Little Montage

I love doing little montage collections with a vintage flair and this is one that I had done one rainy day.The Christmas card is tucked behind netting and trimmed with embroidery, pieces of trim and tiny pearl beads. The piece just evokes that old fashioned feel with a combination of vintage lace, even a corner of an old hanky. Adding buttons and beads to finish the embellishments.

Excited

Today I am excited because I have some cute pictures of a couple of completed gift items. I am a bit behind on my gift giving and I apologize to all of my LOVED ones who are MANY and there just aren't enough hands on my body to get them all done.

These little burpie cloths are made with some soft flannel and just some stash that I had on hand. (You know, for those last-minute-woops-I-need-something-quick gifts)! As I got the pleasure of meeting sweet little great-niece Adalynn Marie, the other day and was holding her AND got to feed her and burp her; I was not given a burpie in which to catch those inevitable little spit-ups. Didn't ask for one either because she was wearing a bib, Anyway... these cute little burpies are what came from a tiny little creative spark on that visit. I think she will like them!

The little dolly is one that I have had since I was probably 5 or 6 years old. Her name is Buffy and she used to have a little car that she drove. Her original name was Baby-Go-Bye-bye.

Old Buttons

Whenever I find antique or just really old buttons, I don't spit shine them (eew). I like that they have character and tell a bit of a story. They can't be grossly dirty or I wouldn't buy them, but I can't say that I've ever found any old buttons that made me feel like sterilizing the whole lot. It can't be any worse than everyday exchange of currency, right?

Fabric Collage Book for Momma

I just realized that the last post I touched upon my aging parents. I want to share this Fabric Collage book that I made for my Mother.

The Cover

Her as a baby on the left & 4 generations of my fore-mothers on the right.

Mom in her school years.

The old Singer 

This project was so much fun to make. I used mostly antique laces, buttons, ephemera and just memory provoking ideas to bring nostalgia to the cloth pages. Some pages were from an old handmade quilt that someone in the family had.

There are more pages, but these were all the pictures that I had on the computer.

The photos are copies that I ran through my inkjet printer onto fabric except for the last one which was an iron on and I found that I like the inkjet transfer much better.

Maybe there will be a tutorial in the future, but for now I have more projects than I can keep up with!

Thanks for viewing! 

Embroidery & Embellishing

Just a little gift that I made for someone. I love the scrappy quilts and all the hand embellishing potential they offer.