Tuesday, November 2, 2010

My First Bourse

This is the bourse that I stitched for Carol S. for the HOE Fall Exchange.

The bag is cotton, and the design is from The Prairie Schooler Book 141, "Thanksgiving Comes Again."  I made several adaptations. My yellow was too light.

The verse, the date, and the wind swirls are stitched over one thread; everything else is over two threads. This design is stitched on 32ct. lambswool Lugana, and is stitched with DMC and a (French) overdyed floss that I received from ? (I'll put this in tomorrow).

6 comments:

Julianne said...

You did a beautiful job on your stitching and sewing.

Chris said...

What a neat finish!

Cole said...

Lovely finish! You did a wonderful job, I can't believe it was your first attempt!

Denise said...

Neat! But, what is a bourse? I'll have to go google this!

Smiles - Denise

Jeanne said...

What a cute finish! I've never done a bourse - you did a geat job!

Brigitte said...

That's a great exchnage gift. Wonderful finishing!