Valentine’s Birthday and so much more

With a birthday on Valentine’s day, I have been showered with heart warming gifts.

My dear friend Liz in Oregon, who is a marvelous quilter and a member of one of my Lace Round Robin made this beautiful fabric collage for me. Notice how the hands form a heart? HER hands, which she traced and reduced on the computer before cutting in fabric. And do you see all the details, the tiny little red buttons, and the rhinestones? Love!

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I have also exchanged a fabric collage with my new friend in the UK, Alison. She sent me this wonderful vintage page. And the tag!!! Notice the tag!?!?!?!? All that hand embroidery is just exquisite. I did suggest she considers using some of that beautiful stitching in her collages, it’s so beautiful, and something that most of us don’t do or won’t do anymore.

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Here is the one I sent Alison. I had just finished a batch of dyeing, and I had this deed wine color. An acquired taste, but Alison has received it and she likes it:

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Beautiful Suzy in Australia sent this beautiful fabric ‘card’. Don’t you just love these soft pastels? Lovely.

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Lucky me, she’d already sent me a collage last month, this time in these gorgeous browns and rusts that I so love.

 

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My dear friends from Canada surprised me with a dozen red roses!!!! Imagine. I thought I was passed the age of getting red roses on Valentine’s Day. And aren’t they just magnificent?

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In the middle of all this happiness, I managed to finish a new bracelet cuff, and to list it on Etsy.

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And I even posted a painting on Etsy too. This one is 16x20, on stretched canvas.  It was done earlier and didn’t seem to have made it to the Etsy site, so here it is. I exhibited it in a show in Vancouver. It was quite popular and got rave reviews, but I ended up selling a much larger one. I used alcohol inks on a canvas base. IMG_0947

9 comments:

  1. Lots of lovely presents and art you have made. I think you have definitely found your niche with lace and beads.

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  2. What an incredible display of love and affection for you, Sox. I love the crazy quilt tag and all the embroidery stitches, and of course all your lovely work. You are prolific!

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  3. Beautiful gifts! Happy belated birthday to you. I am SO enjoying the lace journal you sent me...it is quite a treasure.

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  4. Amazing, one prettier then the other! What a sweet friend you have, the roses are gorgeous!!!
    Happy belated Valentine's Birthday to you!

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  5. Some very beautiful gifts indeed to a very deserving friend!
    Such a beautiful collage created by Liz and also from Alison and that sweet crazy quilted tag!
    The roses are so superb!
    Hope you had a wonderful day for your Birthday!
    x Suzy

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  6. Oh, so much eye candy and inspiration! Thank you for sharing the crazy-quilt tag. I would have never thought of that and it is a version of crazy quilting I might actually manage to finish with my short attention span!

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  7. Your mixed media is fabulous and Oh, that cuff is awesome!

    Smiles, Cyndi

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  8. All the birthday gifts are gorgeous and you are a veery special friend to many. Your new cuff is fabulous, more so in person...

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