Lady Godiva goes home
More than 30 years ago, when I was young and children were only a distant dream, I sat down and embroidered some tapestries for those dream children.
Not long after, I met the man of my dreams, and we fell in love and have stayed and deepened and grown in love.
AND…. the best part is……. we did have those 2 dream children.
Our wonderful daughter has just taken home one of the embroidered tapestries: Lady Godiva………
I embroidered Lady Godiva with the intention that someday, my first born child would take this tapestry and know that it was a pledge of friendship between us. And, every time she looks at the tapestry, she’ll know that she was welcomed, wanted, waited for, cherished and loved.
And, some day, I hope that there will be another young woman who will pat the Lady Godiva tapestry and say:
‘I had a grandmother who lived and loved well!’
If you ever happen upon Lark publishing’s first Fiber Arts Design book, there’s a tiny pic of this tapestry in it.
This is what our daughter and her husband took home with them this evening:
Here are more pics of Lady Godiva……
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7 opinions for Lady Godiva goes home
debraann
Jan 26, 2008 at 12:33 pm
Lady Godiva is EXTRAORDINARY(and yes I meant to scream it) your daughter and her daughter and her granddaughter will love this extraordinary piece for years to come. It really is beautiful!
Noreen
Jan 26, 2008 at 1:07 pm
thank you so much, Debra Ann! You just well and truly MADE MY DAY! I am grinning from ear to ear!
:o)
Giselbertus’s Eve Revisited
Jan 26, 2008 at 1:47 pm
[…] A posting or two ago, I showed pics of a tapestry that I embroidered long ago and far away, when I was in art school: Lady Godiva […]
see who just came to live with me
Jan 27, 2008 at 3:47 pm
[…] a very lucky person - I just got to bring her home :-) The tapestry was hand-embroidered by my very talented mom and I finally got to bring […]
Anita
Jan 27, 2008 at 7:24 pm
Noreen that is exquisite! I’m tearing up just thinking about all the love that went into that wonderful creation. And now I’m pondering if you might consider adopting a somewhat grown female - okay completely grown, but young at heart.
Noreen
Jan 27, 2008 at 8:35 pm
Thank you Anita!
LOL! you’re so sweet!
I have a fair few ’surrogate daughters’ - some of whom are older than me! ROTFLOL!
:o) Noreen
Embroidered dolls - Lillith
Feb 1, 2008 at 4:30 pm
[…] have just given Lady Godiva to our […]
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