It's from Barnston WI and was made in 1979, it's a cotton cloth with cotton crochet edging and applied motifs *
Close up of the edging
Next up is a book cover from Hadlow Green WI, embroidered with stranded cotton on linen *
And lastly for today a firescreen that normal sits in the meeting room of CFWI Headquartes in Chester, Linen with wool embroidery *
*Info taken from Textile Treasures of the WI published by the National Needlewotk Archive
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3 comments:
They are all lovely - I especially like the bird on the book cover. The crewel firescreen is lovely too (I keep thinking I should have a go at crewel, but I suspect life is too short to add another craft!!)
Stunning! In a good way. I could never stitch anything like that.
Stunning!
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