The Enchanted Forest

  Maybe Spring is near. The Enchanted Forest is starting to grow.     This is for the back of my casket, the only side left to complete.   Half bird and half snail, what […]

The First Map

  The first map to guide you around the World of Possibilities.  

Hidden Meanings

  More Casket Toy News When I first posted an image of William’s workshop on one of the doors of my casket I didn’t go into much detail about the design.   Starting in the […]

Casket Toys Part III

  Casket Toy Contest The doll version of Time began as a stuffed body of the figure that has a wire armature inside. Mr Peacock is not sure what to make of him.   The […]

Casket Toys Part II

  More about my casket toys! There is a very good reason this garden twinkles! The photo above shows how each flower was made. A short length of metal purl was stretched out over a […]

The Garden, Casket Toys Part I

 Lucky Me! Check The Embroiderer’s Story this morning.  My Casket Toys have won the grand prize, A New Casket for me to embroider! One of the toys I entered is this garden scene. Here is […]

The Cover Up

  My casket is almost complete.   It sits in my studio in front of south and west facing windows, with lots and lots of sun.   And of course there is always dust, lots […]

Knotted Gimp

  Using 2 colors of gimp I made overhand knots about every 1/4 to 1/2″.   Then the length was couched in place.   This is Time’s collar, lots of texture but still pretty much […]

Today’s My Lucky Day!

 Today is my lucky day. First Tricia at The Embroiderer’s Story had this to say about the design process and my work. Thank You Tricia! This embroidery first appears on this blog in 2011.   […]