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Louana gave me three of these small vintage linens a while back in the palest sea-green, each with a sprig of flowers embroidered on one corner. I copied the style of the original stitching and embroidered an all-over pattern on the linen, and made it up into a needlebook and matching pouch as part of my shop update today. I liked working on such a delicate and old-fashioned set. 

Hope your Wednesday is going well. I had tea and a chat with an old friend and now the sun is shining through the windows. Not a bad start.

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16 responses to “a green set”

  1. Rach Avatar

    That green is fantastic and your stitching looks great with it : ) Nice work

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  2. Jenni Avatar

    just dreamy Melissa 🙂

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  3. maree Avatar

    Always Beautiful Work…Love it on the Green.
    cheers

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  4. jenni Avatar

    love this color, reminds me of the coming Spring…

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  5. Annie Avatar

    What a beautiful colour, and such delicate stitching. So pretty 🙂

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  6. Dawn Avatar

    Oh my goodness, the needle booklet is so sweet!

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  7. Kylie Avatar

    It is a beautiful colour. They look gorgeous 🙂 Kx

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  8. louana Avatar

    oh wow! they look amazing and totally transformed, you are so clever. I kept a few of the same napkins, I loved the soft green and cute wee flowers.

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  9. Nicole Avatar

    The pale embroidery is so beautiful against that lovely sea green.

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  10. Emma (silverpebble) Avatar

    That colour and your additions to it are beautiful – like a tiny hedgerow.
    My eldest has been wearing her little vintage graph paper skirt so much. It’s the perfect summer play skirt. I was posting about our holiday earlier today and realised she was wearing it in one of the images!

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  11. Eva Avatar
    Eva

    Beautiful, the embroideries look lovely set against the green cloth.
    Just seen the front cover on the recent issue of ExtraCurricular on a blog – is that one of your drawings on the front?

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  12. sloane Avatar

    My heart skipped a beat when I saw that gorgeous sea-green linen! Your embroidery is pretty as always. xo

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  13. lori Avatar

    so so pretty. i’d love to have some wool in the same green.

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  14. keishua Avatar

    wow, your needle work is amazing.

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