A Bowl of Roses is a longstitch that I made in January 2000 while I was living in Sunbury. It was one of my first attempts at long stitch and has special memories for me of my nephew, Jimmy Hugh Cameron.
Jim and Tom came to stay with me during the school holidays. We spent one day at the Werribee Open Range zoo and then walked around the rose garden at the Werribee Mansion. Jim and Tom raced around the garden trying to find the 'best' rose for me to photograph.
The next night we were sitting in the lounge and I started to work on my longstitch which I'd nearly finished. Jim came over to look at what I was making and then picked it up turning it over and over looking at the front and the back, sighing as he was doing this. I thought something must have been wrong so I asked Jim what the matter was. He said "Nothing, it's so neat that I can hardly tell what's the front and what's the back. It's just beautiful and looks like a real bowl of roses and just like the roses at the garden".
As soon as I finished the long stitch I had it framed and always think of it as Jim's Bowl of Roses. It now takes pride of place on the bedroom wall above my dresser.
1 comment:
What a beautiful memory to go with that tapestry! I agree with Jom though, your work is always SO neat!
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