Addison Embroidery
at the
Vicarage

F & M embroidered initials (hand embroidered by Mary Addison)

Making embroidered presents is one thing but often delivering them is quite another, particularly when frames and glass are involved. Daughter No 1 confidently wraps such things in bubble wrap and entrusts their delivery to the post – and it seems no harm has come to them. I’m not so confident and prefer to wait until delivery by hand offers itself as an option.

Embroidered initial F

These embroidered initials I made for twins and finished last February. Their father was visiting from Aberdeen last week end so I got on with mounting them on card so that he could take them home with him and arrange for framing there. Fortunately my discovery of Stitchery Tape enabled me to do this quickly, whereas the method I used previously which involved lacing threads across the back of the mount was time consuming. Stitchery Tape comes with the assurance that it’s archival quality, acid free and won’t discolour or harm the fabric in any way. I’ll post photos of how to use it when next I mount a monogram.

Embroidered initial M

These look so different now they have a firm backing I thought it would be nice to have another look a them.

Debbie Bliss pattern for 2 colour raglan jumper

Debbie Bliss pattern for 2 colour raglan jumper

I began this jumper while we were on holiday in Cornwall  (and gosh, wasn’t I glad to have it with me when our clutch went on the journey home and I had a few unexpected hours to fill in.)  The finished article has just come down to London with me today and I was expecting it to be put into storage for about a year, or six months at most. Having chosen the options for a child aged 3-4 ( and having added another couple of cms to the length both of the body and the sleeves) I was a bit surprised our 19 month old doesn’t look especially swamped in it. This is the same pattern as I made here  and I have already started another one, this time also for a 3-4 year old but with a band of Fair Isle around the bottom – now I see I’d better get on with it.

Little boy in Debbie Bliss pattern for 2 colour raglan jumper

Little boy 10 months in Debbie Bliss pattern for 2 colour raglan jumper

Little boy of 19 months in Debbie Bliss pattern for 2 colour raglan jumper

After seeing the photographs I have just trimmed his fringe! Although small person has modelled the shoulder seams beautifully, none of the photos show that the neckband is in fact 2 rows of the mauve wool and 2 of grey which was necessary as I ran out of the former. They always used to say that Coleman’s Mustard made a fortune for Coleman because of what was left on the plate and not eaten. A similar thing might be true of Debbie Bliss as each pattern I have made up has left me with substantial amounts of each colour of the wool used. I have nearly enough for a whole new striped jumper … but not quite enough … so I’ll have to buy some more… Very clever; where will it end?