I save the image files. So I did some spring cleaning on all the hardrives and pendrive and I found only one picture to share. At the moment here is what my sampler looks like. Still have some portion of the border need to be done and I’d like to substitute some of the motifs on these Gameboard for other DT’s  motifs later on.

 

Quaker Alphabets

I have forgotten to update about my partner Carol has recieved the pinkeep I’ve made for her out of The Workbasket Monthly Quaker for SBEBB Quaker Exchange. The theme was Alphabets and I choosed to stitch over one.

   

SBEBB Grateful Hearts Exchange

I send my partner, Terry a pinkeep of Indigo Rose’s Wildflower Heart which was featured on Caron. However I only stitched the inner square of the design thus making it a nice size for a pinkeep finishing. I was really glad to hear that Terry was a happy recipient.

   

In about a couple of weeks ago,I received a big package  from Carla in Peru. She took the time to learn about my preference in which she decided to make a needleroll by Shepherd’s Bush! Isn’t that sweet? Thank you, Carla…

I truly love the Folk Heart Roll.

    

 and along in the package was an adorable handmade Peruvian doll and stitching goodies too!

The replacement

I took part in SBEBB Needleworkers Accessories Exchange and I have recieved a beautiful work done by Eva. However my package to my partner was lost.  This mattress pincushion was sent to Judith in The Netherlands as a replacement for the first one I send earlier which never surfaced. So I have to stitch up another one pretty fast and mailed it off to her. This design is by Barbara Jackson – Tristan Brooks Designs : An Elizabethan Pincushion.

 

Here was the first pincushion I stitched for Judith. A design extracted from The Drawn Thread : Prairie Garden stitched on 32ct Lambswool.