quick check in and projects

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Hello, on my way to France but here is a link you may enjoy, aloha Lilla

Aloha Oe, for a month

I will return.

Have a great holiday and the best of luck for the New Year.

Here is a collage calendar to print, from me.

Lilla

collage

Photo I took in Provence. I added the woman's profile and collaged it for a picture.

Just playing around.

This was taken in a wine cellar in a Chateau.

perfumery

Altered bottle. This held sample size vodka. 6" high.

stocking with old linens

Made for a daughter. The stocking is rather shabby chic.

Has old laces and trims and is made from vintage linen fabric.

The stocking is more ornamental and would not hold many gifts. About 12" high.

Using up scraps

I had all sorts of little embroidered samples around. They are silk so I made a backing, decorated the eges with bits of trim and added lavender to fill. They look pretty in a glass bowl but can go into the sock drawer too. If you add a hanger they are pretty on the tree.

Pouches

Small and fun pouches make ideal gifts for teens, for gallery watchers and anyone really.

Some that came out of the studio recently.

Just flew in

Cute tree toppers, maybe for parcels or even plant pokes. I made batches of these from vintage photos of children. One guards my soaps in my bathroom, another sits in a fake plant by my phone.

The plentiful chopstick are nice and sturdy to hold them.

Butterfly wings and little bits of lace are just what they need to catch a trade wind.

last minute projects

I am preparing to go on vacation, first to Texas to see family, and then to France.

I will try to check in but it may be a bit slow.

I do hope everyone has a blessed Holiday season.

I will be back.

Have a few more days yet and some things to post to the blog and last minute calls for Etsy.

Here is a quick project for quilters, I know lots of you.

Cut a large star shape out of muslin, or smaller but not too little.

Tear or cut about 6-8 1" strips of assorted fabrics.

Cut the center shape out of velvet .

Sew the strips around and around the center, ironing as you go.

Spray starch and iron flat. Create a hanger of some kind.

Stitch around the muslin shape and trim.

Lay face down on a square of backing fabric, print looks good.

Sew around leaving opening. Trim shape to original star outline.

Turn, poke out points, stuff lightly. Close opening.

Attach hanger and a few old buttons. Not too many tho. You could of course embroider the seams or fancy it up with trims.

I like to keep it simple with a more country look. It is a good tree topper. Maybe hang tinsel from the points.

Plum scissors keep

Just finished this hand dyed scissors keep.

You can find this gift and the boot below on my Etsy shop.

silk stocking pouch

a silk boot that is a stocking.

Fun to fill with jewelry or sachets.