A Slightly Different Thanksgiving Bird

I am not in charge of the turkey today so I have the chance to share a different bird I just completed. 

I started it during the Embroidered Casket Tour in York, England.

I almost finished one feather that day.

Now he is complete in all his glory. If you are interested in making one of your own check out this site.

My Own Personal Stitcher!!!!

My notebooks fill with drawings faster than I can possibly stitch.

One of my sisters (I have 4 and one brother!) has recently started to embroider.

This, I believe, is only her second piece, maybe third. And it is one of my drawings.

I love drawings right out of my notebook. Drawings that haven't been 'fixed'.

But best of all I love how my sister has interpreted it! Her palette is different than mine.

I love that her voice came through this very whimsical design.

Thank you for letting me share this Claudia!

It is a beautifully done piece.

Lucy Returns

Lucy is back from her big adventure. You'd look frightened too so high above the city of Edinburgh!

Fortunately a pub and a pint were never far.

Now that she has had a chance to rest and unpack Lucy would like to share some of the goodies she found in her travels.

We would like to thank the country of Scotland for kindly providing Lucy with her own set of the royal jewels! She promises to wear them often.

Behind the jewels is a new pillow for the royal (Lucy's) bed. It was one of three kits provided on The Great Casket Tour. Meant to be made up as a pin cushion I made it into a doll bed pillow instead.

Also tumbling out of Lucy's bag is a new friend she found in the pretty city of Bath.

How convenient that dolly and the pillow were stitched in the same colors. I wonder how that happened? 

Lucy was very bad about keeping up with her travel journal. Look at all of those empty pages.

Lucy's friend Sue came back to the states with us. Her skirt is made from a remnant found at Liberty's of London. The horsey came from Edinburgh's Museum of Childhood.

Sue has arrived with the royal sword of the Stair Palace. She found it languishing in Portobello Road and knew it should be reunited with it's rightful owners. There will be a great ceremony when that happens. Stay tuned. 

Lucy is trying to work on project #2 from the tour. 

But first lots of tiny peacock feathers must be stitched.