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| My beautiful Poppy Tapestry Cushion Cover. |
Ever since I can remember, my aunt has always had a tapestry that she was working on. When my aunt and uncle were first married I would spend the night and I worked on my very own beginners tapestry that my aunt had bought for me.
Tapestry is an art. Tapestry requires lots of patience. Tapestry is not cross stitch. My aunts home in South Africa had many of her framed completed tapestries and the detail and time invested in these pieces was and is quite incredible. My mother has one of my aunts tapestries and I know that my sisters and I have each put our claim on it, it's not going to be a pretty battle.
A while back I threw my back out and the pain was unbearable. I couldn't sit, stand or lie down. I was just miserable. My aunt had back problems, more severe than I have ever experienced and last year she had some intense back surgery to correct the problem.
As I unpacked the boxes from yet another move I looked at my tapestry and it brought a lump to my throat. My aunt made this for me when she had back problems, but she knows how much I love poppies and made this for me.
Every time I look at my tapestry I look at every stitch as they were made with love and I couldn't have a more priceless gift.
These are such incredible works of love. My mother made a small piece that looks just like this. Such a sweet memory for the new place!
ReplyDeleteAfter two failed attempts, I'm making one more try at commenting from my phone (we really need to get internet hooked up at the new place).
ReplyDeleteThe tapestry as well as the amount of love your aunt put into making it despite her injury ate very beautiful.
Wonderful tapestry and even better story to go with it. Heartwarming.
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