tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72452255034665368212024-02-19T03:13:32.690-08:00Mrs Murray and CompanyMrs Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04630340544742247984noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7245225503466536821.post-7759854554617867552011-05-26T05:18:00.000-07:002011-05-26T05:20:55.097-07:00More little women<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTUro0c1haTsd_ytsRNwJX3oxqaJ12-i7USk_P54ogn2M_3fZhzLWz1QOeRXaKrBn1XN5tMhpynLGXyPb7zzG6sO8l3-QIj-qtf7zQzVw51fSkuBJ8PlNsMI_oNHX4cQBBhRsfcQf96nBT/s1600/Overall+wardrobe+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTUro0c1haTsd_ytsRNwJX3oxqaJ12-i7USk_P54ogn2M_3fZhzLWz1QOeRXaKrBn1XN5tMhpynLGXyPb7zzG6sO8l3-QIj-qtf7zQzVw51fSkuBJ8PlNsMI_oNHX4cQBBhRsfcQf96nBT/s320/Overall+wardrobe+2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After a pause and some more trials I decided that it was all about the clothes and so now I am happy to dress my faceless dolls and concentrate on the detailing. </span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Sk7-jr8hDjzw8G4KriYp5YVEUKfF0H8744DdSTLxxwvayfUSeSkQwDJcUqOauiv3l_k6kBlNa4tVldE_6O_Bnq2-VGP0GMqhVuamoV8R6ClWSfUEPcY7AAHbE_CbRZljagjdT-8CisKc/s1600/Oona+sitting.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Sk7-jr8hDjzw8G4KriYp5YVEUKfF0H8744DdSTLxxwvayfUSeSkQwDJcUqOauiv3l_k6kBlNa4tVldE_6O_Bnq2-VGP0GMqhVuamoV8R6ClWSfUEPcY7AAHbE_CbRZljagjdT-8CisKc/s320/Oona+sitting.jpg" width="204" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In case I didn't mention it before I have called her Oona and although she remains 'faceless' she does have a definate personality. Here she sits patiently all decked out and ready to 'face' the world at large.</span> <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMhxGfX2p4v37qMU-y2U341RoV3Mh5EddWP9WTCOHumBAPs8r8CldrvM9zk13I9O50x09-26RYLYZ_kyogFEWPsaZxqc1-cLmeeP8AuV24Kl6-bGRhZ1qs6g0Tid_J0X9Zrx7gIQJNwa9_/s1600/Coat+Lining.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMhxGfX2p4v37qMU-y2U341RoV3Mh5EddWP9WTCOHumBAPs8r8CldrvM9zk13I9O50x09-26RYLYZ_kyogFEWPsaZxqc1-cLmeeP8AuV24Kl6-bGRhZ1qs6g0Tid_J0X9Zrx7gIQJNwa9_/s320/Coat+Lining.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I lined her coat with the same print as the dress. It came from a 1920's photo of an English school in São Paulo, Brazil which I found in a market over there and had printed digitally onto 320 point pure egytian coton.</span> <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPP8j6m8yH6v2y7RCFsycY0APu5qJV1ZJHZjQM6lNIGP9n0hrtJ0ZSTYa6hN7wUVwZb-9lANHWdzVbFxZuzPFdPnJpbKvNJpLJvt-DKJklcJu_zdFHFoUQLTLIeu6b38Y4eMUmoYm-dSmy/s1600/Coat+detail+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPP8j6m8yH6v2y7RCFsycY0APu5qJV1ZJHZjQM6lNIGP9n0hrtJ0ZSTYa6hN7wUVwZb-9lANHWdzVbFxZuzPFdPnJpbKvNJpLJvt-DKJklcJu_zdFHFoUQLTLIeu6b38Y4eMUmoYm-dSmy/s320/Coat+detail+1.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I think that I could have made myself a coat in less time it took to make this one ! All the buttonholes work !