It's Just Me Again

My brother Glenn Stuart, myself in the middle admiring something, and Sheryl Bailey, my Mum's childhood friend's daughter. Surrogate cousin.

This is my Nanna (great-grandmother Lucy Ellen), my Grandma (Phyllis Lucy), my Mum (Judith Ann) and myself, Robyne Fiona. Nanna and I shared a birthday, also with my father's Dad (Gramps). At Grandma's house in Moonee Ponds, where I later lived to go to Melbourne College of Textiles.

Now All I Want To Do Is Make Some Potholders

I scribbled this after looking at some of doublewinky's stuff. I thought it would be suitably done ala Penny-Rug-ish? Old blankets and bits of felt? Coarse embroidery. They're supposed to be a bit scorched and grubby so I have to be sensible.

I might have to start a new Flickr group.... s'pose I should see if there's one already.

If you see or have any goodies, send me a link or a pic??? I'm on a mission. It's making me stitch and stitch the curtains without fail, because (unlike my usual behaviour, where I work on anything I want to) I will not do any pot-holders until they're finished.

Why didn't I think of them before?

P.S. If anyone makes this one, send us a pic too huh?

I Need To Make Some Potholders

And today, sick at home and feeling fuggy at the computer... surfing from link to link in Flickr, I have found a few. I might try to do a mozaic??? Or just put some pics and links...

pilllpat (agence eureka)

These two from a particular favourite of mine, doublewinky.

Added by bbmarie.

Made by bbmarie. This one has a tutorial. Fun for the kiddies.

By Ross McLeod

Just scanned, so it's a bit shiny and hard to see, but you get the drift. Circa don't know, but before we were together, maybe just, and that's over 9 years...

Me & Stevie Park

I always thought he was nice. Last time I saw him was when I was about 10.

It Looks Better With The Edging

I had a go at crochet, but couldn't get it right.... due to an extensive lack of knowledge and experience with the method. Detached Buttonhole is more up my alley. You can see that the design is intended to have such a framing. Much better!! I'm happy.
Broder had ceased as part of DMC's product range apparently. It's such a shame. It has a quality all its own and has been around for ever and ever. It's particularly good for Satin stitch type work.

Doiley

I traced if to add into the curtains (sorry, you must be sick of hearing about them). Mum did the cross-stitch when she was a teenager as the centre part of a tablecloth that was never hemmed. The doiley is from 'The Stitchery' (Cedarwood Drive, Cherrybrook, NSW 2126, 0 2 9875 2264). I've obviously traced it. They have a stack of fantastic kiddie designs and I have a few and will buy more before they go into oblivion (which is what they expect to do as there is no-one to take over the business and the technology is a bit obsolete).

I'll crochet or do Detached Buttonhole around the edge as it would be done for a doiley...