Good afternoon dear friends & readers & welcome to my new followers
It is so lovely to have you stop by for a visit . . . thanks so very much :-)
When my friend Claire owned her gorgeous little patchwork Shop in Hawera one of the very first patterns I purchased from her was a Sun Valley Primitives design called "Raggedy Angel"
Claire also sold the rather large corrugated iron wings that were used in the pattern
I eventually made the angel up & she used to hang just outside my entry door greeting people & generally hanging away there quite happily - I found an old grainy photo of her back then ...
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| The entry door to the left is no longer there as we removed it when we altered our kitchen |
As you can imagine, being dressed in red, after hanging out there for a few summers, the red fabric had faded to a shabby pink & she was most tatty & neglected looking.
She was relegated to the back of a cupboard for a year or two ...
Recently I found her body & the wings & decided to give her a new lease of life
I mixed up a spray bottle containing 3 teaspoons parisian essence & 200 ml white vinegar & liberally sprayed over all the faded calico parts that would show
She got to lie out in the sun on a large fluffy towel to dry, & I can assure you, she was not mistreated in any way.
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| Oh yes this is the life .... lying here in the warm sunshine ... starkers !!!!! |
I showed you a sneaky peek last post of the new dress under construction ... the design is quite like stitching a penny rug with all the felt pieces making up the "tree" design
Today I completed her & hung her on my dining room wall although she is not going to stay here - I just havent found quite the "right home" for her yet
I had planned to redo her hair (which is thick jute string that I originally hand dyed) but my good friend Leeanne suggested I leave it as it is - all sort of scraggy looking
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| I just love the mottled effect on the corrugated iron wings |
I kept the original star that she is clutching, but covered the centre felt stars with masking tape & gave the calico a good spray with my parisian essence mixture
I like to hang my dolls on the wall for a few days & walk past them to decide if I need to embellish them any more or change anything ... already I have decided she needs some brown cheek blusher & some red berries tucked into her star, hmmm ... perhaps a rusty button at her neck .... ??? . . .
This past week I had my last group booking - a Rural Womens Group bought their lunch to the garden & ate in the shade of the trees & had their meeting
The doves very much enjoyed the additional company to the garden but made the meeting a little difficult with their loud noises & deciding to swoop in & out every now & then - they are becoming very settled & at home now
As they tend to stand either in their food dish or on the edge & kept tipping the dish over ... I notice The Mr has given them one of my vintage enamel plates to eat out of ...
Along with my last group booking I also completed my very last order this past week . . . Sandra had ordered 3 large sized cushions from me to go on the back of a sofa bed in her sleepout - she requested that they be approx 25 x 25 inches, in wool blanketing & a pale blue colour scheme
I decided to make up a patchwork effect using a variety of blue blankets I had in my stash - these cushions turned out huge & took a mountain of stuffing ... but Sandra was delighted with them
Her main concern was how to sneak them in without her husband noticing ... I couldn't offer any suggestions but I wished her lots of luck :-)
Having no more group bookings or orders is actually a first for me ... I have never been in this position before & thought I would feel rather concerned ... but I actually feel quite calm about it ... perhaps this will give me some time to really enjoy being creative for a change ??
I made up a few more sets of scented Spice Mats from my kiwiana fabrics as there were no more left in the Cottage ... these always tick along as they are a great gift for sending overseas.
You may recall two posts back when I mentioned my vintage cane shopping trundler ... a trademe purchase ... how I hadn't yet decided what to do with it :-)
Well it was a post comment from dear Shane that got me thinking ...
& so I filled it with my dried hydrangeas & sat it on a sheltered area of my outside deck - I love the combination of blues & the different pastel shades
Thanks so much Shane for the inspiration
Although things here are rapidly turning brown & crisp I took some snaps of my wheelbarrow which is still flowering away happily - I water it each night & the begonias & lobellia are still thriving
Thanks so much to you all dear friends & readers for stopping by
I shall be back at the end of the week with the draw for my angel - best of luck to all those that have already entered - there is still time if anyone else would like to pop their name in the giveaway -
here are the post details for you to enter
Hoping you have a lovely week ahead,
much love & friendship to you all,
Julie x0x0x0x
I like to hang my dolls on the wall for a few days & walk past them to decide if I need to embellish them any more or change anything ... already I have decided she needs some brown cheek blusher & some red berries tucked into her star, hmmm ... perhaps a rusty button at her neck .... ??? . . .
This past week I had my last group booking - a Rural Womens Group bought their lunch to the garden & ate in the shade of the trees & had their meeting
The doves very much enjoyed the additional company to the garden but made the meeting a little difficult with their loud noises & deciding to swoop in & out every now & then - they are becoming very settled & at home now
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| My friend Jan thought they were ornaments when she walked up the steps last week & got such a shock when one turned its head !!!!!! |
As they tend to stand either in their food dish or on the edge & kept tipping the dish over ... I notice The Mr has given them one of my vintage enamel plates to eat out of ...
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| just about to climb into the food bowl !!! notice how the bits we dont like get tossed out !!! |
I decided to make up a patchwork effect using a variety of blue blankets I had in my stash - these cushions turned out huge & took a mountain of stuffing ... but Sandra was delighted with them
Her main concern was how to sneak them in without her husband noticing ... I couldn't offer any suggestions but I wished her lots of luck :-)
Having no more group bookings or orders is actually a first for me ... I have never been in this position before & thought I would feel rather concerned ... but I actually feel quite calm about it ... perhaps this will give me some time to really enjoy being creative for a change ??
I made up a few more sets of scented Spice Mats from my kiwiana fabrics as there were no more left in the Cottage ... these always tick along as they are a great gift for sending overseas.
You may recall two posts back when I mentioned my vintage cane shopping trundler ... a trademe purchase ... how I hadn't yet decided what to do with it :-)
Well it was a post comment from dear Shane that got me thinking ...
& so I filled it with my dried hydrangeas & sat it on a sheltered area of my outside deck - I love the combination of blues & the different pastel shades
Although things here are rapidly turning brown & crisp I took some snaps of my wheelbarrow which is still flowering away happily - I water it each night & the begonias & lobellia are still thriving
Thanks so much to you all dear friends & readers for stopping by
I shall be back at the end of the week with the draw for my angel - best of luck to all those that have already entered - there is still time if anyone else would like to pop their name in the giveaway -
here are the post details for you to enter
Hoping you have a lovely week ahead,
much love & friendship to you all,
Julie x0x0x0x
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