Hi all,
My Secret Stitcher this year is a woman who used to raise/train/show American Saddlebreds and Hackney ponies. What I would like to stitch for her, by June, is the phrase (from Joan E!): "The wind of heaven is that which blows through a horse's ears". With the saying, I would like to have some kind of simple blackwork type of outline drawing of a Saddlebred or pony or both or . . .
OR, - maybe and, depending on what I come up with - is a line drawing of the view of a horse's ears from behind, as if the person is either riding or driving a horse or pony. I'm thinking that this may be my first choice - the saying and then the picture of the top of the "equine's" head from behind, with maybe a piece of the bridle showing, depending upon how much of the equine's head I show.
Does anyone out there have access to a Saddlebred or a Hackney pony to sit on it (or behind it - as in a cart?) and take a couple of photos that they could send to me so I could play around with charting it? Or, is anyone know anyone in a Hackney or Saddlebred club who could see if there is already some kind of needlework charts already made of either breed?
I've poked around a bit on the internet but haven't even been able to find a decent line drawing of Saddlebreds or Hackneys that I could make into a blackwork outline type of project. With our vast resources, I was hoping that someone would know someone who knows someone involved in Saddlebreds or Hackneys to aim me in the right direction.
My friend lost her niece from cancer in May and has slowly been losing her horses as they age along with the rest of us. We don't plan on losing Alison any time soon, but we didn't expect to lose her niece so soon either and I'd really love to do this project for her. She's "only" 83 but . . . . . :-)))
Thanks, Liz from Humbug