Had I the heavens’ embroidered cloths,Enwrought with golden and silver light,
The blue and the dim and the dark cloths
Of night and light and the half light,
I would spread the cloths under your feet:
But I, being poor, have only my dreams;
I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
W.B.Yeats
As a member of "The Crafts Council of Ireland" (textiles) Valerie from CraftyV was asked to produce a piece relating to "Tread Softly" by Yeats. She has been working on this beautiful scarf for a number of weeks now, embossing the foot, stars and Celtic knot on the velvet and embroidering the other designs in gold, silver and green threads and silk ribbon for the rose.
You can find out more about her hand embossed velvet scarves on her blog.
I had this poem read at my wedding. The sentiments were as true then as they are now.
ReplyDeleteOh wow the scarf is so beautiful! Gorgeous work.
ReplyDeleteLovely poem and gorgeous scarf.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous! Beautiful craftsmanship.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful scarf & fits the poem perfectly.
ReplyDeleteThank you all so much for your lovely comments
ReplyDeleteI love the idea of poetry and craft coming together. This scarf is gorgous, and really fits the poem.
ReplyDeleteIf somebody else has a piece of craft or artwork related to poetry, bring it on :)