Egyptian Applique, Embroidery & Crosses

And "no" I didn't make these - we bought them from Tentmaker Street in Cairo, when we lived there.

 This is our shepherd with his sheep.

 And our cameleer with his camel out at the pyramids.

I love donkeys and so when we saw this one, we knew we had to have it.

 This is village embroidery - it was a part of our farewell gift from our friends and was made by women in a particular village who are well-known for their embroidery - the scene depicts life in their village and when you look at it, you can see they have covered just about every aspect of every-day life... it's simply beautiful.

These are embroideries done by another group of people, who make small gifts to sell. Amongst other things they make are recycled paper from which they make cards, boxes and a whole array of other stuff. They also weave rugs from old clothes and linen, which are specially treated and torn into strips before being woven.

And finally, a selection of crosses which we bought from various churches and monasteries around Egypt.