Saturday, July 13, 2013

FIRST BLOCKS

I spent the afternoon working on cutting up some of the linens and piecing 2 squares.  The top square and the bottom square.  This means the middle is done.  I think that is the easy part.

A also included a pic of one of the prettiest flower I have seen embroidered on the old linen pieces.
The 2 flowers were on a piece of fabric that had been torn off and only the flower parts left.  Thank goodness.  I have included a pic of this so you can see.  I think the way they filled in each petal with white stitching is what helps to set it off.

 

 

 

The bottom picture has to be rotated to the right.  The long lacey piece is the bottom.




5 comments:

Maggi said...

Beautiful Freda, and you are right, that flower is stunning, so beautifully stitched.

Createology said...

Putting together these bits and pieces of vintage hand embroidered linens seems to enhance their beauty. Of course your layout is what really makes them shine. Blissful...

karen said...

I think this is a wonderful idea Freda and I have really enjoyed reading these posts and watching your progress. You can put images of this in the group too if you wish. I'm sure everyone would love to see it.

Magpie's Mumblings said...

Beautiful flower! Very unusual the way (colours) it is stitched.

suziqu's thread works said...

Hi Freda this linen pieced quilt of beautiful embroideries is going to look superb. I hope you are enjoying the process.
Thank you for your kind visit and you are in the Giveaway!
x Suzy