This latest work is a study in dimensional wool appliqué with embroidery embellishment using metallic threads. I have used another of Lilly Barothi's beautiful designs. This is the second design in a series of Lilly Barothi designs that I have interpreted which was done in 1956, a good 24 years after the original design I […]
In Budapest Hungary during the period from 1932 to 1946, Lilly Barothi was busy creating needlework designs. An affluent woman, her lifestyle afforded her the opportunity to become a designer of embroidery for table dressings and dresser scarves. Fortunately, these exceptional designs were preserved by her family and a small collection of them ended up […]
I always wanted to make the Clipper Ship block and actually made a pattern and overlay to begin the process in 2005 … but it became a UFO and other projects took over … we all know how that goes.