Chicken Cushion

I got this chicken or maybe rooster embroidery from somwewhere as a give away . No definitely chicken as one is named Rita. Blocked and stitched to a piece of vintage wool blanket. Just a simple overlap on the back to join. Used all recycled materials , the embroidery, blanket , bias binding and embroidery thread.

ladies in waiting

These ladies pushed themselves to the fore during my searching in the studio for something else. They have been doing it a lot lately but so far I have managed to keep them under control and well hidden under piles of fabrics also waiting for attention.
Ok ok I will see what I can do. Out came a recently thrifted vintage hand towel. This gave some colour choices. Pinks and green with a touch of orange.  Then of course hats are needed so maybe these odd lace scraps will give some cohesion and I don’t have to think about fashioning hats , or fascinators. The green is a failed experiment firstly it was disperse dyed in a workshop then I threw into a green dye when I was dying some other fabric for a project.

The ladies themselves are faces I painted years ago when my fascination was making dolls , especially with attitude. So this is a strip of about 5 faces ready to cut ,sew and stuff for the heads. But now they want something gentler like this white cotton hand towel. They don’t have to stress about details and sitting straight.

Adornment

I made this little felted pod a few years ago at Spinners Weavers and dyers. It was a bit ordinary so I decided today to add some surface embellishments to it. So I used some cream vintage crochet thread and blanket stitched around the rim, adding extra stitches and a web like structure across the opening. This led down to the side and I finished up with French knots. Just rambling along not planning but enjoying the process. These just came off the needle and landed at a place where they needed to be Enjoying its new found adornments giving new life to this wee pod.

I am thinking I might poke around amongst my old bits of lacey  scraps and add some of that as well.

House

Started making a house this morning out of a vintage table napkin. It was crisp with starch so the folds went in easily. A door developed out of the image and was stitched down. Needed to cover some rough bumpy bits so flowers were cut to become eyes. Happy Eyes, sleepy eyes maybe at the moment they just are looking out and waiting. Will it be Grandmas house, or Margaret Olley Hat Factory or some other place from the mind. My house where all it’s lovely imperfections are overlooked. It really needs some house work but I’d rather be stitching.

Home must always be the loveliest spot in the world....LM Montgomery 

Collect things you love, that are authentic to you

And your house becomes Your Story