Embroidery for Remembering
First and this has nothing to do with embroidery, but I’d like to introduce you to chapstick man and tomato man (a double cherry tomato). Chapstick man lives on my desk and tomato man is just a visitor who is already gone now. Chapstick man is ever-present and is dependably clutching a tube of chap stick. They are standing on my desk on the edge of the embroidered piece that I am about to show you.
I can vividly remember when John drew this picture. We were sitting together on his little red couch in his room and he had his little yellow lap table over his little legs. He was 3 at the time and he was drawing and telling me all about his drawings. He drew several pictures, all of them with family members. He drew a nice one of his paternal grandparents. A few months later, I decided to trace the image onto cotton and outline it in the colors he used with embroidery thread. Then I bordered it with two rows of “markers” and two long “pencils” on the side. After that, I quilted it with echo lines.
The image below shows the children around the time the picture was drawn, the red couch and the yellow lap table. They are playing in the living room (John called the room, “lemming loom”), and they are having a great time as usual.
— chocolatechic · Aug 14, 12:31 PM · #
"Lemming room"
— Melanie · Aug 14, 01:31 PM · #
I can`t remember how to get your smilies to work here, darn.
Love the embroidery work. :thumbsup:
— Elaine · Aug 14, 05:10 PM · #
Poor tomato man.
— Sheri · Aug 15, 11:29 AM · #
It is a treasure Donna, as I am sure you know. I do have things that my first born son Darius cross stitched though. I taught him since he saw his older sisters doing so and wanted to learn. I should dig them out one day and scan them to show off.
— Michielle · Aug 15, 11:43 PM · #
— Tressa · Aug 17, 12:23 AM · #
:) It really is a sweet keepsake. I believe I still have his original drawings from that day in a big box with my paintings and drawings. I suppose when I am a complete empty-nester I will have to go through all of those things and do something with them, perhaps put them in a special box.
— Donna Young · Aug 20, 04:46 PM · #
Your lemming loom looks like ours. I like to see how the kids get creative with their surroundings.
— appliejuice · Aug 23, 08:23 AM · #
You are so creative! I love your beautiful, priceless quilt.
Hugs, Robin
— Robin Stokes · Aug 25, 12:23 AM · #
if you have anymore pieces of figures in a childelike form, would there be a possibility that you could forward them to my email address as they would be perfect research!!!! i would obviously put down your name and information as an inspiration.
Thank you very much
yours sincerely
tara
— Tara Thornton · Mar 27, 12:23 PM · #