Showing posts with label tapestry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tapestry. Show all posts

Tapestry Patterns

I found these pictures of tapestries in a pattern book and thought you might like to see them.

 
I remember doing something quite like this when I was little, but instead of a cloth background, it was a slotted sheet of card and you stretched the yarn across and slotted it into the spaces till you got a picture.  I've not described that very well, but I remember my brother and I getting these kits one Christmas when we were little.  You were even given a frame for your finished work.  Cannot for the life of me remember what that was called!

 
Anyway - these are quite cute and would probably be collectable these days.


Love, Liz

Stitching resolutions

My cross stitch resolution for this year is simple!  I must finish these two gigantic projects that I started many moons ago! I feel a bit g...