Done and Dusted!

Sometimes orders take you much longer than anticipated for no particular reason.  On Tuesday I finally posted my completed order and ridiculously could have skipped all the way home.  There was a lot of extra dyeing to be done, so maybe that is how time ran away with me.  Here are a few images taken using my new 'props'....

large cream corsage using vintage lace and crochet

 

 

large black corsage incorporating fabrics and centrepiece from the Victorian bodice

 

 

browns and taupes embellished with a daisy and smoke mother-of-pearl button

 

 

shades of pistachio

 

 

seven shades of grey

 

I am pleased the way my book enhances the corsages, what do you think?  I have been making another corsage for a 50th birthday present and the lady loved it so much she has asked me to make her a one with a matching wristcuff all in shades of reds and corals.  They dye pot beckons.....

 

My next post will be entitled - Back to the very beginning.....

 

Until next time, spring is just around the corner, I saw the first snowdrops in Northumberland at the weekend.  Jayne x



 

 

 

 

Sacred Songs and Solos

Last weekend my flea market purchase was a tattered and torn copy of Sacred Songs & Solos by Ira D. Sankey.  It was developed by Ira D. as a resource for his concerts and revival meetings in the late 19th century. This collection is still popular today, with a wide selection of hymns and songs on many different themes.

beautiful time worn cover...

The pages are very loose and many have disintegrated and browned with age.  It is the fragments that drew me to the book.  Many little pencil notes have been made inside the book and on the back inside page a few favourites have been noted.....

tiny pieces of the back page remain

an ideal backdrop for photographs

some of the songs titles made me smile!

 my particular favourite!

I have been visiting the market for a number of years and some of the stall holders' do keep things for me.     I have mentioned Margaret before, she wears a giant purple hat with a huge ostrich feather in it.  She had what she thoughts was a Victorian bodice - again very tattered and disintegrated.......

the front view

the back view

a label sewn inside

The label looks fairly modern so maybe the garment was a reproduction of a Victorian bodice.  I researched the name, the address and came up with no information.  However, the garment is so damaged that I will use all the lace, findings, silk, net and adornments in my work.

I just love it when you manage to find a little treasure or two on your travels don't you? ...............

Until next time......Jayne x