My Love of "Dressmakers"~~

A time for "Dressmakers"

I am addicted to anything "dressmaker" my love of vintage adorn these beautiful old forms.

I found this dressmaker on line,the dressmaker is cream, but has an extra cover of black..the black shows the jewerly so pretty~

The wicker one my daughter Ben gave me one year, the wire one LaMarr found at Victorian Trading Co,

this gorgeous Rose one my daughter Kristy gave me..

A Shadow Box Memory~

and of course I had to draw one~smile~

Making Tattered Shabby Tags~

Watching TV is not my forte~ It is a waste of time,my mind is always on a something more productive~
But sometimes LaMarr, wants me to sit with him..watching TV. Not me~
I gather one of my projects and "Pretend" to enjoy a show he thinks is interesting~
I have these pretty vintage cards I printed off

Tattered crochet and Lace scraps to small for another project is perfect for these tags~

Adding snippets of lace.silk roses to the Paris Tag~

I attached the printed image by whip stitching it onto a piece of tattered lace.

I sewed layers of scrap crochet to the tag. added baby pearl buttons

added a tattered string of lace to hang the tag..scented with Rose Oil..a treasured little tag~

Paris tag is hand stamped with Paris and Fragile on the tattered hanger~

Vintage Tattered Heart Pocket~~

Time to let go of the past and get on with living~
The best therapy for the soul is to stay busy.
The rain this week has been a blessing for me, I have finished projects that have been neglected.
Cleaned nooks and crannies, my office is organized, the house will be ready when Spring comes..I will be able to spend time outside in my gardens.

My sewing room is my haven,looking out the windows to the back meadows, is comforting.

Fabrics,buttons,laces,things I love,a delicate silk slip draped over a dressmaker..a woman needs her :private place"~

Going through a hat box,I found a vintage heart pocket, I worked on Oh I guess 6 years ago.

The gathered section is from my daughters prom dress, ( she did not want to keep) so I upcycled.
Cameo from a "Junkin" find.

A gold key adorns the heart pocket, vintage buttons,seed pearls,

Hand quilted scraps,laces,vintage rose fabrics

and old vintage lace heart filled with dried roses, tucked in the pocket..scented with rose oil,

vintage trim attached to heart, for hanging in a favorite place.
Vintage Tattered Heart Pocket~~

The Past Whispers~~~

I know the laughter and the pain
Of times that will not come again.
-- Sara Teasdale

Memories are sometimes all we have left of someone we hold dear~
My sister and I spent many days,in the woods by grandpas house, I remember that old swing like it was yesterday.

Made of an old barn board,the rope frayed with age, where our feet had pushed off-the ground was rubbed and deeply grooved.
We would fly through the air laughter and screams of joy filled the woods, once Mary pushed me so far..I fell from the swing mid air..I hit the hard packed dirt with a thud,my heart felt like it had stopped.
Breathless I lay their it seemed forever, all the time Mary was crying ..saying "I killed my sissy"..

Finally I opened my eyes, she jumped back saying,"Thats not funny" I'll telling mama~
We never told mama then~
Years later we sat on mama's front porch,,and told mama~~
After school we would all meet there,play hide and seek~

The woods were our playground, homemade swing-and all~

In the woods we return to reason and faith. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Everything remembered is dear, touching and precious. The past
is safe, though we didn't know it at the time.
Remembering my "sissy Mary~ September.2.1943-January,19.2012

~Forever in my Heart~~

Nights of storm, days of mist, sad days when the sun shone in vain; old griefs and griefs not yet begun. -- Edward Thomas

Junkin~~

Raining cold dreary weather, everything is bare bones, I really don't mind the rain and cold these days I love to sew, design something new,
Kristy and I went on a "Junkin" Monday, we had a great day, found a few treasures.
Here I combined one of the gorgeous frames we found with a Tattered Heart I am sewing,added to my Etsy Shop

I love these framed ladies,

Little Feather and Fawn~

On one of out trips LaMarr and I visited friends in "Gatlinburg"~
They own and operate,
"The Silver Galleon"view shop here
We had not visited in a while, so the visit was one I was looking forward to.
I love the Native American culture, and the Cedar Flute music by Carlos Nakia~
The shop is full of authentic native american arts.
I had not one doll in my collection that was created by a Native American, and I wanted one that was an original art~

I fell in love with Awinita
meaning "Fawn" (Cherokee).

This sweet baby feels like a real baby, Fawn has a cloth body, soft deerskin clothing,adorned with beads.
Beaded headband, white feather on leather strap.

"SHIKOBA" Native American name
Means "feather" in Choctaw.

Feather has real hair plaited,beautiful dark brown eyes with long lashes.
He is sucking his finger,with soft rosy lips.

Has silver jewerly,and soft deere skin clothing..
Both these dolls are OOAK..Dolls from my treasured doll collection.
They were created on the Cherokee Indian Reservation in Cherokee N/C.
By gifted Native American Cherokee artisians.

Tattered Hearts~

Raining and cold all week,tonight we have snow falling,the weather has been just nasty, a restful time after the busy holidays.
Spent the week sewing/rearranging my fabrics, while browsing Pinterest, my creative side just ran rampant.
These darling little hearts are so much fun to create~
Inside the hearts are scented crushed rose petals.
My 1st. heart I created.

I could become addicted to this~smile~
each one is Unique, old buttons,tea stained silk roses,rose scraps from a wedding dress,

The back fabric is a rose with sage ~

Using tattered vintage scraps.
I decided to "Ritz Dye" some of the trims..using a Petal Pink..next "perwinkle"~

My collection of "Tattered Hearts"~