Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Nuremburg-style Kitchen





Wanted to share some pictures of my Nuremburg-style kitchen.  I found this display box sitting out in the rain in front of an antique shop in New Jersey years ago.  I thought it would be great for a miniature club member as half of them were antique-ers, and already had it in the trunk of my car, when the dealer said, "Wait a minute, I have a stove that just might work."  When I placed the stove in it, I decided it was mine!  The day after I returned home, wondering how I was going to decorate it, the plumber came for repairs and was taken with the piece.  He found the copper "stove pipe" in his truck along with 4 copper caps that fit the top of the stove perfectly.  From there on, it went very easily because I started shopping at full size antique shows and found most of the items you see at reasonable prices.  I had so much fun doing this room up, not caring about matching scales as that is only a contemporary idea.
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Thursday, November 10, 2011

Examples of my needlework






Posted by PicasaThe top photo shows a miniature sampler I have since sold.  It is on 48 stitches to the inch silk gauze.  The petitpoint of a King Charles Cavalier on a cushion is from a chart by Nicola Mascall of the UK and is on 40 gauze.  The next two photos are miniature crewel that has since been made up into a miniature sofa and is available for sale.  Below that is a full size crewel embroidered fireplace screen, mounted on an antique wood form, which I stitched in the 1980's.  

My raison d'etre...

I created this blog at the suggestion of one of my fellow Petitpointers, an online Yahoo group I belong to.  I will show my full size and miniature stitchery and discuss my latest project.  Thanks to Tricia Wilson Nguyen of Thistle-Threads, one of the creators of the Plimouth Plantation Jacket. I have started planning my own version of a 17th century Stumpwork casket (basically an embroidered trinket box, nothing to do with coffins!).  I will give information about the history of these boxes and record my own journey in creating one.  Hope the stitchers and potential stitchers out there enjoy my ramblings!