Bringing me Back to Rooted
Spied this lovely oak leaf tea towel yesterday as I desperately searched for inspiration. Couldn't bring myself to cut into grandma's tea towel so.....
the day was spent stitching my own version. This morning at the crack of dawn I started auditioning bits and pieces for the terra firma beneath my oak....
As soon as I saw this pic, I knew the flower garden paper piecing was wrong. It overpowers everything else. The Sanderson print on the outside ring needs to be included and luckily there is a small piece pinned on below that I can still use. My fingers froze as I photographed outside, and then......
the sun kissed the tree tops. Winter is nearly here. I can tell because my hands have started catching on cloth as I stitch.
you have caught the season.
ReplyDeletecould you also pull apart the flowergarden and use the individual hexies? your oak leaves and acorns are just wonderful. enjoy the Winter's approach. k.
ReplyDeletelove your leaf stitching. reminds me of a zentangle.
ReplyDeleteYour leaf is beautiful. How you accomplished so much so well in such a short amount of time is a mystery and wonder to me.
ReplyDeleteYour oak leaf version is very interesting. So cleverly arranged with colour and stitches. I am getting itchy fingers for Grandmother's Flower Garden from looking at yours. Thank you for sharing your thoughts as you work. It is really inspiring. Gilly
ReplyDeleteI've noticed a real resurgence of Grandmothers Flower Garden around the internet lately - makes me remember how much I hoped to inherit a quilt that my grandma made that she'd done in that pattern. Alas it was not to be! I do have another one tho' that my aunt made us for a wedding present - too small to fit on any bed we own, but a treasure nevertheless. Must get it out and take a photo for my blog!
ReplyDeletesuggestion: weave it in...k.
ReplyDeleteLovely leaves!
ReplyDeleteEnglish paper piecing is fun to do but NOT to undo!
ReplyDeleteLike the idea of embroidery looking like zentabgle. That might take me in a different direction.
Photographs really help with perspective, don't they?
ReplyDeleteI love the variation in pattern in the oak leaf.. lovely.
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