12 December, 2006

Long Evening...

It was a long evening in the studio last night... I had this idea for a set of placemats for a Christmas gift. Not any ordinary placemats, mind you; but mats with North American birds embroidered on them. Seems simple enough... look at the detail photo below w/ Cardinals. Twenty-one thread color changes... yes, 21! (And that was only one placemat!!) Someone got very tired while "Mom" stitched; late into the night...

Life is Good!
'tis the season...

3 comments:

Ancestor Collector said...

These placemats are just beautiful! Poor Hannes though....you've over-worked him!

Laurie Ann said...

Great placemats! I love the picture of your boy. So sweet! Hopefully I won't post as anonymous now.

Shelina said...

Those are beautiful placemats. You made all those in one evening!?!? I am making an afghan of birds, and I'm still working on it a couple of years later!