Occasionally I still come across old things, handmade by me, but still not shown yet on this blog (blush) I found this set of eight linen placemats tucked into the back of my linen cupboard. These were entirely hand constructed and embroidered…
Tag: cross-stitch
Autumn rain cross-stitch
This cross-stitch design I worked as a teenager was part of a Danish calendar, there was a different design to stitch for each month and all were inspired by a natural seasonal feature of that month in some way. Mum…
Cross-stitch initial cushions
These are some cushions I embroidered with my parents’ initials a few years ago (hehe, when I was into cross-stitch a while back…) and sewed up the cushion covers with some gathered broderie anglaise edging. I think on the backs…
Australiana Alphabet cross-stitch
I stitched this during the year of 1993. It was the year we were living in Adelaide, my eldest two were tiny, Craig was away a lot and I spent many evenings alone in the lounge room with this on…
2 Raspberry Cushions
Flash-back about seven years: we picked this chair up at Melville Markets (a local carboot sale) for $5; it was pretty rickety because it was missing its front foot-strut. My clever husband whipped up a new one the same afternoon…
