* ALICE MARGAUX *

I finished this in November 2016 and it was waiting in my study - craft room to get a finishing.  Busy with the Christmas ornaments and other items I had no inspiration or time for it. Last week I was in H&M , here in New Orleans they have a home department and I love to shop and to browse there. I bought a black velvet cushion cover and here is the result.                                            I fasten the embroidery with press studs and                             the reverse is in style with a pied de poule or houndstooth  fabric.

Time flies, it's Mardi Gras 2017.  Two years ago we moved to New Orleans just before the Mardi Gras 2015. I bought  this needle point  in the Quarter Stitch   http://www.quarterstitch.com   .  The colours are typical from the Mardi Gras in New Orleans Purple Green Yellow  It is my first try with needle point if you look good you will see I made some errors. Still I like it and it hangs outside next to the front door from our apartment. " let the good times roll laissez les bon temps rouler"

I didn't had much time to make a present for new born baby boy  Zacharias.  A baby towel is pretty fast to stitch and the pattern was easy.  This is the end result. Baby Zacharias his parents are from Malaysia and we became friends  in Rio de Janeiro. Now they live in the USA in Houston.                                                                 

This is an oldie from 7 August 2013.   As you see the Lilly is finished and she already hangs on the wall at my mom place in the hall. She was very pleased with her mothers day present.  Unfortunately the framers in Rio don't do a very good job. I had to leave it twice to get it redone, but in the end it made not much different.  Well Brazil and Quality don't go together I quess.