Tempted by a packet of iron on vintage patterns at a trash and treasure sale ... I practiced my stem stitch and had a couple of pleasant evenings. All things being equal the mushroom stitchery will end up as a tea cosy.
The design has a lovely sweep to it. In the end I wished I hadn't stitched the beetle but it was part of the iron iron pattern and you could see it marked on the fabric.
The apple also has a lovely roundness to it and I will make a table runner or wall hanging. The apple is quite large and sits at one end of the fabric.
My poor photography doesn't do the fabric justice. It has lovely red rust streaks through it after a day of play at bush dying using red gum bark.
Of course I had to stitch the pears - I will post a photo at some stage. Not sure what I will do with them - maybe make a pot holder like in the one on the packet?
It was a pleasure to stitch these simple designs and gave me time to contemplate questions of composition and design, what works and what doesn't. It reminded me that I really enjoyed circles, swirls and spirals and how stitch them when I doodle with a needle.
