Small Project – a Welcome Board

By chance, some weeks ago, I got a small wooden welcome board. It had machine embroidered hearts as decoration.

A short time before, I had acquired a wonderful handwoven linen-evenweave and best quality. I wanted to do a small project using this linen to ascertain the ease (or difficulty) of withdrawing threads. And so my idea was born: I could have an individualized welcome board by simply changing the machine embroidered pieces to hand embroidered ones using my own patterns.
Keeping with the machine embroidered design, I also used a heart design; it is the same design (“Happel Heart”) that I had sent to many ladies.

The first heart is embroidered with the pattern “Ostertulpe” (Easter tulip – 1 staggered) from page 41 of my book “Limetrosen II”. The second heart is decorated with “Netzpatent” (Magic net) from page 64 of my book “Limetrosen I”. It was a sweet one-day project.
Although the linen was vintage, it was not too soiled; a light laundering was enough. It did not need to be bleached, and so it kept its natural linen grey. The white heart looked lovely on it. I ironed the pieces and, after removing the machine embroidered hearts, put them in the wooden frame.
Changing the fabric pieces was absolutely no problem. They were fastened on a wooden mounting board and easily removed from the frame.

Also, it was easy to remove the machine embroidered linen piece from the mounting board using a sharp knife.

In the end, with very little effort, I got a beautiful piece. Now my individualized welcome board decorates my entrance. I love it, and I think many other ladies do, too.