Titivated

 

Oversized, stuffed Suffolk puffs.

Finishing touches for these two panels which will soon become a pillow. 

The approximate size of this is twelve by ten inches.

There have been a few pillows created over the past couple of weeks which will be for sale very soon.

I'll let you know when they are in the shop. 

Titivate, spruce, smarten, and spiff all mean "to make a person or thing neater or more attractive."  

titivated with puffs

I can understand if your first thought coming here today is ''on no, not this again'', but bear with me....it's finished!! You have seen it at various stages ''in progress''....now you get to see the bigger picture, the finished article, the completed pocket. Edges have been adorned with Suffolk puffs, there is a button, there is a hint of stitch on the lining, the back has a garden of flowers....done, finished, complete, stitched to death, titivated to the nth degree. - See more at: http://karenannruane.typepad.com/karen_ruane/#sthash.GJYcJbbt.dpuf

titivated

I doodled on white silk....then I added applique and hand embroidery, voila, a pocket. The reverse is embroidered, the lining is embroidered. It's finished but it's not finished if that makes sense? It doesn't? Sorry, there's one more thing to add but that's been held up because I need to order a vital component......more of that when it happens.

I love it, I do. It's for France. It's the first finished thing for France and if I get my act together and stop getting my colours mixed up I should have a couple more pieces finished quite soon.

This morning I was surrounded by lace and hankies.....I was drooling......more pockets, online learning......I do believe I am quite organised. The first post is ready for the morning and half of the next post is done too. It's not difficult to motivate yourself when you get to play with lace and hankies all day.

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titivated....

Yesterdays little piece has been titivated to exhaustion and is now finished, damp stretched and ready for whatever I decide to do with it...I do have a plan but I am going to let my girls in on that one first....sorry! It really is very delicate and measures maybe five inches square so it is tiny too.

I am hunting for time at the moment, time to develop 'extending embellishment', time to make a suggested equipment list, time to create a blog and a flickr group, time please...pretty please and meanwhile the ironing pile is growing! Also....big U turn here, embroider, embellish, create has been listed again.....don't ask....I was too quick to take that one off....enquiries caused that little change of plan...

so there isn't much of an exciting nature happening here at the moment, not much to bore you with at all today so go and treat yourself instead....go here and see the gorgeous thing my girls are creating....