Monday, January 28, 2013

A PAGE FOR JANUARY

The eyes of violets are filled with dreams.
-Colette. 
 
 
 
I am home from my trip to stay with my sister and her husband in Napier, had some very relaxing days and of course I went to the interesting shops like Heirlooms, JJ's Crafts, Aaran's  Emphorium  and St Beads, in fact they were the only shops I went to. At Aaran's I was able to get the very heavy weight vilene it is stiff like cardboard and I wanted it to make the pages for my Needlework Masters SAL book. The book is to have one page each month showing two differnt techniques, I also plan to include a small beetle on each page carrying through from the cover. Here is my January page which has the theme of violets. 
 
 
 
 The main embroidery is cross stitch and the design is my own "Posy of Violets"with the quote........
.....tiny fragrant jewels... treasures from my garden
 
 
 The second embroidery is a blackwork butterfly stitched in purple tonings,I have the chart for this if anyone is interested some years ago I created this butterly after being inspired by a small sketch in an old magazine. The beetle is mounted on the same purple silk that I made the little violet flowers from, the beetle uses Colourstreams Sadi thread Check, this is a metal thread and my visit to J J's in Napier gave me the opportunity to stock up on these threads for the future.
 
 
Scrapbooking the page added to the presentation and made it more fun. I am now planning for next month.
 
 

15 comments:

Carol said...

Your needlework book is looking so beautiful, Lee--what a wonderful way to showcase the various techniques... Really love the violet theme and the tiny beetles are fascinating!

brandy1 said...

Your needlework book is going to be wonderful. The embroidery work done so far is lovely.What fun doing a project like that. I can embroider, have done so for some years but putting a project together like that I'm not sure that I would know where to start.Gorgeous work Lee.Kind regards Shirley.

Anne said...

Your violets are so beautiful, and I love your little blackwork butterfly and your beetle! Amazing work! :)

cucki said...

it is really looking so pretty..beautiful work..
love and hugs x

gracie said...

A lovely page... one of my favorite flowers!

Chris said...

That beetle is amazing. I love the violets too.

Listochek said...

So beautiful!

Evelyne said...

Your needlework is fabulous as always!
The beetle is like real, so very beautiful.

Love , Evelyne

Emma/Itzy said...

Such a pretty page, I like this idea and look forward to seeing next months!

Annette-California said...

Love all the violets:) GORGEOUS page Lee. Your beetles is truly amazing - wow. The Butterfly - A piece of art. sigh...Fantastic scrap/needlework page.
love Annette

Merilde said...

As always your stitching is just exquisite. I love your idea of scrapbooking the page - a great idea. The beetle is just gorgeous. you are so creative.

Vickie said...

Lee, I am telling you yet once again, you have such a gift. Wow! Stunning work my friend. I called my husband over once again. He enjoys your work as much as I do. Thank you for sharing it. You take care now.♥

Akila said...

Great idea. All the embroideries are beautiful. The lavender is my favorite

Dani - tkdchick said...

OMG that page is just spectacular!

Karoline said...

Your January page is stunning, congratulations