My mother’s hand quilting immediately came to mind for the Weekly Photo Challenge of… INTRICATE.
Often she would hand-stitch a section, look at it, then pull it all out as it wasn’t “up to standard“. Mum would then re-sew the offending section.
And as if this hand-stitching wasn’t enough, for this particular piece, she hand-dyed a lot of the fabrics. Nanny was good… real good!
This is stiched? That is amazing!
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Thank you – what my mother could do with a simply needle was simply incredible! 🙂
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What beautiful work and special memories. How lovely that you have this fabulous quilt which contains so much love and soul with every stitch. It is so full of life, joy and fun!
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When we were first to move to Canada back in 2008, our life was packed and sent in September. December we were to leave but were advised the project was deferred. It took until April to see our belongings again yet that entire time until it was returned my mother was SO concerned about was this quilt, nothing else, just her quilt. Too funny! 😉
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Wow! You have to have an enormous amount of patience to make something like that !
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Wow is the word, thank you! Mum, couldn’t or wouldn’t sit in front of television and just watch, she always had to be doing something, lol! 🙂
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Yes, She was real good! Wow!
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Isn’t it magnificent?!
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It is!
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Thank you! Sorry, I should have said that before but my manners obviously fell into my coffee! 🙂
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Is she ever good and artistic!
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Thank you, mum is. The things she’s created over the years have been truly amazing!
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That’s a quilt? It is incredible! I have a friend (who has an amazing blog) who does a lot of hand dyeing and stitching. I am so intrigued by this beautiful work. I love it.
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Yes, it’s a quilt but we’ll NEVER lie on it, lol! Mum included a hanging loop on the back for me so that it can be displayed so she’d always be “part of the family”. 🙂
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That’s so cute! Mum does good work!
janet
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Oh Janet you have NO idea the work she has done over the years, her smocking was amazing and I don’t even LIKE smocking, lol! And thank you 🙂
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