I have to apologise for missing a week of blogging, but I have an excellent excuse! A couple of weeks ago Storm Arwen hit Britain and totally flattened most of Aberdeenshire and Moray, as well as quite a lot of other parts of the UK. Thousands of trees were thrown down and most of the electricity system for this area was trashed. We were without power for over a week, and although many people were a lot worse hit than we were, still it was not a comfortable time. So I thought that in the circumstances we were in need of something bright and cheerful!
A couple of weeks ago I posted a circular design which was inspired by Mexican folk art. This week we have another in much the same style - perhaps less "Mexican" in feeling and more American folk- arty, but all the same from much the same school. Here's the inspiring design
The original folk art birds-in-a-tree
and here is the embroidery.
An embroidered version
You can see the similarities but also the differences between the two. The original painted version is much more detailed and intricate, and of course embroidery can't always be forced into that kind of fine detail. But both versions are at least cheerful!
Anyway - I will be taking a couple of weeks off from blogging to allow for the holiday season, as we probably have more to think about at the moment than embroidery. But I will be back in the new year with a couple of freebies to celebrate 2022, and to hope that the coming year will be easier and happier than 2021 has been for many of us. I wish you all a very happy and peaceful holiday season