Vintage embroidery, linen, lace, Transfers and bits and bobs part 2
Embroidered Garden. This is a combination of painted and embroidered picture. This is another 1930s picture (or at least that is what it was sold as). Here are some of the newest acquisitions on the embroidery front. This panel is very different to the ones I had already acquired but I think fits in very well with them. It is also slightly different. The Railway has played a big part in our family's life over the years my Great Grandfather having been a Boilermaker and having worked on the Flying Scotsman in its heyday. When I was a little girl we lived outside of Oakham and at the bottom of the garden was the Railway line. Not many children have Railways at the bottom of the garden but we did although mum used to not be too happy if she had just done the washing and hung it out and got smuts all over it from the passing trains. A mixed batch of worked needlepoint that are all destined to be turned into cushions. I have bits...