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I have been carrying around a piece of vintage embroidery for over a year trying to match it for a wallhanging. Today after guild I stopped in the LQS and one of the gals I know helped me pull together some fabric that I think will work really well. I can actually get the project going. Woohoo. My newly painted sewing room wall awaits the wallhanging. The fabric is Bernartex from their arabesque line. It is really rich looking. The piece of embroidery was a pillowtop crewel kit and I found it at the thrift store all embroidered but never put into the pillow. It is old and has waited a long time to be put to some good. I know the person that did the beautiful stitches in it would be glad to see it finished and enjoyed. Taria

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Taria
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Ah, me. Taria, your post makes me so happy. I have a piece of cross-stitch here that took me years to complete. I gently washed it and the black threads faded miserably. Your progress inspires me to 'do' something with it. Or - if I never do - perhaps someone will discover it at a thrift store and honor the hours it represents. So glad you've found some fabric that will work well with yours. Polly

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Polly Esther

A great idea Taria! I have a beautiful piece of candlewicking work that I picked up at a thrift store and now I know what to do with it! I am thinking that perhaps several blocks, each with a different needlework treatment, would make a nifty sampler wallhanging. I've got a home made doily that could become one of the other blocks, and I'm sure I can find something else that needs to find it's place to shine as well. Thank you so much for the idea! Debra

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How lovely it sounds, Taria! :)

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Sandy

Maybe you could leave a note with the thing so there would be a history with it? Better yet would be to go ahead and do soemthing with it yourself. 2 years is a lot of time in a project. Fading is rotten payoff for all that work. : ( Taria

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Oh get that stuff out and at least think about doing something with them. Check out this page for some ideas:

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but I like what she does.There was a neat wallhanging at guild show and tell the other day witha neat printed piece of fabric that had come from one of those old clothcalenders. It was pretty simply but very well done. Nice to see this stuff get a new life.Taria

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Now to just get to it! Weather went nice and so many weeds and chores in the yard calling to me. Taria

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Talking of saving other peoples work... I have finished the modifications on the two wall hangings I found in my local charity shop just before Christmas. The red thing from outer space has been replaced by a friendly star, and on the other the felt flags are now appliqued green and the strange cloud formation is covered by an appliqued lighthouse. I'd redone the binding on both (bits had been missed) and done a bit of invisible mending on pieces that weren't stitched down properly.

I couldn't face undoing the tiny tiny fm quilting (well I presume it was fm) so will live with it. At the moment they are covering tables in my sewing corner. One hangs down to hide the clutter underneath!

The cats have taken to sitting on the tables, so quilts must look ok!!

Sally at the Seaside~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~uk

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