The Village of Llanybri near Carmarthen

"THE MAP"

With apologies to ordnance survey cartographers, the roads are not always the length and position they should be! But they do exist. The whole design concentrates on the richness of the terrain, from lush pastures to forest, to beach and rocks, estuary and sea and rivers and streams and marshes.
The design is taken from an old map of 1840, which included an interesting directional sign, right, bottom.
The roads have been worked in chain stitch - a linking stitch that was appropriate, and the sea and rivers in running and threaded running stitch. There are red dots which indicate where members of the team of embroiders live - one at the top right indicates someone who has moved from the area - Pat Barrett.
Embroidered by: Pat Barrett and Aileen Simpson