This time, a package of Pay-It-Forward gifts winged its way to South Africa to make its home with Coral.
Thankfully, everything arrived intact and didn’t take too long. Most importantly, though, Coral liked the items! She had specifically requested something done in hardanger, so I made a small doily and a suncatcher for her. The suncatcher was in her color, pink, and the doily was in mine, purple. 😉
The suncatcher was designed by Roz Watnemo and carefully copied (with Roz’s specific permission) and sent to me by Cathy B. some time ago. I stitched it on a sliver of 28 count white evenweave fabric using Perle Sweets overdyed pearl cottons in #8 and #12 in the color Bubblegum:
The doily is a design by Jean Mann that was published in The Big Book of Small Doilies and was meant to be a box top. I stitched it on a piece of 24 count off-white evenweave with DMC pearl cotton. The filling stitch in the center is called Edelweiss and this was my first attempt. It’s not perfect, but, as I told Coral, I guess it’s passable. 😉
So, that’s one more recipient down. Two to go. 🙂
Jenna, these are stunning! Coral must be dancing up and down!
*drools*
Those are beautiful! 🙂 (I love that suncatcher.)
Gorgeous Jenna!
Both are gorgeous!!
Girls, I have to tell you I am overwhelmed with the fact I got two pieces of hardanger – by the famous Jenna! The suncatcher is in the spare room – because here we have no nets (I hate them, but Ian wants them in our bedroom – yuck), and it is amazingly quite mobile, it moves even when the windows are closed.
The gorgeous purple one is next to my bed, and I smile every time I use it for my water glass. The Eidelweiss stitch is perfect, I really cannnot see where is can be improved on at all.
Jenna thank you again – gosh how do you get your photos so clear?
These turned out so well! WOW. Such precise stitching & weaving. You go girl!