This is one end of a gorgeous table runner from the U.K. One of my e-correspondents over there tells me that this kind of thing is seriously UNDER-rated in the U.K., and they just love it when the Aussies snap them up on eBay!
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4 years ago
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Is that solid stitching on the blue dress and bonnet and the flowers? Wow! Why I wondor is it under-rated in the U.K.?
Yes Maggie, the stitching on the bonnet and dress is satin stitch, with a border of outline stitch around each section. At first glance, I thought it was button hold stitch like the flowers, but I have just had a closer look and I don't think it is now. Hard to tell from the back - the embroiderer was very untidy I'm afraid!
Apparently some English people feel the Crinoline lady is so old fashioned and out-dated, they just don't feel it is worth collecting. Not Vintage lovers, obviously!
Grrrrr! I meant button HOLE stitch, not Hold! Can anyone tell me how to edit a comment once it is posted on your blog? I went to Dashboard and I know how to edit an original post, but not my comment. Other than deleting it and starting again, that is.
another gorgeous Crinoline lady...
Beautiful!
Gina this crinoline piece is so lovely the blue is very catching don't you think. I was told once by a seller of a piece of crinoline "O! THEY ARE A DIME A DOZEN" over here the more that leave and head to Australia the better. I agreed lol lol lol
hope you enjoyed your long weekend
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