A gift given in the early 70's While I was taking classes to complete my undergraduate degree Mom was fascinated with owls. She's not the type to obsess; she didn't collect owls of all types, but she made it clear that she would enjoy owl gifts. So I embroidered this one for her sometime in the early 1970s and was very proud of it, even if I do say so myself. As a college student I couldn't afford to frame it; Mom did it well with the gold moulding emphasizing the eyes and the dark frame highlighting the dark browns of the owl and grounding the rather light coloured bird and background. This project started a kit so I had the right thread at my finger tips. Plus the instructions must have been very clear because I was able to successfully complete the variety of different stitches required. It seems to me I spent hours working on it, and I'm sure my eye sight was much better than it is today. ( I struggle now doing cross-stitch as I often spli...
Getting it together one stitch at a time.