For months I’ve been noticing tiny embroidered details appearing all over: on socks and lampshades, on table linens and even on cafe curtains.
(It’s also a sweet way to preserve a memory: Fan recently spotted a dinner party where guests were asked to sign their names on the tablecloth; the host later stitched over each one in thread for a keepsake of the night.).
A new offering from embroidery specialists Ouevres Sensibles: the Serviette Mot Rouge Napkin (Red Word Napkin).
Napkins
Cafe Curtains
Beloveds’ handwriting, preserved in stitches, as seen on a curtain at East London Cloth: Purveyors of Household Linens, Made to Last.
At Cafe Compagnon in Paris, our friend Gesa Hansen had her brodeuse friend Audrey Demarre embroider linen curtains with “tiny icons of coffee making.”
Photography by Nathalie Mohadjer, courtesy of Gesa Hansen, from Calm, Protective, and Rosy: 12 Ideas to Steal from a Paris Cafe By Gesa Hansen.
Wooly Socks
Hand-stitched initials make even socks a little bit special.
Lampshades
Photograph by Mel Walbridge for Remodelista.
Last spring, we stitched tiny initials into the pleats of our DIY Pleated Lampshade, Budget Edition as a little wink.
A bit of thread is a low-stakes way to freshen up a thrifted (or tired) shirt.
