"Fluttering Butterflies/ Les Papillons Voletant"

"Fluttering Butterflies/ Les Papillons Voletant"

This little embroidery artwork is of butterflies fluttering around fuchsia daisies. This is stitched on a 14 count white Aida fabric. I'm not sure the designer as I found the pattern at a garage sale and it did not list a designer. It looks like the same designer as the birds patterns.

It will fit in a 5"x7" frame without a mat or in a 9"x11" frame with a mat.

~Sarah

"Safe Harbor/ Le Phare" Lighthouse Cross Stitch Embroidered Picture

"Safe Harbor/ Le Phare" Lighthouse Cross Stitch Embroidered Picture

This little embroidery artwork is of a Lighthouse sitting near the sea. This is stitched on a 14 count white Aida fabric. It has many Full Cross Stitches and Half Cross Stitches to allow for a shadowed dawn effect.The French Knots are in green and yellow to add subtle flowers to the design.

It will fit in a 5"x7" frame without a mat or in a 9"x11" frame with a mat.

I'm not sure where the kit came from, but it was one difficult and hard to read pattern. The pattern was mainly in English and French and the picture did not always match up with the pattern key with regards to color nor design.

The backside

~Sarah

Americana Victorian Houses Sampler (not framed)

This was made from a Bucilla kit. It was stitched on White 14 count Aida fabric. It should be Horizontally framed eventually as 15" x 7.75" without a mat or 19" x 11.75" with a mat.

These 3 houses are in a Victorian style that reminds me of the colonial style houses I saw in the southern United States. I was originally thinking of houses in Maine, but having been in Savannah, Georgia a couple years ago...they now remind me more of that area...especially with the fencing.

Each house is full of ornamentation including an American Flag. Each house has a unique wrought iron style fence. Did you know in America the wrought iron fencing was a sign of affluence and wealth. Juliette Gordon Lowe made her own Wrought iron gate and took it with her when her husband divorced her. You can see it at her house in Savannah. This sampler is filled with numerous flowers made from french knots. This is my least favorite of the stitches. My mother will tell you I complain of French knots all the time. My thread gets twisted and knotted sometimes when making them, then I have to rip out a portion of work and redo it. I don't think I have ever done a piece with this many french knots....just look at the flowers, fencing, and shade pulls.

The Backside

Wrought iron fence styles.

Even a flag adorns one of the houses.

So MANY French Knots.

Wrought iron detailed gate and window pulls for the shades.

Hanging plant and lattice work under the porch.

I forgot to add a signature and had to go back and add one yesterday. Not many places to add it.

~Sarah

Alphabet and Flower Sampler Picture

This pattern I believe is from a Bucilla Kit. It is stitched on a Linen type of cloth. I stitched it a couple year ago and found it in the back of a closet with supplies. I always felt bad I didn't give this to my grandfather as he loved it, but my grandmother kept saying they had no wall space left. It has never been hung.

It is already matted and framed. The framed finished size is 17x23 inches. The sampler size unframed would be 11 3/4 x 17 3/4 inches. I framed it myself and added a backing to keep the dust out. My nana taught me how. Someday, I'll add a "how to" on here for it.

~Sarah

Filler: "Tree of Life" Quilt 2004

This "Tree of Life" Quilt I made in 2004 for my cousin Sarah B. (Yes I know another Sarah...the name is popular in my family. It's been used for 7 generations.)


This quilt was I believe a Bucilla Pattern that I hand embroidered  on white fabric. I hand quilted it and hand bound it as well. No machine was used to make this quilt. I finished stitching this an hour before everyone woke up on Christmas morning. The quilt is a lap size quilt That was hung on the wall for a while.

I never took a photo, so I had to send a request to my Aunt Nancy to shoot one for me.

 ~Sarah