Break time. What do you do for fun?

[DuckieLady]

I have always liked embroidery - my dad taught me as a young girl - but not cross stitch. I am hopeless with a sewing machine and much prefer hand stitching anything. I have done hand-stitched patchwork but was also good at knitting and crochet but haven't the patience now.

I don't blame you with the sewing machine. I've seen the way that those work with embroidery and I am confident I would mess it up. lol I only sew by hand and sewing my youngest's dresses take a long time. I always did something with the machine tension out of habit of turning the wheel that ends up making it useless and I could never figure out how to fix it. I went through three machines and now I'm terrified of all of them.

 

[farouk]

I don't blame you with the sewing machine. I've seen the way that those work with embroidery and I am confident I would mess it up. lol I only sew by hand and sewing my youngest's dresses take a long time. I always did something with the machine tension out of habit of turning the wheel that ends up making it useless and I could never figure out how to fix it. I went through three machines and now I'm terrified of all of them.

@FluffyYellowDuck If you are blessed to have small fingers, this is good; with my big fingers sewing, using needles, etc (even opening plastic wraps in supermarkets) is very difficult.

Some ppl are blessed to be nimble-fingered and dexterous.

 

[Pearl]

@FluffyYellowDuck If you are blessed to have small fingers, this is good; with my big fingers sewing, using needles, etc (even opening plastic wraps in supermarkets) is very difficult.

Some ppl are blessed to be nimble-fingered and dexterous.

I feel blessed to still be able to sew at my age when many have lost the agility in their fingers or who can't see so well.

 

[farouk]

I feel blessed to still be able to sew at my age when many have lost the agility in their fingers or who can't see so well.

@Pearl A blessing, indeed! My wife's fingers already give her a bit of trouble sometimes.

 

[farouk]

@FluffyYellowDuck Sounds like you would really enjoy the Renaissance re-enactment scene with all the intricate embroidery.

 

[Pearl]

@FluffyYellowDuck Sounds like you would really enjoy the Renaissance re-enactment scene with all the intricate embroidery.

When you look at some of intricate embroidery of the past it just blows your mind. The gowns of Queen Elizabeth I spring to mind; all hand sewn and hand embroidered. Stunning but I bet the seamstresses were paid peanuts.

 

[farouk]

When you look at some of intricate embroidery of the past it just blows your mind. The gowns of Queen Elizabeth I spring to mind; all hand sewn and hand embroidered. Stunning but I bet the seamstresses were paid peanuts.

@Pearl I know someone who has been to Hampton Court Palace to the Royal School of Needlework there. Over here this side of the Pond the Renaissance Reenactment scene is quit big in some areas. Ties in with family history research, really; ppl wondering how their ancestors would have dressed; a bit like Victoriana / Gothic needlework and design, really.

 

[Pearl]

@Pearl I know someone who has been to Hampton Court Palace to the Royal School of Needlework there. Over here this side of the Pond the Renaissance Reenactment scene is quit big in some areas. Ties in with family history research, really; ppl wondering how their ancestors would have dressed; a bit like Victoriana / Gothic needlework and design, really.

It really is amazing. Royal wedding gowns and veils and trains etc have some stunning embroidery by modern day seamstresses and embroiderers - such skill and talent.

 

[farouk]

fineartamerica dot com

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Some ppl seem really to appreciate the intricate and ornate needlework that it entails.

 

[Pearl]

The coronation portrait of Elizabeth II. So intricate.

 

[farouk]

@Pearl

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Seems like elegant Victoriana is undergoing a revival.

 

[farouk]

The coronation portrait of Elizabeth II. So intricate.

Great picture! to think it was 68 years ago....

 

[Pearl]

Elizabeth I. all hand stitched and embroidered. Just wonderful.

 

[Pearl]

Queen Victoria. More heavy ornate hand embroidery. I've actually seen this portrait in Buckingham Palace. It is so rich in colour and life-sized.

 

[Pearl]

Great picture! to think it was 68 years ago....

June 2nd 1953

She had actully been the monarch since Feb 1952 when King George VI - her father - died. She is a remarkable lady and has just had her covid vaccination along with Prince Philip who will be 100 later this year. She will be 95 in April.

 

[Pearl]

@Pearl

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Seems like elegant Victoriana is undergoing a revival.

I bet that's not hand stitched.

 

[farouk]

I bet that's not hand stitched.

Perhaps not; you're right. Still I thought it looked kind of gracious and elegant Victoriana, don't you...?


@Pearl

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[quietthinker]

I loved spending time with my grandparents too.

tell me what the attraction is there A_R

 

[quietthinker]

@FluffyYellowDuck Shows how life in Christ indeed transforms...


I tried the broken cisterns, Lord,
But, ah, the waters failed!
E’en as I stooped to drink they fled,
And mocked me as I wailed.

The pleasures lost I sadly mourned,
But never wept for Thee,
Till grace the sightless eyes received,
Thy loveliness to see.

Refrain:
Now none but Christ can satisfy,
None other name for me;
There’s love and life and lasting joy,
Lord Jesus, found in Thee.

(James McGranahan, 1840-1907)

words penned by one who has seen!

 

[Pearl]

tell me what the attraction is there A_R

My grandma was scary and we had to be quiet all the time.