Summer: Bring It!

And it's summer time!

 

 For those faire followers who have hung out

here at Fly & Nest for awhile,

it will come as a shock that I have made

a weather appropriate item.

 

 

Inexplicably,

 when the heat of summer begins to bare down

I find myself time and time again, wool shopping.

 

 

Or,

when I'm 27 months pregnant,

 heavy with child and light of charm

  my earlobes sweating...

I think nothing of piecing together

multi layered quilts that involve nimble body as well as acute wit.

Neither of which I possess in the aforementioned state.

 

 

I now dear reader find myself strangely willing

 to over share with you a little

about my pleasures in bed...

 

Certainly, I've lost you now...:)

 

These pleasures typically involve sleep

and very very heavy duvets,

not realllly appropriate for summer-

or so my sweetie argues.

 

 

There are few things better to my mind than

drifting off to sleep crushed by the weight of a

1 million lb duvet.

Plant a fat house cat on top of the pile,

and swoon...I am at rest.

 

(backing)

 

If I lived in the snow 24-7, I would sleep all day

(my thousands of children would by fine)

But here, here in this land,

there is summer.

And, a sane sweetie,

and therefore....

a quilt.

 

(complete with the vital stuffy pocket)

 

 

Not for me

 (for I have too many...see notation quilting and 3 pregnancies).

 

But for Her:

 

 

For she is the middle.

Not forgotten,

certainly, but the most easy going,

and therefore exploited as such.

 

 

For Nu, who I love and adore

who shall at last be crushed NO more

by duvet of heft and weight you see

she may not love this as much as me.

 

 

Tho curly of lock, and eye of blue

the wiggliest of child and sweetest are you.

A quilt all your own for summer and aft

and now off you must go, dear stinker, to bath!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

Flower Power

For Xmas my lovely friend gifted me

this beautiful necklace.

 

Apparently the person who made it

hand dyed the lace that she brought from Japan.

 

It was tres cher

and I never would have bought it for myself.

(Thus the perfect gift!)

 

I couldn't find the artist's name alas

or I would credit her here.

 

It's so lovely in fact,

sooo lovely,

that I tried my hand at making my own version.

 

 

The original version is more fantastic

 in lots of subtle ways

 

But, after much trial and error I figured out

how to duplicate the stamen.

 

My lace is from down the street and it came this colour.

 

But I LOVE it too!

 

Much like the dolls I finished sweating over,

after spending the time to hand tie the knots...

 

Sew the lace to the bead caps, filaments to the beads

and build the delicate pieces together

 

the price that I thought was initially so outrageous

 

 

seems totally justified.

 

These handmade details take time people!

 

Now go frequent your local artisans!

 

And thanks to the mystery woman who brought

this beautiful piece of artistry into my world.

And the smarty pants who gifted it to me!

Cuffery

I'm still stitching away on these wee cuffs.

I had a cuff crush when I first had the tinies.

Soft, non-permanently scarring jewelry seemed like a good idea.

I hunted, and they were hard to find.

Then suddenly they were everywhere

Now I'm all liberated because I can make my own

crafty fantasy.

They all have 'hidden' messages inside.

I'm calling in more delight this week.

I've never been one of those people who believe that you can't

tell your secrets or they won't come true.

Hang it from the rooftops baby!



I'm not sure what will become of these...

I'm quite taken with this free motion stitching.

Combined with a little hand embroidery

and material mash up.

I'm not sure what will happen to these patches, but I'm making them all the same.

 

On a purse? On a bag? On a pocket?

Book cover?

Quilt??

Harumph!

I made a collar/ choker version tonight.

Only it actually chokes.

Here are some poorly shot details.

It's inexplicably reversible

 with slightly different images on either side.

I'll try for some better shots in the light of day.

Nighty-poo.

Don't poo in your nightie.

It's just good practice.

You heard it here first folks.

Light of day snaps:

 

Today I'm linking to So You Think You're Crafty