Saturday, December 12, 2009

what i brought home







ok, i didn't really bring this home. my mother brought it to me, this amazing embroidery piece with common butterflies in denmark. it was made by her aunt ida whom i met once. she was a nun and by the time i met her, she lived in a home for elderly nuns. i cannot have been more than 6 or 7 and i remember being a bit disappointed. see, i was expecting to see a sound-of-music type nun in black and white, heads covered and all. i maybe even expected that she would be this strict, old fashioned nun. and i thought that would be very exciting. but she wasn't. she was dressed in a simple grey dress, nothing covered her head, and she was just nice and sweet.

she made this piece for my parents when they married, even though she wasn't there. my parents got married in the town hall, followed by a simple lunch for the close family. my mom looked amazing in a pink 60s, jackie o style dress with red, pointy shoes. my dad in a slim fit suit. not that i was there either, but i saw the photos.

anyway, aunt ida sent them this butterfly piece, and i remember it hanging in our home. later it came down and was packed away. recently my mom found it in a box and decided to give it to me. i could not have been happier about her choice. i love it. it is so exquisite, so many details and so perfect. and it's like bringing a piece of my childhood home into my very own home.

14 comments:

  1. Yes I love it too, and I can easily feel how it can brings some parts of your childhood to your home. It's lovely.

    Oh and I love your cupboard, Trinsch! It's full of exciting stuff!

    Oh and something else, Sound of Music is my favorite movie since I was 4.

    :)
    xo

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  2. I loved reading the story behind the family cross stitch embroidery. You're a good story teller. Enjoy your parents visit!

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  3. After your beautiful pictures of the sea, this nice and precious piece... I think you can thank you mother and her aunt... So, she is still with you...

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  4. What a gorgeous piece of art! And the story behind it makes it so much more special!

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  5. I love embroidery... And this is so lovely! The story too...
    That makes me want to make embroidery again!

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  6. so lovely!!, i recognize the butterflies too:-)

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  7. what a wonderful story behind this heirloom!

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  8. oh, lovely... I love embroidery too ! Have a great sunday ; )

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  9. As Francesca said, you are a very good story teller... I could really picture you as a child meeting the nun, and that feeling of what you wanted her to be. So true to childhood!

    The embroidery is such a beautiful family treasure...

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  10. How pretty! And doesn't it always make things so much better when they come with a story . . .

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  11. What a beautiul story and gift, trinch!

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  12. such a sweet story and a wonderful heirloom. imagine the thoughts she thought as she stitched it.

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  13. i come by here every day and find this cross-stitch piece so beautiful that i thought i left a comment to tell you how much i liked it. but i guess i didn't. so here i am!

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