Sunday, January 31, 2010

TDIPT Mercantile Update Tonight

Just a reminder that there will be a TDIPT Mercantile Update tonight...hoping you can all pop by & check out all the wonderful Handmade hearts created & donated by my TDIPT sisters to raise money for Haiti. Below are a few photos of the heart that I will have available for purchase. Hope to see there...
 
Have a heartfelt day! Warmly, Susan

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Peter Cottontail

Peter Cottontail hopping down the bunny trail...

Adopted

P is for Peter

 
You will be able to read all about Peter on my TDIPT Mercantile page the evening of the 1st. Please feel free to contact me if you should have any questions...I would love to hear from you! This is probably going to be the last of my offerings for the February 1st Tdipt Mercantile update...I am pretty pooped out from sewing up a storm & have quite a few critters & other projects on the go...none of which will be completed before the 1st...unless I decide to burn some midnight oil...time for a few days off...my house is a disaster...I look like I have been pulled through a knot-hole...so I will say adios for now...
 

Thanks to all who have written in commenting on my work...you are all so thoughtful & I appreciate you coming by for a visit! Your the best!!! Warmly, Susan

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

La Petite Lapin

No I haven't jumped off the face of the Earth..I am here...barely...but I am just about ready to pull my hair out...I believe my problem is that I have WAY TO MANY projects on the go...WAY TO MANY things I want to try!!! & WAY WAY WAYYYY not enough time to do them, learn them...perfect them...Yay Yay...I know it is my own fault & you have heard it all before...ya I know you are all in the same boat...a very full boat probably...ready for capsizing...full of creative folks jammed bow to stern with creative ideas bursting out of their heads...crying, "Save me...save me from my creative self." O Ma Gawd! Hurry throw me a boy...er bouy, I think I mean life jacket...mayhaps a boy would be better...but my husband wouldn't approve...

La Petite Lapin

Tiny Cross Stitch on Primitive Linen

My Febuary 1st TDIPT Mercantile offering

A tattered & torn wee rabbit for your sewing room

Adopted
 Available for purchase Febuary 1st on the TDIPT Mercantile website. A hand-painted wool felt rabbit with glass bead eyes, chenille stem feet, needle felted sheep's wool tail. Last but not least..I have given him a tea stained ribbon to adorn his little neck. The cushions he is perched on are made of aged & stained primitive linen & quilter's cotton. "La Petite Lapin" is cross stitched on the top cushion in teeny tiny letters...a couple of raggedy patches, an antique metal button & black stitching can also be seen around the edges & on the bottom of the cushion. This piece measures 6.5 inches at its widest point & stands 5" inches tall from the top of the rabbit's ears to the bottom cushion. It is a wonderfully old looking piece with charm & character a plenty & would look great sitting in amongst your antique collectibles. Please email me if you should have further questions as I would love to hear from you!
$115.00 US plus $12.00 US for shipping with insurance. 
Have a sunshiny Day!!! Warmly, Susan

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

News & Views



Been Busy making bears...or at least trying to...they are so much work...the pattern cutting...measuring seam allowances(at least in my case I do...the care & attention you put into them & then when you are finished sewing it all together...you have to deal with the joints...the stuffing...the plucking...the aging...the dressing...the brushing........oh...ma....gawd...I am exhausted from creating just one little bear!!! But ohhh the satisfaction when you are done...& he is sitting on your shelf with his little black eyes staring at you...I am in  love...

I want to thank all of you who popped by & made a comment on my last post about my Allsorts candy project...I enjoy every word & I appreciate your taking the time to come by here & share your thoughts with me...warmly, Susan

Monday, January 4, 2010

It Takes Allsorts To Make the World Go Around

Here's to an Artistically Inclined New Year


I have been obsessing about Bassets Allsorts Candy for months now...I even daydream about the dang things...not to eat them...but instead...how I could incorporate Allsorts candies into one of my projects. 


I love the way they make me feel...Happy...Happy...Happy...The design possibilities are endless...


so I went on a little shopping spree.

I bought some Polymer Clay in Allsorts of juicy colors...yummy...

Splurged on a set of Martha Stewart Microbeads & some handy dandy Glitter Glue...Fun...

Some...O...so soft wool~felt...in the brightest shades I could find... 

& last but not least...some French General Fabric...sweet velvet ribbons, thrift store seam binding which I stained & aged...blue wool felt, colorful pins & a few picks of Valentines Day embellishments...


I am ready to play...& chase away...those January Blues...

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