CUSTOM EMBROIDERY....SUNFLOWER PLACE MATS

JUST HAD TO SHARE THESE BEAUTIFUL SUNFLOWER PLACE MATS MADE FOR US BY BARONI OF FLORENCE.

MANY YEARS AGO, A CUSTOMER SHOWED US A PICTURE OF A TABLECLOTH THAT WAS MADE BY ATTACHING DOZENS OF THESE SUNFLOWERS TOGETHER. IT WAS STUNNING ! SHE WAS INTERESTED IN HAVING  IT DUPLICATED,  SO WE SENT THE PICTURE OFF TO BARONI TO SEE IF HE COULD REPLICATE IT.  

NEVER ONE TO DISAPPOINT, BARONI MADE A SAMPLE (ACTUALLY TWO SAMPLES) OF A SUNFLOWER. IF THE CLIENT APPROVED, AND OF COURSE SHE DID, DOZENS OF THESE FLOWERS WOULD BE MADE AND SOWN TOGETHER TO FORM ANY SIZE TABLECLOTH SHE WANTED.

SINCE THEN, WE HAVE KEPT THESE TWO VERSIONS OF THE SUNFLOWER AT THE SHOP AND TAKEN MANY AN ORDER, NOT FOR TABLECLOTHS, BUT RATHER FOR PLACE MATS. YOU SEE, THESE INDIVIDUAL SUNFLOWERS ARE JUST THE RIGHT SIZE FOR A PLACE MAT ! 

THE SAMPLES ARE BOTH WHITE LINEN, ALTHOUGH YOU COULD CHOOSE FROM A PLETHORA OF LINEN COLORS. ONE SAMPLE IS APPLIQUED IN THE CENTER WITH A CONTRASTING COLOR LINEN,IN THIS CASE YELLOW, AND THE PETALS ARE OUTLINED IN MATCHING EMBROIDERY THREAD. 

THE OTHER SAMPLE HAS THE SAME TREATMENT ON THE PETALS, BUT HAS AN EMBROIDERED CENTER OF FRENCH KNOTS. SINCE THERE ARE EVEN MORE EMBROIDERY THREAD COLORS THAN THERE ARE LINEN COLORS, THIS MAT IS EASIER TO COLOR-MATCH TO ANY DECOR. 

DON'T YOU NEED SOME OF THESE PLACE MATS IN YELLOW LINEN WITH A BROWN EMBROIDERED CENTER TO ADD A POP TO YOUR THANKSGIVING TABLE ? A SEA OF SUNFLOWERS FOR YOUR HARVEST FESTIVAL....HOW FITTING !