This footstool was made by my parents...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

My dad made the base and my mom embroidered the top...

I cannot get over just how beautiful it is. It was truly a labor of love.

[elleng]

1. WONDERFUL, CalPeg.

What a treasure!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. Thank you, my dear elleng!

I feel very lucky to have this in my life.

[TreasonousBastard]

2. Almost to nice to put your feet on.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. It really is, my dear TreasonousBastard!

[ljm2002]

5. Wow, that's gorgeous!

And to know that both of your parents did this work, how wonderful is that!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. Thank you!

They didn't collaborate very much, as far as I know. So this really is wonderful!

[Curmudgeoness]

7. Those colors are gorgeous.

I find it so emotional to have things that my parents (one or the other) made...which is why my house is too full of sentimental crap.

BTW, that is needlepoint, not embroidery. (I just had to say that since I do both.)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

8. Thank you, my dear Curmodgeoness!

I knew it was needlepoint! No idea why I didn't call it by its proper name...oh well. I was really amazed at the way it swirls around and covers the entire fabric.

I don't think your house, or mine, can ever be too full of beautiful things that our parents made...It's such a great way to remember them.

[NCarolinawoman]

9. Beautiful!

.....and the story behind it!

A work of art, and feet should Never be put on works of art.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

10. Thank you, my dear NCarolinawoman!

I don't plan to put my feet on it. It IS for looking at.

[csziggy]

11. That is beautiful - but needlepoint, not embroidery

Needlepoint is stitched on an open weave ground fabric, usually very stiff and called canvas. Sometimes people call needlepoint "tapestry" but tapestries are woven.

Embroidery encompasses needlepoint in some definitions but usually is threads worked on any fabric most often on a close weave.

I'm a member of the American Needlepoint Guild and the Embroiderers Guild of America and have stitched for most of my life.

I love the design and the colors - I wonder if that is a Kaffe Fassett design? He's noted for his exuberant use of color:

http://www.kaffefassett.com/Needlepoint.html

[CaliforniaPeggy]

12. Thanks for your link and great comments, my dear csziggy!

I knew it was needlepoint, but neglected to word it properly...sorry!

The design does rather look like a Kaffe Fassett work, but I have no idea. And I can't ask my mom, since she passed earlier this year.

Glad you enjoyed it!

[alfredo]

13. Very good work by both.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

14. Both my parents were gifted in what they could make...Thank you, alfredo!

My mom also painted and I inherited several of her paintings.

My dad made a couple of end tables and I treasure them.

[alfredo]

15. All I inherited was dad's tools and mom's marble collection.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

16. That sounds wonderful! I hope you're enjoying it.

[alfredo]

17. Some of those marbles are around 100 years old now. Same with the tools.

I use the tools when needed. I use the Wiss 10" scissors often. Too bad I didn't get the Pfaff sewing machines. His partner hid them after dad died. I just wanted one of them.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

18. That is too bad; I'm sorry you didn't get one.

[alfredo]

20. So it goes.

[Mira]

19. Gorgeous

thanks for showing it to us