Wrapping up 2020

 

The garden casket is complete. The front of the casket holds one of my first attempts at stumpwork, all worked in cotton embroidery floss, in 2013.

"Our tale begins, as...." 

 

The heart garden.

"......good ones do......" 

 

The moon garden.

"........Once upon a time......" 

 

The last side panel is the most recent embroidery finished in December 2020. 

The turnip patch.

"......A garden grew." 

 

Over it all shines the sun.

 

Ready For Irene To Move In!

 

 

Here is the photo from the kit box and on the right is a photo of Irene's House complete.

Irene hasn't seen it yet. Here the Princely Dragon is bringing the children of Junedale to decorate Irene's house for Christmas.

The biggest differences between the kit and my version is the cellar and the castle wall.

Here is a good view of the cellar. The figure outside the front door was placed there so all the children would be able to find the house easily.

 

As we come round the house we see parts of the castle wall that the house sits next to. 

The back of Irene's house.

 

Down in the cellar is the stair that wraps around the columns and opens next to the fireplace upstairs.

Before the house was renovated for Irene this hidden stairway was used to secret people and goods to and from various parts of the World of Possibilities.

More of the cellar.

 

The panel next to the fireplace is where you access the 'secret stair'!

Children playing on the other staircase, the one leading to Irene's bedroom.

 

Irene's House

 

Once the cellar was well underway I could start on the cottage above.

 

 

The piece of blue insulation foam will be the castle wall that the cottage is built against.

 

 

Here you see the castle wall taking shape as I decide how much wall to keep and how much to eliminate so you can see into the interiors.

 

The fireplace hearth is again a piece of foam, thinner than the castle wall, but shaped and painted into a brick surface. 

 

The Kingdom of Junedale

 

 

 

The beauty of a project called 'The World of Possibilities' is that you never have to be finished.

 

The day after the US election I was looking for something to occupy my head.

 

 

I decided Irene needed a home.

 

Who is Irene? She is Ruthie's mother. She was banished from Oroarium, the kingdom of the Dragon Prince. She was not allowed to take her daughter. 

 

She was welcomed to the Kingdom of Junedale and given a grace and favor home adjoining the castle wall.

 

It is a Greenleaf kit I bought years ago. I will be making changes.

First off it needed a cellar.

The cellar is connected to a series of tunnels for smuggling people out of Oroarium. From the cellar a secret stair leads up to Irene's house.

 

 One of Irene's friends is checking out the secret stairway.

 

The cellar is far enough along that I can start on the house above.

 

Travel Guide To The World Of Possibilities

 

 

Finishing this map is an ending of many sorts.

 

The completion of the map is the end of the Journey through the World of Possibilities. 

 

Thank you for joining me on this trip.

 

 

 

Fables To Go Video

 

The casket video(click here) is complete!

Here Comes The Sun

 

I don't enjoy stitching with soie ovale but it makes wonderful fluffy flowers.

And I do love making stems and swags.

 

I have been playing with and loving silk Cartisane Gimp. 

 The Sun Garden.

Meet Aesop

 

There are many stories about Aesop. He is a figure of legend and mystery. 

Now he has agreed to help Claire and William stage his fables. 

Dig Your Own Rabbit Hole

 

The Golden Rule asks that we treat others as we would like to be treated. It doesn't promise that others will be nice to you. 

This might be worth keeping in mind as you burrow down the rabbit hole of social media. 

Each site has its own agenda. 

There is a wide gulf between being closed minded and being gullible.

Dig your own rabbit hole to try to find the truth behind each claim, theory or supposed truth. 

The Last Fable Panel

 

The last fable on the "Fables To Go" casket is The Owl and The Grasshopper.

 

This fable will be on one of the side slopes.

I need to finish stitching the border edge.