1909 – a hundred years ago this postcard was sent in Wilmington, Ohio on Sept. 26 at 3:30 pm. Well, that’s when it was postmarked at least. Can you see my wonky embroidery stitches? Not exactly straight. Embroidery on paper is a little different than fabric. I do glue some muslin to the back first to prevent the stitches from pulling through. You also have to do the stab stitch thing or your paper will get crinkled up.
A lace sampler. Four patch strip, buttons, a Christmas stamp and a piece of WWII England ordnance map. I like the map for its colors and age. The paper is backed with an open weave fabric of some kind and all bodies of water are a lime green. Oops, I just checked, the green are woods. Why would they indicate bunches of trees?
Have a great Monday.
How enchanting your work is! I love the colors in the fourpatches. Some people have the strange misconception that old quilts used boring colors. I am brushing up my reading list. I hope you won’t mind if I include your blog in it. Take care, Una
your work – as always – is lovely. a suggestion would be to draw your intended stitch on tracing paper, lay it on your postcard or other paper item and carefully punch holes with your stitching needle as guides for your embroidery. i’ve done this and my finished stitching looks 100% better.
Oh thank you Kate’! Such an easy fix, I’ll do that (when I remember) from now on.