Its been a busy few days involving 12 year old birthdays, quilt guild meetings and the bank holiday but I'm finally here to put the terrific (or perhaps the terrible) into your Tuesday with the aid of a few dozen embroidery stitches disguised as a tree.
After completing all of the embroideries for my book it has been a total charm to be able to stitch for once without having to think about writing up a pattern or tutorial or wondering if the stitches are too difficult or too boring.
I think you can see how liberated I feel not having to do that just by looking at the above because all it says to me is 'my brain is very happy indeed'.
All of the floss colours are by Cosmo again, this one uses pretty much the same palette as I was using in the piece I started last week.
The other thing that totally made my weekend? My newly 12 year old daughter went shopping with friends and spent some of her birthday money on some surprise tulips for me.
How sweet is that??
That is one terribly cute tree.... I love the colours. It doesn't matter how much you love pink, purple and red, sometimes you just need a bit of green!
And a 12-yearold who spontaneously buys flowers for her mom: incredible! It's possibly even cuter than the tree....
Love,
Ilse
Posted by: Ilse | 05/08/2012 at 12:48 PM
that's one very sweet daughter! Good job mom! You're raising her well. And I love that tree...
Posted by: Ellyn | 05/08/2012 at 01:00 PM
Love this one, I want a tree like that in my backyard! :)
So sweet of your girly to do that for you!
Posted by: Jeni | 05/08/2012 at 01:29 PM
It's gorgeous and I was lucky enough to see it irl on Sunday. Your daughter is super sweet :)
Posted by: Kelly | 05/08/2012 at 01:49 PM
Oh, what a sweetie your daughter is! The flowers are just lovely!
Posted by: randi | 05/08/2012 at 01:56 PM
awww, bless her! That is so incredibly sweet. And I am sure it (almost) makes up for the hormones ;-)
Posted by: Charlotte | 05/08/2012 at 02:35 PM
Love the embroidered tree full of flowers and really looking forward to the book (pre-ordered).
What a sweet daughter to bring you flowers!
Posted by: elsa | 05/08/2012 at 03:17 PM
lovely stitching; VERY sweet of your daughter, doesn't it make you thankful!
Posted by: Rhonda | 05/08/2012 at 03:41 PM
Adorable
Posted by: Laura | 05/08/2012 at 03:56 PM
Gorgous tree and gorgous daughter, lucky you! Hildy
Posted by: Hildy | 05/08/2012 at 05:11 PM
Today's post=beautiful & sweet!
Posted by: Treadlemusic.wordpress.com | 05/08/2012 at 06:51 PM
How sweet of your daughter to think of you. Must have been a good birthday.
Posted by: Tamie | 05/08/2012 at 07:31 PM
How adorable! I love the flowers, the embroidered ones and the tulips!
Posted by: Lucy @ Charm About You | 05/08/2012 at 08:00 PM
I love the tree! And the tulips!
Posted by: Archie the wonder dog | 05/08/2012 at 08:32 PM
So beautiful!
When my girls grow up I want them to be like yours... please!
Posted by: Flying Blind | 05/08/2012 at 09:35 PM
Soooo sweet. I love your flowers as tree stitchery as well!
Posted by: Krista - Poppyprint | 05/08/2012 at 09:46 PM
This entire post makes me smile :) I love the tree and the tulips! Happy Spring :)
Posted by: Amanda | 05/09/2012 at 02:40 AM
LOVE that tree! Is the pattern available? Thanks.
Posted by: di | 07/09/2012 at 10:13 PM
Hi Di,
I don't have a pattern for this piece at the moment but I will try and put one together soon :)
Posted by: aneela | 07/10/2012 at 08:54 AM