First of all - a gift given.
This was really hard to photograph, so I will apologise at the very beginning for the poor quality of these pictures!
(Do you get really tired of hearing me say that?)
This was really hard to photograph, so I will apologise at the very beginning for the poor quality of these pictures!
(Do you get really tired of hearing me say that?)
I have fiddled and faddled and used every fix device the photo program offered, but they are no better so I will just plod on with the details.
My nephew's girlfriends's sister had a baby last year called Daisy and when I was browsing through charts at Fobbles I found this one by Sadie Stuart of SamSarah Designs which I think is one of a series, this one being Spring.
It had the daisy flower and some hearts and a sweet rabbit and a bird and seemed perfect, so I substituted Daisy's name for the word Spring and added her birth date.
I used a selection of threads - mostly Vikki Clayton's Hand Dyed Fibres on a larger (25 I think) count rustic-type linen.
I think that and the variegated thread made it so so hard to photograph
(Yeah - right!)
Anyway, I sent it off and Victoria liked it and will frame it in time for Daisy's first birthday.
This is the gift received.
Michelle (http://stitchcraftplace.blogspot.com) asked if anyone wanted to do a mini Blackbird Design Exchange and we ended up with a merry band of seven.
Happily, Michelle is very efficient and organised (is that not true Michelle?) so I received my piece yesterday. It's lovely isn't it?
It's BBD Basket of Memories stitched on 28ct fabric with a hand dyed thread from Africa.
It's difficult to see the thread colour here, and difficult to describe too - it's a tealy grey khaki colour, very unusual and very pretty.
Thank you so much for the gift Michelle, I love it, and thank you for suggesting the exchange.
I have posted mine out today, so as soon as it is received, I will share it with you.
Thanks for visiting, have a relaxing stress free day.
Love
Irene xxx
