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Celebration–A Mixed Media Piece

I am in the process of completing a personal project to celebrate the 40th birthday of a family member. I saw an image of nautical flags used for code and liked the idea of each flag representing a letter of the alphabet. I decided to make my own alphabet of stitched pieces for each letter of the alphabet, numbers from 0 to 9, and two types of spacers. I have included images of the actual stitched blocks that I used for this project. The blocks are composed of a piece of 1/4″ hardware cloth, a piece of starched burlap, and cotton embroidery floss.

I attached the blocks vertically together with jump rings just to get a notion of how they would look. Each block is approximately 1.5″ x 1.75″ and the spacers are .75″ and .5″ in height which makes the pieces if stitched together approximately 1.5″ wide and 63″ in height.

Detail

While the jump rings are a visual distraction, I do like the the vertical arrangement. When I decide for sure, I will build a narrow cedar box/frame to house the blocks. Currently the plan is to wax the blocks and attach them to the inside of the box with brads.

Block 0

Block Number 0

Block 1

Block Number 1

Block 2

Block Number 2

Block 3

Block Number 3

Block 4

Block Number 4

Block 7

Block Number 7

Block 9

Block Number 9

Block A

Block Letter A

Block B

Block Letter B

Block C

Block Letter C

Block D

Block Letter D

Block E

Block Letter E

Block H

Block Letter H

Block I

Block Letter I

Block L

Block Letter L

Block O

Block Letter O

Block R

Block Letter R

Block S

Block Letter S

Block T

Block Letter T

Spacer 1

Spacer 1

Spacer 2

Spacer 2


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