Friday, March 18, 2011

Exquisite Embroidery Love

Just wanted to share this exquisite piece of embroidery with you. It is a 'tufted' stitch almost like a rug -making stitch, it is very fine and gives a more dimensional look than other needlework. Almost sure it is called a Ghiordes knot, but I could be mistaken.

 I am in the middle of going through boxes of things I have collected over the years and listing items in my Ebay store. Things I will never use, or have never used and this embroidery is one of them, sadly to say.  The list goes on....





How neat is the back of this embroidery?



Have a wonderful weekend and don't forget to enter my giveaway here !

Pam x

14 comments:

Anonymous said...

Goodness, I would be going, to tell the difference between the front and back if you hadn't mentioned it. It's very sweet.

Cheers,
Lisa x

A Treasured Past said...

Hi Pam, this sure is gorgeous. I love all things birdie. Wow, the back is even prettier than the front. Have a good weekend, Tam x

the old boathouse said...

Imagine the hours it took to create.

Anonymous said...

wow, don't think i've seen one like this before, it is exquisite! i'm going for a nosy in your shop now.

x

Sarah B said...

It's so clever and the back is so neat, much better than my front side would be!!

Naturally Carol said...

That stitch is so unusual..I don't think I've come across it before; brilliant work and such a sweet pair of subjects.

Deborah said...

It's beautiful, lot of work gone into that, could you turn it into a cushion?

Bee happy x
Have a delicious day!

Unknown said...

This is really beautiful its a pity it couldn't be framed it would look lovely on the wall, the colours are so fresh and bright what a fab stitch its almost raised. its really lovely, dee x

Rose H (UK) said...

How gorgeous!

Heidi said...

It's a beautiful piece of work...lovely!

Heidi said...

I would love to enter if I'm not to late?

Michaja said...

This is so beautiful!!!

melissa said...

Im a bit of a sucker for vintage embroidery and that one is ( as my 4 yr old would say ) a boody!

buyaionaccount said...

Beautiful! I must say that I'm a fan now of embroidery, that piece was lovely. The back is as good as the front stitch. The textures are excellent.