The piece is called "Elisabeth's Legacy". It is a Madeira embroidered table runner, placed on Radiance fabric, and quilted. It is named after Elizabeth Porter, who introduced embroidery to the women on Madeira, thus establishing a cottage industry that became the highest form embroidered table and bed linens.
Here are some detail shots
I do dearly love this piece - I have such respect for the skills of the original embroiderer, and tried to enhance them with my own work.
I'll be entering it in the Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival - wish me luck!
For now, I think I'll just keep looking at it!!
Kate
3 comments:
Absolutely stunning! Well done, and good luck.
It's beautiful and I look forward to seeing it at Mid-Atlantic!
Words cannot adequately describe how beautiful this is.
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