I love stumpwork, I love wool embroidery and I especially love Jan Kerton's wool embroidery and stumpwork. And........ it is well known, how much I love Turkey Work! Look at that bunny tail!
This is an Australian wool blanket I made for my #2 daughter. It was offered as a class at SAGA convention a few years ago. I modified Jan's original design a tad to reflect my daughter's sorority, Zeta Tau Alpha. I made the flowers into white violets, and added the 5 point crown over one of the bunnies. ZTA's sorority symbols are bunnies, strawberries, white violets and the 5 point crown.When I saw Jan's original design, I immediately thought of my daughter and her sorority. It was so much fun to stitch. But if it was fun to stitch, imagine.....
how much fun it is now! What a cute future little ZTA. Two days old and she is ready to pledge.
Ohhhh Martha you must be bursting at the seams having such a precious angel to model your heavenly creation and wrap with "love and stitches"! Can't wait to see her in the people choice show &share set from SAGA convention.
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Debbie
Another beautiful photo! Please, a tutorial on how to do this type of embroidery!
ReplyDeleteJust beautiful on both accounts.
ReplyDeleteShe sure is pretty MiMi.... :)
ReplyDeleteDelightful - the blanketing responds so well to stitching, too!
ReplyDeleteLove at first sight!!! she is so precious wrapped up in her "ZTA" blanket!!! I see lots of strawberry and bunnies designs in her future!!!
ReplyDeleteYep, she is a beautiful little "legacy!"
ReplyDeleteA beautiful blanket on a beautiful baby! The Zetas have added a lot of new symbols since the olden days when all we had was the white violet, crown, and a carpenter's square! I like these better. She's the best dressed legacy I've ever seen!
ReplyDeleteI was thinking, "What a beautiful blanket!" And then.... I saw it draping that gorgeous baby. You took my breath away! What a wonderful photo!
ReplyDeleteClearly, you are having too much fun! :)
ReplyDeleteYour new little bunny is the cutest of all the bunnies! :)
That is just beautiful. Congrats on your new grandbaby - she will be best dressed girl around.
ReplyDeleteBoth are just beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThat is art...pure art...!
ReplyDeleteAnd what a joyful way to pass your creation on...How beautiful she is! :)
(how long did the blanket take you to make?)
~The O’Flannery Boys~
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Sooooo precious - what a beautiful creation - both the baby and the blanket!
ReplyDeleteWhat a darling, lovely baby girl, I like the blanket, too! Your work is just lovely. See my post from July 10 - it is a bag with the sleeping bunnies.
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