A little finished project goes a long way in terms of helping creative and domestic frustration subside.
This lovely little bolster cushion was made from an Anette Eriksson kit. It is destined for chez Dillpickle, because as I made it I could visualize it living on Anna's couch. Plus, she just made my boys some lovely beanies. Hope you like it, Dilly.
I met Anette at the recent Daylesford Craft Experience and fell in love with her stylish designs. This one is a half cross stitch design, very easy to execute. I've never done any cross-stitching but it's pleasantly simple, especially on the lovely open weave of hessian fabric. It's also easy to backtrack if you make mistakes.
Having said that, I did manage to overlook a major error early on, resulting in a need to drop an entire letter from the text in order to keep the symmetry. Can you spot it?
Do I care? Non. It's well-hidden by the cursive text, still aesthetically pleasing, and hopefully not too many Francophiles will be visiting Anna to hurl croissants at her in disgust.
I can highly recommend such a project for anyone else experiencing the work-in-progress blues.
lovely lovely! that is so gorgeous
ReplyDeletewow it is soooooo gorgeous Gina I certainly can relate to the work in progress blues at the moment xx
ReplyDeleteIt looks fabulous, you've done a great job.
ReplyDeleteI never would have noticed the missing R! That's how an Aussie would pronounce it anyway.
ReplyDeleteAlthough with the cursive, I can't even tell if it's the R or the N that you've left out. :-)
I think it's rather magnificent, so I can't wait till it moves in!
ReplyDeleteThat looks lovely. A perfect cushion- missing letter or other wise...I would never have known. I've never tried to cross stitch. My grandfather was a beautiful cross stitcher (yep, you read right- grandfather) who used get many awards for his efforts...I should give it a go one day.
ReplyDeleteFantastic. I have no idea what the mistake is - looks perfect to me. I just borrowed about from the library "linen and thread" it has lots of cross stitched french designs in it too. I think you'd like it.
ReplyDeleteI think you could still find your way there if you arrived in Paris, missing letter or not... looks lovely - I'm thinking I should try learning this to make a gift for a francophile friend of mine!
ReplyDeleteI didn't even realise it was on hesian hehe... I looks delicate and stunning!! Glad your process had a quackish end result!! Xo Steph
ReplyDeleteLove it - can't see any mistakes - love a bit of french font action!
ReplyDeleteThat is stunningly beautiful. The mistake makes it truly yours, and no one else would (probably) have notice if you hadn't pointed it out. You just keep stretching those talents!
ReplyDeleteYou made me laugh out loud at the visual of croissants being thrown at your friend!
ReplyDeleteWho cares about that stingy little letter anyway!
It's beautiful! And I didn't notice the missing letter until you pointed it out. :)
ReplyDeletelove your style.xx
ReplyDeleteGorgeous Gina :) Who needs a redundant 'R' anyway?! Reading Bill Bryson's Mother Tongue at the moment about how language (and in particular the English language) has developed and it is truly a fascinating read... We've dropped letters since the beginning of speech... you've probably started a new language shift yourself here! ;) Kx
ReplyDeletejust beautiful. well done
ReplyDeleteOOH LA LA! (that's about the only form of French excited gesticulation I can summon at the mo). That is seriously gorgeous G. Missing letter or non. Which I still haven't picked. So 'ner' to passing French croissant hurlers.
ReplyDeleteoh fabulously fab, what a great bastile day crafty thing. Half cross-stitch? I have never cross stitched anything, it is easy you say????
ReplyDeleteTres mignon Gina! It's so perfectly french country! xo m.
ReplyDeletethat's lovely. handmade with style. haven't seen 'half cross stitch' before either - very effective! she's a lucky friend.
ReplyDeleteWow, this is so gorgeous!
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