I had the most marvellous weekend. On Saturday we had good friends from Ethiopia (though they are Australian actually) over for lunch and served them a yummy Vietnamese dish, which we figured they’d appreciate because Asian style food can be hard to concoct in Ethiopia. I don’t know that fish sauce makes it to Addis – I certainly never saw any! We had a great time and I was pleased to find that gluten free self saucing puddings do work, even when you also take the egg out!
Yesterday I did heaps of stitching on my Portuguese whitework, getting quite a number of squares and rectangles done. It was while embroidering on the weekend that I realised how VERY much I am enjoying this form of embroidery. It is just so satisfying. I love the elegant drawn thread work. I love the pretty bullion motifs. I love the white. I love stitching it. I think it is absolutely gorgeous, and I enjoy every minute of it.
I suddenly realised that I am getting a lot more enjoyment out of this embroidery than I have in a long time. That’s not to say that I haven’t enjoyed the embroidery I have done over the last while – I definitely have. But I am just enjoying this SO much more. Its like the enjoyment levels have just gone up a notch from high, to even higher!
I came to see that I have a new favourite form of embroidery: Portuguese whitework. How happy am I! What a joy to have a job I adore so much!
White Threads is the blog of Yvette Stanton, the author, designer, publisher behind Vetty Creations' quality needlework books and embroidery products.
It’s wonderful, isn’t it, to realise suddenly that something is suddenly even more fun than before. The Camberwell panel was rather like that for me..
Yes, it probably sounds really obvious to all of you as outsiders, as you’ve listened to me exclaiming about it for the last while. But for me to suddenly realise just how much I am loving it, and that it now is my favourite, was a bit of an epiphany. (Nice word, that one!)
I’m enjoying watching your progress on the Camberwell panel. 🙂