Lavender Sachet

Who says practical things can't be pretty and smell good? ;) French lavender = bliss!

While I'm away, meet Sue Bonnet

At the moment I'm in New Haven, CT to attend a conference on Victorian periodicals. My paper deals with Richard Doyle's illustrations for Punch. Like this one. Or this.

So while I'm away, I'm going to entertain you with some pictures of my recent redwork projects. Here's little Sue Bonnet and her duckie (this reminded me of the duckie in our backyard):

She was placed on top of a jar of homemade lemon curd:

The Bunny Who Wanted to Be a Mouse

When you write a novel, strange things happen sometimes. Like, you're planning this fantabulous gothic romance and then - bang! - in walks this female character with sturdy boots and proceeds to stomp all the gothicness to dust. (That's rather disconcerting, let me tell you.)

Sometimes characters talk to you. (If they actually call you, like, on the phone, you might want to consult a doctor, though. Just saying.)

Sometimes characters insist on being somebody else.

Did you know that exactly the same thing can happen when you do embroidery?

No?

You want proof?

Then let's have a look at a little bunny from that super-cute Japanese crafting magazine I got a few days ago:

This little bunny:

Do you see the cute little ears? And the cute little bunny tail? And now, may I draw your attention to this little bunny:

*cough*

Well, as you can plainly see, the little bunny didn't want to be a bunny. It wanted to be a mouse. I made two attempts to rectify the situation, but it still looked like a mouse. So I finally decided to go with the flow and let the bunny be a mouse.

The bunny was happy.

I was happy.

And I hope the recipient of this little bag will also be very happy.

Here's the inside. I lined the bag with a very smooth, satiny cotton:

Do you remember the fabric? I also used it for my very first sewing project last year. :)

Doodle Birdie

"Kommt ein Vöglein geflogen, setzt sich nieder auf ... my napkin." :)

The doodle birdie was inspired by Aimee Ray's Doodle Stitching. Check out her embroidery folder on flickr - her work is amazing & soooo cute!