Ninth Day of Christmas
Four little pincushions with black etched designs dying
to become blackwork on a sampler.
The 6th Day: CROWNS
I have collected needlework tools with crowns and if you scroll down, you will see that I have stitched all sorts of crowns. Crowns have been a part of my website as well.
Left: an abstract ivory and silk crown,
Right an ivory tape measure in the shape of a crown.
On right: two ivory needlecases with crowns at both ends and two very elaborate stilettos with crowns on the top
Below: Crowns I have stitched.
Do I have a Crown Obsession?
Not really, I just got involved in stitching queens for a lot of years and along with the queens I stitched their crowns.
I do like the idea of having a crown and I put one on my logo and here's the story.
On the left is my website logo.
I have posted my story almost since Day One of my website all those years ago. A friend said to me, Gay Ann, your website is like your own personal little Kingdom.
I replied 'no, it's not a Kingdom, it's a Queedom' and my website's name ever since has been 'Queendom Website.' I am Queen of Queendom Website and my own personal crown tops my logo.
Will I stitch more Crowns? No more queens, I'm finished with them, so no more crowns for them. Personally, I've done the crown thing, or so I thought until about 6 months ago. There is one more crown for me to stitch -- actually not a crown but a coronet in whitework on pale blue congress cloth. The idea for it came from Zeena who wrote to me: 'Counting every Counted Thread put a Crown upon my Head.' Thanks, Zeena!
50 years I've counted threads and dabbled in the needlework business. I have earned a title: I plan to make a fancy monogram, Coronet and all, like you might find on a mid-19th century handkerchief for The Countess of Counting.
Am I the only Countess of Counting? Heavens no, if others want to come along for the ride, that would be super.