One of my friends asked me in June to make a card for her, containing the traditional Hungarian house blessing, for some friends of hers who were getting married. Only, she didn't need it coloured in, as she was going to make it into an embroidery pattern. So, I ended up taking an embroidery pattern, making it a calligraphy project, so it could be turned into an embroidery project.
A note about the house blessing... Most Hungarian homes (or, at least those I've been to) have one of these somewhere, with some form of decoration (usually Kalocsai). The text is (here comes another horrid translation):
"Where there is faith, there is love
Where there is love, there is peace
Where there is peace, there is blessing
Where there is blessing, there is God
Where God is,
There is no need"
Or, more tersely,
"Where faith, there love
Where love, there peace
Where peace, there blessing
Where blessing, there God
Where God
There is no need"
As a result of it being designed as an embroidery pattern (with lettering), the various parts of the flowers had to be visible, which is why the design was left in a "bare bones" stage, and why it was only done in black. I'm rather pleased with how striking the monochrome effect turned out to be. And how popular the resulting work ended up being! I had one friend make it their Facebook cover photo, and I had another ask if he could get an identical project (coloured in, of course).
The reason I've so delayed with posting this, is because it just feels too short. However, since there is no colouring, that's about 2-4 hours of work that didn't get done... So, short and sweet.
