French Silk

I found this gorgeous silk and cotton blend fabric at the open market in Lyon. It's sumptuous, with pumpkin and peach-colored floral accents. And I really wanted to make a pillow set. So here are mama and baby bird silk accent pillows!

Featured!

So today my love bird pillows were featured, along with a lot of other beautiful birds, on the blog at foundhandmade! They are right under Miss Butler's heart ornaments. Miss Butler is one of my favorites! There are so many cute birdies and hearts and now I've discovered another handmade site!

another treasury!

Oh my gosh, I'm in two treasuries on the same day! Now this might be old hat for some of the better-known etsy sellers, and perhaps a day will come when I too can say that I'm in treasuries all the time, and I'm a regular on the Front Page. But for now, this is exciting!! My only item of a Valentine theme: two love bird pillows.

http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list.php?room_id=36045

Another Fish

My latest fish pillow is made of this pretty green fabric that I got at the outdoor market here in town. In French, the color is called vert anis, and I didn't know what it was called in English. (Yes, I'm a native English speaker, but I'm really bad with color names!) So I was on a thread on the etsy forums last night where people were talking about hot colors for spring and I found my color on a Pantone color chart. So apparently it's called "dark citron."
I had never heard of this before, I hope I've got it right!

Anyway, I like the way the fish came out. Once again, my son wants one of these too!

Bird pillows or Soft Sculptures

So, I've made some pillows (or soft sculptures), still inspired by my drawings of African bird sculptures in bronze. This one is like one of my brooches, only bigger, of course, and 3D instead of 2D. This one sold two days after being listed on my etsy shop. This is the first one I tried, made of cotton decorator fabric I found in the remnant bin of my favorite fabric shop here in Lyon.


This one is made of a beautiful paisley cotton I bought from etsy seller, The Designers Touch. I used linen for his beak and felt for his legs and feet. My son loved him so much he hugged him!

I like the fish too. She's simple and would look good on a couch with lots of other fishes. I'll have to make a bunch more! My daughter thinks they would be the perfect pillows for a beach house. We don't have one though, so...