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This item will be posted to you by The Old Button within 3 days of receiving payment.
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| United Kingdom | £2.50 | £0.00 |
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My ready made and personalised items are dispatched within 1-3 days, custom and bespoke makes will take longer as they are made especially for you. I use Royal Mail First Class or Tracked 24, and can post on your behalf - see the upgrade listing in my gift voucher and shipping upgrade section.
These vintage transfer papers from the 30s are so clever and versatile - allowing everyone to add beauty and charm to everyday textiles in their own unique way. I am using them to learn new stitches and techniques - both modern and traditional - and I hope to turn some into sewing kits so you can have a go yourself.
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Bird with flowers - a beautiful hand embroidered sampler style picture using traditional stitches with a modern twist to create strong contasts of texture.
Hand stitched by me in cotton embroidery threads on an Irish linen fabric background and mounted in a quality beechwood hoop frame, Bird with Flowers would be lovely gift for birthdays or Mothers Day, or a unique piece of art for your own home.
The design is based on a 1930s ink transfer - simple line drawings intended for the embroiderer to interpret with their own choice of thread, colours and stitches. I combined three different drawings to create a sampler piece that shows off different techniques including thread painting and stumpwork (raised stitches).
For the bird I used "long and short" stitch in blended colours to paint his head and body, and padded satin stitch to add depth to his wings. The red flowers include curved bullion knots with pistil stitches (elongated french knots), and the tassel flowers are a modern interpretaion of turkey stitch.
I have tightly secured the fabric into the hoop (brand Elbesee) using traditional gathering and lacing. It is backed with a circle of wool felt, neatly hand embroidered into place with blanket stitch.
Easily propped into a shelf, the hoop art also comes with a length of ribbon for hanging.
Size: 6 inches diameter
Care - dust with a dry cloth or brush
Designed by Sharon Lloyd in my attic sewing room in South Wales
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