Tuesday, April 17, 2012

An assortment today



I know "The Secret Life of Bees" was published at least 10 years ago but I was able to read it this weekend and highly recommend it. Because of this book, I decided to finally finish my "English Cottage Sampler" (from Chessie N Me) that I started a few years ago and make some changes to it.

My name means Queen Bee and since there is a queen prominently pictured on this piece I decided to stitch a huge bee over her head. I also added a few things to her empty hands as I didn't like her standing there with elbows bent holding nothing so I added a bird and a flower. Instead of "E" for "Elizabeth" underneath the crown I put the initials of my husband and children. And if you look closely, you will noticed I made a big mistake and stitched 3 r's in the second Merrily of the verse. It makes me laugh to look at it so it is staying. To be honest, the main reason it is staying is I HATE frogging over one!



This next piece is from The Floss Box
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Her designs remind me somewhat of the old Birds of a Feather designs which I have always loved. She also sells them on Etsy.

8 comments:

marly said...

Both are really sweet. Thanks for the direction to the Floss Box. New to me!

Melissa said...

Your English Cottage sampler looks wonderful. I liked the changes you added. I too liked the book even if it was quite awhile ago.

So I'm not the only one who thinks the Floss Box is so reminiscent of BOAF. I need to go visit the site again! Your piece looks really cute!

Lynn said...

I have this book in my collection but have yet to read it. I'll get to it eventually, lol!
I think you should just tell everyone that the extra R is the olde English spelling of the word. It probably wouldn't be too far off!
Both finishes looks great!

Chris said...

Beautiful stitching. I love both designs. Those changes that we make, make the stitched pieces our own :)

Katrina said...

Sweet pieces!!!! Love them both :-).

Kat said...

How did you sneak back into blogging without me noticing? Happy to "see" you back, and thanks for the Easter chart - Lady Baa Baa - too funny!

~Kat

Kay said...

The santa piece is so cute. I just finished Lady Baa Baa for a friend who collects sheep. I made it into a pincushion for her.

Deborah said...

Thank you everyone! Would love to see your pincushion Kay.

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