Mom's Present

This is the little tablecloth that I made for my mom's birthday. The fabric is a lightweight linen/cotton blend that was translucent enough to just reveal whatever was underneath and give the feeling of summer airiness. The thread is simple cotton floss. The pattern was taken from the excellent collection made available by Needle'nThread.

The cloth looked incomplete with the design in only one corner. All four--much better!

The full design was stitched using split stitch--my favorite for simple line designs like this one.


For the smaller corners, a portion of the full design was used. While having something in all four corners seemed to balance the look nicely, I thought that the full pattern would be overpowering.