The Queen is taking a nap
I decided to take a break from the Queen and I
pulled out this small Blackwork ornament kit that I purchased from Marion
Scoular. The kit contains everything but the thread and fabric for backing: the
directions, written in Marion’s unique script; the four inch ornament finishing
form; three needles; flannel padding; template; and sparkly fabric for
stitching the design. 
She had a lot of different designs for these
ornament kits and also sold the finishing forms separately, if you wanted to
make more than one ornament or use your own design. I chose the daffodil pattern. Her patterns are always easy to understand
and the charted design even shows the path to make the design reversible. The design is stitched with one strand of DMC floss. After
stitching the design, I covered one side of the ornament form with the stitched
design and the other with fabric.
I stitched the two together and added some twisted cord
for the hanger. I was happy with how I
joined them together so I decided not to put cording all the way around. Start
to finish in a day!
1 comment:
Congratulations on an excellent finish. Enjoy the public holiday: I'm assuming Ted doesn't have to work and you can have an 'adventure' together!
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