Jul09 2010

It’s not knitting, but I love it and just had to share

by: Courtney Heath Filed under Inspiration

I rarely sit still and when I do I always try to keep my hands busy. Usually with knitting, but I love all sorts of hand crafts. One in particular I’ve always admired is traditional red work. If you’re not familiar with redwork, my love of which stems back to my quilting days, it’s the art of using red cotton thread to embroider designs on a white, typically muslin background. The designs are often story book type illustrations but has so much to offer.

You can see more in great books like this.

Great American Redwork

Mazie has taken an intense interest in drawing early on and some of them are so fabulous. So inspiration hit!
I could turn these drawing into some redwork.

This is Mazie's drawing of mummy

I picked up some fabulous cotton flouch (aka cotton thread) across the street at B.F. Good Stitch, some simple white dish cloths at William Sonoma, traced Maze’s artwork onto the cloth and stitched away! I’m so in love with my first attempt and can’t wait to tackle the rest. This will become a set of four. She’s so excited to see her drawings like this and I am so excited with the result.

I know it’s not knitting or yarn-y but I just had to share.

5 Comments

Rhonda the StitchingNut on July 10, 2010 1:19 pm
You rock Mazie … I LOVE your art! And your Mommy’s redwork.
Of course I’m … the StitchingNut for a reason.
Lisa McGuire on July 12, 2010 5:49 pm
Love, love, love!!
Dorothy on July 19, 2010 4:45 am
That’s cool! You should consider putting a towel or two away each year for when your daughter has a house of her own (Oooooh, what a cool wedding gift that would be!)
Courtney Heath on July 22, 2010 10:17 am
ooh I love that idea! I pick out a special Christmas ornament for her each year so that she’ll have a collection when she starts her own family but I love this idea even more! So great. Thanks for the inspiration Dorothy!
Pixiewear on July 24, 2010 4:34 am
I love it! What a great idea!