Cottage - Finished !

                                                     'Tis done !

                                 Now waiting to be sewn together  .

Still not quite finished " My Cornish Cottage Home Sweet Home " page for my Little Cloth Book

     I thought that I had finished my Cornish Cottage Home Sweet Home page for my Little Cloth  Book  .... but on closer inspection I can still see some areas that need a few stitches more .
    Strange that sometimes , when I have enjoyed working on a piece of embroidery or a water colour painting , it can be so hard to say " it is finished !" .

 

Little Cloth Book - Cottage - feeling happier

                                       I made a few little adjustments .

                                            Feeling happier now !

                 

Little Cloth Book Cottage - a change of plan

  Not really a change of plan , because there is no plan , I,m making this up as I go  .

 I decided to unpick the "take a deep breath " .
I felt that the cottage needed more space , so I took a deep breath  , a pair of scissors and snippety snip , I pulled it all out !
              Now I,m not sure about the Home Sweet Home  ?
                     Anyway , to begin with , I want more blue sky !

 So I gave myself a very meditative hour, stitching a big blue sky .

A Cloth-Doll for my Grand-daughter .

It's doll making season again ....well it is for me . Early Autumn always fills me with dolly inspiration .

 I love making dolls and have made using patterns and some with my own patterns .
 You may remember I had begun to make an Antique Izannah Walker inspired  cloth and paper-clay doll . The pattern I am using here is the one that Dixie Redmond of Northdixie Designs has so generously shared on her blog .
 "  This doll was made with Dixie Redmond's free doll pattern "
link -  http://www.northdixiedesigns.com/2007/08/free-izannah-walker-inspired-body.html

 Her blog is delightful and full of advice and tips for making /collecting these charming dolls . Her own reproduction dolls are just so beautiful ! Do take a look at her blog at the link above .

So for me...sigh ...life happened..and my doll was put aside ....and when I took her out again ,  my absolutely gorgeous 3 year old grand-daughter looked at me with those eyes ....and said     " I want one ! "
 ...and so , I began to make a more child friendly version , all cloth doll , just for her .

                                          So here she is , as just begun .

                                    Which colour is Demelza's hair ?

With it being the beginning of Autumn here in Cornwall and how we have been enjoying Poldark on television , we thought that she should have Demelza's beautiful long red hair .
  My doll has more intricately stitched fingers and thumbs (see pictures above )..I simplified my Grand-daughter's dolly hands .

                                              What do you think ?

                            Well ..dolly loves her new red/orange hair !

  I am still working on her face...this is not too bad to start off with ..the eyes will be much bigger and I will put a few stitches in to give the impression of ears .

I want to inspire my little sweetheart grand-daughter to love embroidery and so I have stitched a good sampler of many simple stitches ....maybe soon she can have a go at a simple piece of embroidery .

               Dolly ! Are you climbing on the chair ?  Do be careful !

                                                  It could tip over !

                                            A closer look at dolly's hair .

 I have embroidered her little slippers , as Marla-Rose is inclined to take off dolls clothes and shoes and then they become lost forevermore !

 So with Autumn coming in , I am feeling inspired and have lots of needlework to do .

                                   I have pretty much finished this piece.

 I have a small piece of cork-board ready to block , straighten and flatten the piece .

 Then it will be ready for me to make into the front cover of a cloth book ....my telephone and address book !  So then I have to make up the book and I,m going to embroider the pages inside ....yes..it is going to take a long time ..but I am enjoying every minute of it .

                              I wish you a relaxing and peaceful weekend .

The Birds and the Bees

Time for an update !   It's been a very busy time out in my garden and then I had Flu which knocked me for six !  I have still worked on this little scrap of embroidery . A little more every day .
 I,m using crewel wool . I,m calling it my Cornish Folk Embroidery with Crewel Wool .  It's what I do . It's the way I love to do my embroideries .
As I stitch I feel all my cares and worries melt away .
 The sun is shining in the big blue Cornish sky , any clouds just passing us by .
Happy families down at the beach , ice lollies , sandcastles , surf boards , pasties and fun !

  And so I stitched , and brought in my friends . The Blue tits are nesting in that bird house .

                    The fat Owl who lives in our towering Pine tree .

 We have had a pair of Ravens nesting up there too this year . It has been beautiful to watch them raising their three chicks .
 I will have to put them in here somewhere ....and my grandson says " What about the Woodpeckers that are nesting up there too ? You must do a Woodpecker ! We love to see the Woodpeckers ! " .... I will have to put hem in somewhere too !

                            ........and the Badgers ....beautiful creatures .

  " Don't forget my Sweetpeas ! " says my husband " Our garden seat and the towering Giant Echium with the buzzing bees ! "

                                              Sorry it's a bit blurred ! 

                                   Beautiful fox quietly passing through .

          Blackbird hopping through the undergrowth . They have a nest nearby .

 I might change him slightly, change the colour of his eyes and feet ...and finish filling in the trunk of the towering Pine tree .

                                          Another little Blue Tit  .

        The new garden seat .  A nice place to sit and do my embroidery , close my eyes and listen to the birds and the bees .
   Hope you are enjoying the sunshine . Hope it is not too hot for you , take care . Drink more water . Keep cool .  Enjoy !  x