World embroidery day.

Yesterday was world embroidery day and I decided it was a great excuse for visiting some embroidery that I have completed over the years. I love having an excuse to revisit the photos and remember the pleasure that it gave me to stitch the pieces and finally complete them. I hope you won't mind too much if I indulge myself.

My longest stitching project was the millennium sampler. John gave me the kit for my Christmas present in 1999 and I started it over the Christmas holiday. The sampler is cross stitch and includes fractional stitches. They were my downfall as I found them rater difficult. As a result the sampler took me 20 years to complete, but I don't feel bad about it since I know a couple of people who started around the same time and are still a long way from completing it. The sampler is now framed and on the wall in our hall. I took the picture below when I had thought I'd finished but then I decided to add the name of the village and county where we celebrated the new millennium.

My grandson's quilt had Noah's ark embroidery. These were really fun to stitch.

The cute small red work Christmas stitchery.

I loved  stitching these ladies. Barbara from Cat Patches run a stitch along one year and I joined in. I'm so pleased I did and the quilt looks great on the wall by the stairs. 

I also enjoy other peoples embroidery. I saw this series of embroidery at the Stitching and Knitting show a few years ago. They are called the Dementia Darnings by Jenni Dutton who documented the changes in her mother as her dementia developed.

Mum with spotty bow (from photograph). 2011

Mum with striped scarf 2012.

Mum wearing white T shirt 2016.

There were several more embroideries in this series.

I also really liked the Threads for Creation which we saw at Bath Abbey and later at Portsmouth Cathedral. This was a series of 12 quilts created by Jacqui Parkinson. They were amazing. There were a mix of applique, embroidery and quilting.

Wishing you all a very happy world embroidery day for yesterday 30 July 2025. 

Take care

Lyndsey