Sunday 29 July 2012

..some piccies of THAT purchase....

I hinted about this in last weeks post about Artique...

Of course, whenever I go there....

...it's never a short visit....

...and the plastic card is ALWAYS employed :-o

The only problem is WHAT to buy!

I do try to get things that can be used as inspiration pieces....

...that can be employed as samples to work up....

...or as pictures for publication.

This time I struck GOLD with an Afghan blanket...

...8ft x 6ft...

...and made up of over 100 pieces of hand embroidery that have been applied to a backing and stitched together with couched thread bundles.

Here are just a few fragments...

(high-quality photos to show close detail as well as possible)






What a BEAUTY!! :-)))