A few months ago, I was lucky enough to be part of DMC`s new collaboration with the V&A that resulted in the launch of a new range of cross stitch kits based on the works of William Morris and other prominent designers of the Arts and Crafts Movement. Since now the kits are available in needlework shops, I can share my pics of the models of the three 7" hoops and the two bookmarks I stitched. ๐
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| Golden Lily by J. H. Dearle |
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| Myrtle by J.H. Dearle |
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| Strawberry Thief by William Morris |
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| Strawberry Thief by William Morris |
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| Bird & Berry by C. F. A. Voysey |
Around the same time, I was also lucky enough to be involved in Mr. X Stitch`s project at Standen House. This Arts and Crafts house belongs to the National Trust, and they entrusted him with this year`s Christmas tree instalment. Mr. X Stitch, not surprisingly, dreamt up a tree filled with stitched ornaments. You may remember that a few months ago, I also sent him this bauble...?
It turns out, mine was one of the over 800 (!) baubles that Jamie received and turned into mini hoop decorations. But at the same time, he also commissioned 12 big, 18" quilting hoops too, one each for the 12 Days of Christmas (luckily, there seems to be plenty of room on that 20-foot tree! ๐). I got the 7 Swans A-Swimming:
You can find out more about the project on Standen`s site or from this BBC report, and there are quite a few pics on Standen`s Twitter page too - my fave being this one of the dozens and dozens of mini baubles behind Jamie and my swan in the naughty corner. ๐ Happy stitching, peeps, and Merry Christmas! ๐
Update: Thanks to a Facebook share by the Royal School of Needlework, I saw this month-old video by the National Trust the other day, and to my great surprise, I discovered the bauble I`d stitched among the many hundreds - what are the chances of that?!?* ๐ฎ๐๐ค
*Answer: 1 in 800 ๐
It turns out, mine was one of the over 800 (!) baubles that Jamie received and turned into mini hoop decorations. But at the same time, he also commissioned 12 big, 18" quilting hoops too, one each for the 12 Days of Christmas (luckily, there seems to be plenty of room on that 20-foot tree! ๐). I got the 7 Swans A-Swimming:
You can find out more about the project on Standen`s site or from this BBC report, and there are quite a few pics on Standen`s Twitter page too - my fave being this one of the dozens and dozens of mini baubles behind Jamie and my swan in the naughty corner. ๐ Happy stitching, peeps, and Merry Christmas! ๐
Update: Thanks to a Facebook share by the Royal School of Needlework, I saw this month-old video by the National Trust the other day, and to my great surprise, I discovered the bauble I`d stitched among the many hundreds - what are the chances of that?!?* ๐ฎ๐๐ค
*Answer: 1 in 800 ๐
Beautiful! I especially like "Strawberry Thief" - the "hoop" one.
ReplyDeleteThe pictures from Mr. X-Stitch look intense... it is as if he is about to drown in all those stitched hoops.
Happy stitching!
Thank you ๐ - haha, he definitely had plenty to choose from, what a great response to his bauble project! I wish I could see the tree IRL - maybe one year there`ll be something like this a bit closer to home ๐ xx
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