The Creationista

On of the projects I’m working on is a pair of embroidered guest towels for my mother-in-law’s downstairs bathroom.  Currently, it’s a very belated Mothers Day present.Before we visited last (they live a few states away, so we don’t get out there too often) she had redecorated her downstairs bathroom. She painted the walls grey with chocolate brown and some robins egg blue thrown in for accents. I wanted to make sure I got the colors right, so my father-in-law snuck a couple photos and sent them to me.

It;s hard to see, but those pictures on the wall are interlocking circles in grey, brown and blue - which my mother-in-law made herself. Once I was sure, I set off for the store to buy embroidery floss and towels to embroider on. I found these lovely towels that had a band across the bottom - meant for cross stitching, but I was going to use it for embroidery.

I started by tracing something (the bottom of a shot glass actually) in pencil on the band to make interlocking rings. then I decided what colors to make each and set to work. Here is one in progress:

And one finished:

I should have them both finished by the time we go visit them in July. Then, I’ll post pictures of them hanging in her bathroom!