Sunday, July 4, 2010

Embroidered Nesting Dolls Made with Vintage Materials

I've created these nesting dolls with all vintage materials :) The faces are embroidered on vintage silk taffetas from Lelièvre in Paris with vintage cotton threads. The bodies are various wonderful vintage hand screened cottons! The dolls stand ten inches high and are gently stuffed with new premium polyfill and hand stitched closed :)  They will be available in my Etsy shop, crashandcarry, in the coming weeks! 









Thursday, July 1, 2010

My New Pillow Was Featured in an Etsy Treasury!

Thank you Jalinde for including my Tartan Plaid Punk Rock pillow in your awesome Shiver Me Timbers treasury!

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

One Saturday I took a walk to Zipperhead...

I've had the idea for these pillows for about ten years now, but I finally sat down to work on them last month. These punk rock pillows are made with authentic 100% brushed cotton tartan plaids. I didn't want to just stick a zipper on, all messy and punk rock-like (I know... the messiness is anti establishment.. blah blah blah) so I separated the zipper and backed it with either a super colorful polyester satin from the 60's or some really great moire I picked up back in the 80's when the Prince of Chintz reigned supreme!

These little gems are further spruced up with pins, buttons, badges, iron-ons, feathers and gorgeous embroidery done with vintage cotton thread. Each pillow is generously stuffed with premium fiberfill and gently hand stitched closed. Each pillow measures approximately 12" x 12" and are all one of a kind! They will be added to my Etsy store soon... I promise!! The yellow one is just a prototype and has been loved nearly to death... so ignore the lumps and bumps because that one isn't for sale :D




Thursday, June 24, 2010

Weenie Dogs!

I've put my Etsy shop on vacation so I can work on some new pillow and plush designs. My favorite new design is a plush Doxie made out of vintage hand screened fabrics from all over the world and vintage stock French ribbons :) This design seems to be quite a hit because I haven't even listed them in my shop yet and I already have orders going out!! Here's a preview... Woof woof!




Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Two of my vintage fabrics were featured in an Etsy Treasury!

What a beautiful collection of all things Chinoiserie by Jambo Chameleon ! You can also read her blog at Colors of Time . Thank you Anita!!

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