Strawberries . . . .

After my whitework course at the Royal School of Needlework I was thinking about another pulled thread project to do and came up with strawberries.  

I found the box at Williams Sonoma I was ready to make strawberries to fill it.  I used red 32 count linen, red pearl cotton and green pearl cotton.

 I used a different pulled thread pattern for each strawberry.

 I used red buttonhole thread to sew each one together and filled them with ground walnut shells.

I think they look great together in the box, but one would make a nice scissor fob or a pin cushion.  

The Mercer Island Visual Arts "Treasures in Miniature" show is coming in April, my strawberries will be there.  

Hope no one tries to eat them.

Miniatures . . .

Friendship Garden

 Miniatures are fun, they are small and can be completed in a shorter amount of time.  Mercer Island Visual Arts League had a Treasures in Miniature show earlier this spring.  The size had to be less than 64 square inches.  Friendship Garden is framed in a 12" X 4" frame, silk thread on silk fabric.  The flowers are a variety of embroidery stitches.

Golden Mushroom

 The Golden Mushroom is frame in a 2 1/2" X 3 1/2" shadow box frame, goldwork on silk fabric. 

Wilted Daisy

My Wilted Daisy is cotton floss on silk, the frame is a 2 1/2" X 3 1/2" shadow box.

MIVAL "Treasures in Miniature" Show

The Mercer Island Visual Arts League is currently having a Treasures in Miniature show at their gallery.  The size of the pieces are under 64 square inches.  If you have an opportunity to stop by and see the show you will not be sorry.  There are about 300 entries from about 80 artists.  The show ends on April 28th.


This is one of my entries "Just White #1."

Canvas work on congress cloth, the many different stitches are stitched with silk and cotton threads, the gold heart is couched on after all the other stitching was completed.