Made by my Mum My Mum Antonia Ernest died on 11 October 2002 at the age of 80. She was a very creative lady. From 1937 till 1945 she made ladies hats for the house of Cartigny and for Govers-Voss in Eindhoven. It is a shame so much of her work has disappeared. I could only save a small selection. You will find her embroidery on this page. On the pages "Cuddly toys" and "Barbie" you can see other work of her. You find those pages under the button "Other needlework". Mum was pretty chaotic and (therefore?) loved "free embroidery"; I am more structured and cross-stitch is my favorite. At the right you see Mum and me somewhere in the sixties. In 1932 Mum was 10 years old and made this classical school sampler. It is the only cross-stitch project of Mum that I know of. My banner on top of this site is embroidered using the alphabeth and a border of this sampler. As many mothers in the post-war years my Mum made lots of clothes for her children. This petticoat made of simple white calico was decorated with lace and a pink embroidered letter S of Saskia. When my mother gave birth to my youngest brother, she had already 5 children in the age of 7 to 15 running around. Still she found time to do some needlework during her pregnancy. A lot of those projects are lost: worn or given away. For instance I remember baby bedding with blue Bambi deers, Just like the burp rag on the picture the design was from Ariadne, the most important Dutch needlework magazine of that time. The pictures give details of two table cloths. The flowers were printed on the cloth. A tablecloth with flowers in the cental part. This is a good example of the way Mum loved to embroider. This female figure is also made in her typical style. It is a panel of 21cm x 51cm. Mum used pearls, gold and silver thread, among other things. I like this design very much. From the same period a mirror framed by embroidery, lace and beads. Mam psessed the skill to make two different versions of one design. Here you see two pillow covers with tropical fish.