Here’s a close-up of the thank-you gifts I’m making my daughters’ teachers.I like to embroider on vintage pillowcases (with white tatting trim) in what nineteenth-century embroiderers called “turkey red” floss. Obviously, everything is drawn freehand, so nothing is "perfect," but I always prefer things that are a little "off."
One pillowcase has the teacher’s name, with an apple in the middle; the other has our school’s name, with its crest in the middle.
This image is a literal scan—I placed the pillowcases directly on the scanner!
Lucky, lucky teachers! My kids' teachers received necklaces from an Etsy handcrafter -- that was as close as I got to creating something special for them, and it's pretty far off!
ReplyDeleteThe pillowcase you made for MJ is still one of my favorite things (notice, I consider it mine!). BTW, she is 11 years old today! How can she possibly be that old?
Your work is excellent! I really can't get over how you manage to do this and everything else. I know you enjoy it - that you aren't some martyr to the cause of modern lifestyle and parenting, but I honestly don't know where you get the energy. I give soap and hand cream - every time. At least it's French.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your kind words, all . . . I find embroidery to be super-relaxing, though this week it *is* competing with both a copyediting and a writing project with deadlines. But c'est la vie!
ReplyDeleteI'd LOVE to learn how to do redwork.
ReplyDeleteLovely! The teachers must vie to have your daughters in their class.
ReplyDeleteLove, love, love!!
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