Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Leaf on Silk Paper

 I'm really enjoying stitching on silk paper.  So much so that I made another maple leaf stitch sampler on it for myself.
 From left to right the stitches are:  chain, fly, needle weaving, french knots, wheatear, seed, cretan, seed, buttonhole wheel, chain, lazy daisy, cretan, spider web wheel, coral, satin, seed and a few more french knots.  Now I feel like making more silk paper and another stitched leaf :)
 We were on a trip last week and to keep my hands busy while in the car I crocheted this small doily.  I love doilies and have them under just about everything and love giving them away too.
 We had so much rain in June that up in the hills the pincushion cacti are blooming all over the place.  In 7 years, I've never seen so many.
 The female bluebird still has her young in the nest,
while this baby coot was swimming madly across the pond and peeping like crazy to get back to mom.

Have a great week everyone :)

21 comments:

  1. your creation on the silk paper is stunning, the photos of the bluebird beautiful and it was fun to see the coot scurrying back to mum,

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  2. Your Maple leaf stitching is very beautiful. Loved seeing the blue bird at her nest. Hugs Judy

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  3. OMG! This leaf is even more beautiful than the first one!!!!! I was making paper, but now i have to find out how to make silk paper! Gorgeous! Love the bluebird! I, too, like doilies....but I have nowhere to put them AT ALL! I cannot have things sitting about because of my young grandkids. Maybe one day! Yours is very pretty. it's a nice shade too!

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  4. such a beautifully stitched leaf, thought I would pick my favourite stitch, hard but the wheatear wins. Very pretty doily. Not seen a blue bird before thanks for sharing this with us along with the baby coot

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  5. Lovely colour doily.Great photos - all of them. I agree that the leaf is even better than the earlier ones - it's stunning.

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  6. Beautiful. All of it. And also a doily fan

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  7. Beautiful leaf, doily and pictures !!!!
    Have a great day !
    Anna

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  8. Your leaf is just beautiful! The colours are so pretty, it looks as delicate as a real one :)

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  9. Cute leaf! Haha, in did not even recognize some of the stitches you used. Thank you for labelling them.

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  10. Very cool! Is this hand embroidery?

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  11. Love the idea of stitching on silk paper - I'm going to have to give it a go!

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  12. You have so many talents. I don't think I knew that you crocheted as well. The silk paper embroidery is so interesting, I've never seen that before. It looks so delicate and fine, what a beautiful piece.

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  13. I really love your hand stitching-also your silk paper! I haven't made that in awhile. Guess I'd better put it on the "summer to-do" list. It was great meeting you at Anna's. If you ever plan to be in the S'toon area, let me know!!....donna

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  14. Lovely color doily....
    Great photos - all of them....and the leaf is so cute..
    big hugs x

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  15. That leaf is a great stitch sampler and the paper must feel wonderful to stitch into.

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  16. Lovely leaf! Nice to see the cacti blooming in the natural habitat. We don't have desert here so the only ones we see are in the florist shops.

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  17. Your maple leaf sampler looks wonderful, Jeannette! And I am amazed by the colours of the female bluebird - I've never seen one before!

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  18. I love your maple leaf - such beautiful stitching and your doily is gogeous too, such a lovely colour. Beautiful bird pictures too. xx

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  19. The colors of the silk paper and the stitching of the maple are beautiful. Your birds picture are also beautiful.

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  20. You've stitched a lovely leaf Jenny. I've never seen a bluebird before either.

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  21. Your stitching is absolutely exquisite. The photo of the baby coot, made me smile. Thank you!

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