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Lizzie Lenard Sewing Designs Shop.
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At the moment I am doing an appliqué using the Jubilee Rose pattern. While we were away on holiday in Poland I did the blanket stitching around the appliqué, and now we are home again I am adding detail with the sewing machine. A few lines in dark green are enough for the veins on the leaves, and can be done without slavishly following the pattern.
The detail in the flower itself is a different matter. I have had to follow the pattern exactly, and have done four lines of stitching side by side so that they show up sufficiently against the red.
If I get my skates on I should have it finished by the end of the week, but knowing me...
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This is the rose panel on the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Quilt. The pattern for this rose is the first pattern which is available in the online shop at Lizzie Lenard Sewing Designs
It was this time last year that I was busy drawing the patterns for the appliqué panels for the quilt. This rose, to represent England, was the first one that I drew and the first one to be sewn.
In March I took a quick trip up the motorway to Gloucester to visit Oakshott Fabrics and chose the colours for the quilt. I had in mind a rich, deep red for this rose, and I found just the shade I wanted.
The flower is one large piece, with the petals outlined in machine stitching. For this I found that the best colour for the contrasting thread was a rich shade of peach - no other colour worked quite as well.
I would love to see this rose worked in different colours - deep red for romantics or English patriots, pretty in pink for a girl, yellow for a Texan, or perhaps white in memory of a loved one.
A large double bed sized quilt with nine roses in different colours would look great. Who wants to beat me to it?
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It's been a busy couple of days, but yesterday we pushed the magic button and published a brand new website for the Lizzie Lenard online shop.
The first pattern in the shop is for the appliqué rose that I drew specially for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Quilt, and I will post pictures of the rose tomorrow.
In the meantime, I thought you might like to see the banner that I stitched specially for the website header - the writing was done with the Singer 99K hand machine and the seams were done on the 15K treadle. The rick rack was sewn on by hand, and the flowers were the little snapped off stems from the lovely big bunch that my husband bought for Christmas.
Is there such a thing as vintage website design?
