ALICE IN WONDERLAND TREE

 I have borrowed Jan's stick tree to display the Alice in Wonderland collection, as I want to take it to Regional day on Saturday. It does not look as good in the photo as it does in  the real thing.

and getting them all to hang as I wanted was tricky, here is Maree making adjustments, paper clips helped.

The newest ones finished are Alice and the Cheshire cat.

looking at the tree I could add one more, before it is displayed next, probably doing Book Week at Jan's school. 

What next, I really enjoyed making the set and although I have some ideas for other books, I think I will look towards making another set and the Wizard of Oz has plenty of scope for ideas. so wait and see. meanwhile its Peter Rabbit Finger puppets for the goodies bags for Ronan's second birthday. Caitlin and I have lots of ideas for the birthday cake too.

............... and there is a little girl who loves fairies, so this Granny plans to make her  one to carry around.

ONE MORE

        

I ended last  month s stitching with one more for my Alice in Wonderland Collection. Sue knew I was looking for a tiny pocket watch and she called in to show me what she had, this one is just perfect thank you Sue. Alice and the Cheshire cat sill to come but need to wait for the right inspiration and materials.

I am currently stitching a piece for the regional Exhibition later in the year, also Wessex stitchery as a guild project and a Faby Reilly piece with Fiona each Wednesday morning. Along with that I have started Christmas stitching, first up with some tiny dresses for the folk in Eve's dolls house. I have brought to life my other blog ...other side of the mountain  ..see here to record the petite dress making project. Short posting this time as Rebecca Rabbit is waiting for the fitting for her latest dress.

TEA FOR TWO

I had seen advertised on line a " High Tea necklace" made with tiny enameled teacups. and to my delight I found a much cheaper version, my order took 5 weeks to get here  but proved to be well worth the wait. Table and food borrowed from the doll's house so the mad hatter could invite the March Hare to tea.

 Next month after my visitors come and go I think I will put the Christmas tree up in the unit as I do want to see what they all look like hanging on the tree, and by then I will have added to the collection.

THE DUCHESS

 I was given some lovely yarn, very fine alpaca and silk blend, beautiful to handle it is so very soft. Tried it out as a wig on a peg doll and was pleased with the result,  and that led to my completing the doll, decided to make the Duchess to add to the Alice in Wonderland collection. I wanted her to be a little matronly to be different from the Queen of Hearts. And for a while there was a problem of her baby who turned into a pig until I found a pig button in my button tin and it worked perfectly. 

I have been asked how big are these decorations, so to give you some idea I dook this photo with a marker pen, the pen is 5 1/2 inches or 14cm 

I must leave Alice in Wonderland for a while, yes there are more characters I want to add but need to wait till after my next felt order. For this month February I have quite a different book in mind,

My daughter Jan has quite a big collection of children's books, including those from my childhood  her fathers and then her own and I noticed a few of her brothers there too along with what she has added for her daughters when they were younger. I am enjoying re reading children's books again as I research details for my decorations.

What did you enjoy reading when you were a child?

Keep safe  and have a good month 

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.