</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRkYrvUmJ07-ettmLFzIHQCJOrOxjHhyphenhyphencuRHBglD2iHbew7amFB3ewNGz3FqyA5BV91FLGr9XW4hgXVyQNA3E7YJRmolwJUNlJjPrv7XOVJgICouMPyyrOQv_CQKQdh5jbL8ihxr51-vMi/s1600/Coat+detail+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRkYrvUmJ07-ettmLFzIHQCJOrOxjHhyphenhyphencuRHBglD2iHbew7amFB3ewNGz3FqyA5BV91FLGr9XW4hgXVyQNA3E7YJRmolwJUNlJjPrv7XOVJgICouMPyyrOQv_CQKQdh5jbL8ihxr51-vMi/s320/Coat+detail+2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A fancy chain to hang it up in a chic restaurant ! and of course the label !! Murray.</span> <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh244qOPAE3IRO1YJ9mNeeMVqy4KR7y0ipmZ5MGlm8newYskbt7aYNf7XlhvKQPLeJPSobUV4yk0kSrz0WkRxLTWUI_tKVD2gAMX42Af9Jo4iZ6ZhosetQp9gWsrHz-2TvjrrcmmPv-e2c/s1600/The+Dress.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh244qOPAE3IRO1YJ9mNeeMVqy4KR7y0ipmZ5MGlm8newYskbt7aYNf7XlhvKQPLeJPSobUV4yk0kSrz0WkRxLTWUI_tKVD2gAMX42Af9Jo4iZ6ZhosetQp9gWsrHz-2TvjrrcmmPv-e2c/s320/The+Dress.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is more or less a copy of a full scale dress I had previously made myself, I just love this print and the coton is wonderful next to the skin.</span> <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7guU3aMeiQ_9reEUChCFBm1n96GTIPEMdZx9IZGSKNaZAoXJs-ZAC6T_q7lxMtm_PiPmI7WpHfcigTZanWlwBMtPimHRmkQsH8g7p3P4jy1mliO635rh1cv-Pq9INtneHs5rtWtnd3swM/s1600/The+It+bag.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7guU3aMeiQ_9reEUChCFBm1n96GTIPEMdZx9IZGSKNaZAoXJs-ZAC6T_q7lxMtm_PiPmI7WpHfcigTZanWlwBMtPimHRmkQsH8g7p3P4jy1mliO635rh1cv-Pq9INtneHs5rtWtnd3swM/s320/The+It+bag.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here is her 'It bag' complete with extra shopping tote folding up into a neat little key chain pouch and a large document case full of French postcards !! </span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0MI0OmEbOFa7KZMST3B29rck0fbaSrBOJTH8C192ytqA2uSE1WVzvwoJPNfruXhUqLmydrIe9JOqPqKNq1VWOA3gIk5XBp29xtVk1OTSrFWSfjcxWjf584C8uZDKTLr08cY1Fuhlk2GuM/s1600/Silk+undies.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0MI0OmEbOFa7KZMST3B29rck0fbaSrBOJTH8C192ytqA2uSE1WVzvwoJPNfruXhUqLmydrIe9JOqPqKNq1VWOA3gIk5XBp29xtVk1OTSrFWSfjcxWjf584C8uZDKTLr08cY1Fuhlk2GuM/s320/Silk+undies.jpg" width="218" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Underneath the rough surface lies these sexy silk undies finished with antique black lace. In the first doll I didn't trim and thought that it was ultimately missing. Error repaired this time round. It not because you can't see it that it doens't exist. Makes her feel special too.</span> <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoKE-4mEUVUmMf9BZ2cYtNBYKyfqF5w4ZfJP6VTqHDCu0GC8s8Ugydl7d1WoIUuKtD7AgFc747OklLiDdkUExUy63eEbiXAM9-eP3rdlEzg6zStRD6W2H_3V9iAQ225CVkgZItPFm1wYFF/s1600/The+Coat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoKE-4mEUVUmMf9BZ2cYtNBYKyfqF5w4ZfJP6VTqHDCu0GC8s8Ugydl7d1WoIUuKtD7AgFc747OklLiDdkUExUy63eEbiXAM9-eP3rdlEzg6zStRD6W2H_3V9iAQ225CVkgZItPFm1wYFF/s320/The+Coat.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here you can see all the detailing of the coat with the tiny buttons and top stitching.