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Back to Where it All Began, Episode 2

9/9/2012

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This is the second in a series of posts about my history as an embroiderer.  You can read the first post here.


My third embroidery was the skirt pictured below.  It is a full circle mid thigh skirt with side pockets and an elasticised waist and is made from rami.  The daffodil motif is embroidered in DMC Perle cotton (not sure if no. 5 or no. 8 - whichever is the thinner one, that's what I used).   The threads were a gift from my mother who was given a huge pile of threads.  She is not an embroiderer and so passed them on to me.
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Here you see the skirt laid out flat.  There are 6 repeats of the daffodil motif distributed evenly around the circle.
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The design (as with all my embroideries) is my own  It is worked entirely in stem stitch and satin stitch.
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In the closer views of the daffodils you can see that the petals are probably a bit too large to work in satin stitch on an item intended to be work and so there is some slight sagging of some of the longer stitches.
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I love the combination of the 3 greens and those little circular warm pink flowers (worked in button hole stitch in the round) really enliven the cool pinks and mauves of the flowers around them.
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This is how the skirt hung when worn.  I was in my mid 20s when I made this skirt and I think the design speaks to youthful optimism.   I loved wearing it, although I wore it infrequently as I didn't want the embroidery to wear.  I always got admiring comments whenever I wore it.  It is still in as good condition as it was when it was made and I will always treasure it.
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roza
11/9/2012 23:26:16

Think this is just beautiful..I remember when we as kids, used to wear hand embroided tops (never had a skirt) the house was full of doilys, tableclothes, pillow cases,I still collect doilys..your work is beautiful.

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