Gwen was born on Monday, and I thought it would be nice to embroider a little something that her parents might like to keep. I didn’t want it to be a traditional-looking baby sampler, so I opted to go for a fancy font and some freehand embroidery.
The lettering is worked in back stitch, using two strands of ordinary cotton sewing thread. The decoration is mostly back stitch, with a few chains and french knots thrown in for good measure. It was done with a single strand of thread. I did start to fill in the letters with satin stitch, but decided that I liked them better open.
I’m really pleased with how this has come out, and I’ve just been and bought three more frames, to make name plaques for Paul’s little cousins. And I’ve had a request to embroider a couple more robins, so that a friend can quilt them into cushions!
I can’t tell you how much I’m enjoying this embroidery. I feel very inspired, and I can’t wait to do more.
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