Ipsden Church, Oxon: patchwork altar frontal, detail of daffodil (hand embroidered by Mary

Few words, just 2 photos today as I’m making a push to finish the white on white altar cloth for Balliol College Chapel by the beginning of term (this Monday, though to be pedantic it’s probably Sunday). As I can’t sew white on white once natural light goes, I’ve been able to complete one more flower in the evenings. This daffodil is made from a lovely bit of gold silk which was given in a bag of scraps for the frontal. I then appliquéd it on to black cotton using my last bit of a certain gold Gütermann button hole twist. The lighter yellow is embroidery cotton. I don’t know why these latest photos have made the fabric look like watered silk when it’s just cotton and I haven’t got time to find out why at the moment. Now, back to the altar cloth on which I now have some white on white daffodils to do.

Ipsden Church, Oxon: patchwork altar frontal, detail of daffodil (hand embroidered by Mary