ONE MORE

 One more for my Alice in Wonderland collection.

The Mad Hatter's tea party ends with as Alice left,   she looked back to see they (the Mad Hatter and March Hare) were trying to put the Dormouse into the teapot, and no doubt that would have been head first! But I decided to let my Dormouse sit up in the teapot instead. I will add to the Alice in Wonderland collection later when I have ordered more felt.

Meanwhile I have decided on a different book for next month, and am currently researching the dress for the characters. more about this next time when I hope to have photos to share.

Guild has started for the year and our first project  we will be stitching a needle folder, with Wessex stitchery on it. This one was made for me by my friend Lyn and she has given the guild permission to copy her design.  About ten years ago on my blog  I shared some of the lovely Wessex pieces Lyn had stitched, she was in the very first workshop that I taught on Wessex stitchery away back in the early1990's and over the years since she has stitched many pieces, and in turn has taught many people this work.

To all my blogging friends may you stay safe and keep well.

A NEW START

My absence from blogging has been because till now  my photos would not come up to transfer across from the computer, the iPad or my phone, Very frustrating!!!!!

 Then tonight reluctantly the computer brought them over but as soon as I tried  to re arrange them they all disappeared and it was back to the start again, hopefully this time they will stay, and I wont risk trying to put them in the correct order.

I have decided this year to work toward a story book tree for myself.  It started  the book Alice in Wonderland and with the Mad Hatter, it took four attempts before I manage to make him a hat that I was happy with, he is not quite complete have ordered a tiny tea cup for him and need to make him a piece of bread.        While working on these characters I re read my old copy of Alice in Wonderland  and found I really enjoyed the clever use of language in the story, ,I wonder as a child did I really  follow how clever the writing was or was I just caught up in the story's adventures.  I note now that the characters are not describe in too much detail and so the readers imagines them for themselves, in this I have possibly been too kind to the Queen of Hearts, my one does not look as if she is about to scream Off with their heads! I had the White Rabbit all finished as he appears at the Court and went back to the book to discover the brief opening description of him was a white rabbit with pink eyes! I will possibly make him  again when I can find a pocket watch small enough as these are only 12cm high. Alice will come later I need to wait till I put in my next felt order first.

 

Now before it all disappears again like the Cheshire Cat I will hit the publish button.

I hope for all the new year of 2021 has started well even if you are one of those in the world that are housebound because of the restrictions.