The
local Project Linus group was given this darling piece to use for one of their
quilts:
The
pretty pink-checked gingham fabric is mostly finished with “chicken-scratch”
embroidery. Remember chicken-scratch?
"Chicken scratch embroidery" is a form
of cross-stitch
embroidery
done on gingham fabric, also known as "teneriffe,
depression
lace" or "snowflaking" among other names.
Almost
everyone’s mom had some checked gingham aprons in her kitchen drawers with embroidery
on them:
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| photo credit: Blog Second Hand Roses |
So
before I attempted to quilt this one up, I decided to dig out all of my
embroidery flosses and see if I could remember how to work these stitches and
finish this little project.
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| I was organized many years ago! This is box 1 of 2. |
This
is where it looks like someone else had the same idea to finish it, but gave up on completing the work – this heart was
partially completed:
No
two stitchers have exactly the same touch – and this little piece as a slightly
different look than the heart on the right of it. My stitches are likely to look slightly
different also, but by the end, they will all blend in and the piece will be
darling!
The
one design is done using the Circle-Stitch and the other is the New Smyrna Star
Stitch. Yep … I remember how to do
those. So now I have something to do
while sitting in waiting rooms … I should be done by this time next year – LOL!
BIG
SMILE !!!
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