Saturday, 2 March 2013

Chair back c.1950


Possibly worked from an iron-on transfer onto beige linen. Jacobean style design in stem stitch, satin stitch, buttonhole (for linear) & chain stitch with some cross-stitch used to secure lines of laid threads (partial flowers). Use stranded cotton, 3 strands. Hand stitched hems. Size 16” width x 17.25” length (41cm x 44cm)

(Currently all edges hand stitched but may have been initially made for a cushion side)

Book cover c.1990

The background currently here is one stitched as a kit & now pending to make into a book cover.