To recap just a bit on how I got this far... I did this on the linen center part of an old tablecloth with this lovely hand crocheted edging. But when I laid it on a backing my "Inner Allie" said the needle work absolutely needed to be integrated with the backing... I bought this blue fabric for the backing and I love the moire taffeta but HATED the color. It was a country blue and just dead against the piece. I put it away for almost a year and finally resigned myself to the fabric and then at the retreat I saw Cathy Kizarian walking around with another color of moire taffeta and it was soooooooooooooo perfect...big hug again to Cathy for trading her color for mine.
And that is just what I did in the mornings at Seaside, Oregon...by the window watching the tide come in and go out. This is what it is going to look like with the indentations filled.
Now my "Inner Allie" just kept pushing me along... and of course she a simple binding will just never do... so I gathered some more trims to use along the bound edge... I must admit that my quilts have improved immensely with her as my inspiration and inner voice.
Now a little history on that roll of trim... In 2002 we were in New Zealand and someone told me about a sari fabric store in Auckland that had good prices on trims. I bought quite a lot of lovely trims, all of which I used years ago. But I never could find the right spot for this and I had a whole roll because it was a close-out price and I was beginning to think I was going to have to be buried with it ...and as you can see it is perfect here.... only had to wait fourteen years...
This sampler I did the year we were married was the inspiration for this project. My original plan had been to add this phrase and our names and the year of our marriage with tiny petit point cross stitch to the piece... With my vision problems that is now an impossibility so I had to come up with another plan.
I am going to transfer the original text from the sampler to fabric and applique it. Haven't figured out the details but I'll make it work somehow.
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5 comments:
What a lovely piece this is going to be. I love all of the elements.
I don't know when your anniversary is, but I wish you a very happy one.
FlowerLady
Sounds like you had a great time at the coast. We didn't have an ocean view when we lived in Nanaimo but at our cabin at Horne Lake I'd get up before everyone else, make coffee, and go outside to sit on the beach and watch the sunrise and listen to the loons. Your anniversary project is looking just wonderful. It is so amazing that you keep something and keep trying to find the right spot for it and suddenly it all comes together when you've almost given up hope and are ready to put it in the thrift store box :)
the new blue fabric is so delicate and works perfectly on this project, beutiful stitching it is going to be one amazing piece when completed, as you say the trim is perfect too.
Absolutely stunning looking forward to seeing it come to fruition!
Love seeing this come along! The trim couldn't be more perfect!
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