Weddings

I have been working on various projects the past month as well as battling the old flue.  Some of the stained glass pictures have been framed and hanged and one was gifted.  I will do a follow up post on all of those once they are all done.

I also made 2 more sewing pouches for gifts (this post) and almost finished the 2 playmats I made for our two grandsons as the lockdown levels were eased and I was able to buy all the stuff needed to finish the various projects.

With lockdown phasing out, couples are once again able to get married, so I also made some wedding gifts for friends of mine to gift at a wedding later this month.

The happy couples son will also receive his own towel.

I also played around with different ideas to embroider on masks for another couple, but what started out as a fast little project turned out rather tedious as some of the free designs going around on the internet are of little or no quality at all.  So, after a disaster or two, we finally settled on Mr and Mrs in fancy lettering which quilting friend Hanlie will stitch into masks. 😀

Wedding present

A set of towels embroidered for friends of mine attending a wedding this weekend.  Always a popular choice.

I got so frustrated with myself last night sorting through nearly 1 500 different Alphabet folders to find the one that will do.  That is the problem with having so many designs....  What to choose?

So, I decided I will subdivide it further into categories for babies, children, flowers etc.  Also renaming the folders so that I can see at a glance which contains lower as well as upper case will make a huge difference.  And lastly putting the Windows fonts separate as well as they are utilized with other monograms.

Wedding cushions

I've been working on these cushions as well the last month.  This was however a team effort as I asked one of my quilting buddies, Magda du Plesssis, to help me with the stitching of the cushions and she did a terrific job.  They look stunning!

Crown catering ordered these sets in white only as they are in high demand with their clients.

The complete set  - 2 kneeling cushions with the ring cushion.



Close up of the ring cushion.

The kneeling cushion.

The second set of cushions with a slight variation.  More embroidery and less ribbon.





A ring cushion embellished with silver ribbon and embroidery.

Wedding Gift - Embroidered Towels

About the only client I still embroider for, ordered another set of towels for a wedding.  I have done quite a few sets over the last 10 years or so for her and she still adores every set.  I have free reign about what to put on the towels as well as the colours.  For these one's, I used a monogram from Sonia Showalter. 



The hand towels and facecloths.

 

The bath towels

And lastly, the bath sheets.

A close-up of the monograms used:

 

 

Kneeling and ring cushions for weddings

A client of mine phoned me on Wednesday 19 December asking me if would be possible to make 2 sets of kneeling cushions with the accompanying ring bearers cushions for weddings today, Saturday the 22nd. 

With such short notice, I immediately started working.  Thursday she phoned again asking if I could deliver one set the same afternoon!  As I was still far from finished (I had to drive around the shops buying the necessary supplies also), we decided that I would deliver one set on Friday morning and the other set Saturday morning. 

With my overlocker out of order, I had to do everything the old fashioned way which was a lot more work and very time consuming.  The frills needed for all 6 cushions was approximately 20m in length...

This set was finished Friday morning at 03h00 and delivered on time.  I asked my husband to photograph the set with some close ups, but he was in such a hurry that most of the photo's are blurred.  He also did not notice that he set the Ipad on video, so these photo's is about all there is.

Kneeling cushion x2

 

The embroidery was done in white with silver lace and ribbon.



Ring bearers cushion

After getting a few hours sleep, I started with the next set finishing them 24h00 Friday night. 

 

 

This set was done in white and gold.

 

 

 

 





Assimina from Crown Catering was absolutely thrilled!  I can only hope that the people hiring these sets, will appreciate it and take good care of them.  I am extremely pleased with the end result and think they are gorgeous.  I was however extremely tired.  At this rate I will need a holiday once this one is finished...

Weddings - 2

Ringbearers cushion I made a few years back when I still thought it worthwile to sell embroidered items at flea markets.  The white satin with silver metallic thread turned out beautiful.  I made cream sets embroidered with gold as well.

Weddings -1

I embroidered these serviettes for Sascha, a colleague's wedding in May.  Until I saw the photo's today, I didn't knew it looked so stunning!

    The happy couple, Sascha and Stephen Gourley.

I wrote in this post about the present I made for them.

Wedding present

A colleague at work got married on the 26th of May, in the midst of us working overtime.  As a result I did not manage to finish her present on time.  Herewith some photo's although slightly blurred.