Design: Liberty Print Miniature
Designer: Liberty of London
Threads: Unknown
Fabric: 18 count aida, antique white
Again, please excuse the grubbiness of this finish - it's now washed and looks fine - but you would be grubby if you'd been hanging around, unloved and incomplete since 1991.
I think this is one of my oldest UFOs and I'm so pleased to have finally finished it. It took hardly any time at all as it was nearly there but - again - I needed to match up the colours as I had lost the threads, the chart had no colour key and no clue as to the brand of threads.
I started this at a difficult time in my life, and in my early days as a stitcher. I'm not going to show you the back, because it's shocking! And if I was going to start this now, I would use one strand for cross stitch on 18 count, not two, as it is a bit chunky looking, probably because my stitches aren't as even as I can make them these days - but I guess that's what practice does! :o) It was put aside because of counting errors - and then I lost the threads. Twenty years later, I had the confidence to sub a thread and to fudge and make allowances for the errors. So, actually, I think this little piece is a symbol of my journey as a stitcher, in a funny sort of way.
I think I will make this into a pincushion, I have some fabric which - although not a Liberty print - is very similar in style and colouring to this.
1 comment:
Perfect timing on getting a Liberty Print done--Target has just hooked up with Liberty and Liberty prints (and knock offs) are everywhere these days! Congrats.
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