I had a few odd moments to stitch up this sweet little pear.
The pattern is from the book Sublime Stitching. This pear joined two other fruits--cherry and lemon--and hopefully a bunch of grapes will join them soon. I sewed a set of a dozen linen everyday napkins some time ago and slowly I've been giving them each a bit of adornment. Tristyn and Maia love fighting choosing a napkin based on what's embroidered on it. So far the one they like the most is the wee little alien in his spaceship also from Sublime Stitching.
Adults sometimes are exasperated when children want a special napkin, a certain bowl or some other very particular item. Adults will moan 'Just pick one...they are all practically the same.' What difference does it make?' But it does make a difference. It's the small things like this that I think we remember the most from childhood. Who doesn't remember things like these? I remember my grandmother having a set of small plastic cups for her grandchildren to use. I always used the pink one. My grandmother always set out the pink one for me and never needed to be reminded that I liked the pink one. She just knew. When I was older and given a real glass but my little brothers were using the plastic cups I remember feeling a sense of relief (even at 13!) that neither of them liked pink and wouldn't be using my cup. In fact, the last time I visited my grandmother we were talking about my cup and I checked on it to make sure it was in its place.
It was.
