Each Branch of the Embroiderers Guild has been given a Country that is participating in the 2012 Olympic Games and our country is Trinidad and Tobago. The idea is to make a picture, postcard size, of something that depcits that country.

The postcards are laced together, with the flag of that country at the top, and hung at the Olympics, for the athletes to see.

This is our postcards all mounted and ready for the Embroiderers Guild to display during the next 12 months

 

The flag of Trinidad and Tobago worked in tent stitch on canvas

A map of the islands on Quaker Cloth using tent stitch an

A tropical island view of the islands worked in applique

Cocrico - the national bird of Trinidad and Tobago worked as a piece of stumpwork

Another creature of the islands - a lizard worked in a variey of stitches

Herclides anchisiades idaeus - Ruby spotted Swallowtail - using long and short stitch

A Limbo dancer worked in fabric painting, stitching and applique

A turtle which is worked entirely in stem stitch with the stripes in wick stitch

Palm Trees with a painted background

Trinidad and Tobago are part of the West Indies and love cricket. Straight and chain stitches are just two of the stitches used here.

A dolphin worked in satin stitch on a painted background

Just how we imagine a beach in Trindad! The background is painted and a variety of stitches have been used - very simple but very effective!

A steel drum player worked in a variety of canvas work stitches