flowers vintage embroidery chart

 

charming matchstick flowers. if you use it please link and leave a message. would love to see what you've done.to download the chart go here .enjoy!

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waiting for the weft yarn to dry

finishing this long neglected book, driving through toscana  un giro per la toscana.
which is in a sense reminiscing.

 the covers

and some details. bigger images at my flickr

also reading and pondering this.do not miss his friday post.it is also priceless.


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doing the reds now

this is the red spectrum of murasaki. you add lemon and the blue-purple turns to red-plum. what i like is that the color ranges are dusty muted, at least in the mid values.the silk yarn has already been a week in the liquor and if i'm patient i'll let it exhaust.

also in the reds my wine tasting class is great. we sample 4 wines per class after a most interesting lecture. i've learned (DUH??) through experience that some notes you perceive are according to your personal references.last week they were talking about stable smell and i never having been to one was totally clueless. but i did find  a green coconut taste and everyone was bewildered.

i have made friends with the farmer who brings the produce to my organic supermarket. he is a very kind person and  an exact replica of old macdonald. i foresee inordinate amounts of dye yielding matter . life's good.

btw anybody knows what would give a lime green?

 have a good weekend ya'll!

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