Hibiscus and the Butterfly now Framed

I stitched the Hibiscus and the Butterfly as a birthday gift for Pierrette and she has today sent me a photo of the piece framed.

I think that the choice of this frame and to go without a mat or as we call them here in the UK a mount was a touch of inspiration that has really worked, I hope that you all agree with me this has really made this project really sing to the world.

My Birthday gift to my Best Friend

I can now share with you all the Pearsalls silk stumpwork kit that I have just stitched for my best friend Pierrette whose birthday is a few days after mine, this design is not only stitched onto silk dupion but the threads used for the project were also real silk which I find joy to stitch with.

We made a pact that we would not open our gifts until we had both received them from each other as we live across the pond from each other.

Today was the day, my gift from Pierrette had arrived a couple of weeks ago but I had not opened it until my gift to her had arrived which is what it did today. We both had other gifts from each other but these are the special gifts that we had both made for each other.

Stumpwork project finished

This is a little stumpwork project that I finished, thought I better take a photo of it before she swam away as she has been a slippery little devil over the past couple of weeks but now is all finished, so its onwards and upwards and let's see whatproject is next and this moment in time not sure but have lots and lots of options so watch this space