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Related: About this forumThis footstool was made by my parents...
My dad made the base and my mom embroidered the top...
I cannot get over just how beautiful it is. It was truly a labor of love.
elleng
(131,370 posts)What a treasure!
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,786 posts)I feel very lucky to have this in my life.
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(149,786 posts)ljm2002
(10,751 posts)And to know that both of your parents did this work, how wonderful is that!
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,786 posts)They didn't collaborate very much, as far as I know. So this really is wonderful!
Curmudgeoness
(18,219 posts)I find it so emotional to have things that my parents (one or the other) made...which is why my house is too full of sentimental crap.
BTW, that is needlepoint, not embroidery. (I just had to say that since I do both.)
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,786 posts)I knew it was needlepoint! No idea why I didn't call it by its proper name...oh well. I was really amazed at the way it swirls around and covers the entire fabric.
I don't think your house, or mine, can ever be too full of beautiful things that our parents made...It's such a great way to remember them.
NCarolinawoman
(2,825 posts).....and the story behind it!
A work of art, and feet should Never be put on works of art.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,786 posts)I don't plan to put my feet on it. It IS for looking at.
csziggy
(34,139 posts)Needlepoint is stitched on an open weave ground fabric, usually very stiff and called canvas. Sometimes people call needlepoint "tapestry" but tapestries are woven.
Embroidery encompasses needlepoint in some definitions but usually is threads worked on any fabric most often on a close weave.
I'm a member of the American Needlepoint Guild and the Embroiderers Guild of America and have stitched for most of my life.
I love the design and the colors - I wonder if that is a Kaffe Fassett design? He's noted for his exuberant use of color:
http://www.kaffefassett.com/Needlepoint.html
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,786 posts)I knew it was needlepoint, but neglected to word it properly...sorry!
The design does rather look like a Kaffe Fassett work, but I have no idea. And I can't ask my mom, since she passed earlier this year.
Glad you enjoyed it!
alfredo
(60,082 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(149,786 posts)My mom also painted and I inherited several of her paintings.
My dad made a couple of end tables and I treasure them.
alfredo
(60,082 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(149,786 posts)alfredo
(60,082 posts)I use the tools when needed. I use the Wiss 10" scissors often. Too bad I didn't get the Pfaff sewing machines. His partner hid them after dad died. I just wanted one of them.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,786 posts)alfredo
(60,082 posts)Mira
(22,381 posts)thanks for showing it to us