</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmP68mGYixPT4h9h6yCDeHuw78iO8f6TZAygMoTOU2dh6-jrxLlGWMNoX8LxvdPXBjLFyoklO1949pT9OYyh1rc2GwRQZShef6aOUvEJADAsF-s43IaU-B9LbUXuMIWpTCp5OaJ9gg7acO/s1600/Bag+detail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmP68mGYixPT4h9h6yCDeHuw78iO8f6TZAygMoTOU2dh6-jrxLlGWMNoX8LxvdPXBjLFyoklO1949pT9OYyh1rc2GwRQZShef6aOUvEJADAsF-s43IaU-B9LbUXuMIWpTCp5OaJ9gg7acO/s320/Bag+detail.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here is a detail of the bag lining. I used a pretty vintage coton and of course added the label for extra authenticity.</span> <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtBzAQNhzplpudOkgRI3DP38g-VxjTjvC2qDUrQUcMMF9gSGKH7mWCrt-NjblvaY9ipQMdX8nRwsWiyJxg48aVonE7ck7TZbOosNHC45xC0em70i1DQGzyKX7xLfAAcW4PuM7BArIsP6ip/s1600/Oona+having+tea.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtBzAQNhzplpudOkgRI3DP38g-VxjTjvC2qDUrQUcMMF9gSGKH7mWCrt-NjblvaY9ipQMdX8nRwsWiyJxg48aVonE7ck7TZbOosNHC45xC0em70i1DQGzyKX7xLfAAcW4PuM7BArIsP6ip/s320/Oona+having+tea.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Finally after a harrowing day out on the town Oona sits and enjoys a 'real' cup of Scottish tea, freshly sent by my mum from the highlands !!! AND I am not joking, its real tea with a dot of milk.</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I hope that you enjoy looking as much as I enjoyed making. In the beginning it began as a commercial venture but the hours involved cannot be used to calculate the price so now I jsut make them for my own pleasure and as we all know there are pleasures that simply cannot be bought.</span> </div>Mrs Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04630340544742247984noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7245225503466536821.post-55342226209379033112011-04-27T07:30:00.000-07:002011-04-27T07:30:36.090-07:00Little Women<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3PNMjnaM_jp8OOjayoL1UdhQSL79oKwRIkxGvDMEFtJuOg27ROuu_wm7pqjnKCBs0r_RUsnpgke86O1DULFwKRbSgiOpEF8tl3yMEvp8H0hw0I6dRs-jMQy4PElahe0CsTcNy5NfadZhw/s1600/Doll+6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="320" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3PNMjnaM_jp8OOjayoL1UdhQSL79oKwRIkxGvDMEFtJuOg27ROuu_wm7pqjnKCBs0r_RUsnpgke86O1DULFwKRbSgiOpEF8tl3yMEvp8H0hw0I6dRs-jMQy4PElahe0CsTcNy5NfadZhw/s320/Doll+6.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Research, maquettes, trials and errors but fun ! </span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiamLyerUj7Op89B-HAQyvpzJXj32b8iMFF7vPA3lSOAe1mXwA8dGZ8ZpBnhmYJm6xAM4ptfUAqQOEbSw4jKvYvykOnHwcjiRi2DTVpAGPnt1GNxvZzy7yL3G4dPzNrVc73cA_6HOG2yzeG/s1600/Doll+16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="258" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiamLyerUj7Op89B-HAQyvpzJXj32b8iMFF7vPA3lSOAe1mXwA8dGZ8ZpBnhmYJm6xAM4ptfUAqQOEbSw4jKvYvykOnHwcjiRi2DTVpAGPnt1GNxvZzy7yL3G4dPzNrVc73cA_6HOG2yzeG/s320/Doll+16.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> You have to suffer to be beautiful !! </span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsqTPqgsOSRi0oHOfc7rHGieekchjtBuADMhIneaVPMDgc0yeGwLQcnj_nrIkP_cWuiRuFfHKQ6kcsBG12jYFjpfHTKx1OF-_7UDUL-oNaLtmgS4TD0brfiyIpFGmp-y7rlMt6ByIaoDgc/s1600/Doll+7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="320" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsqTPqgsOSRi0oHOfc7rHGieekchjtBuADMhIneaVPMDgc0yeGwLQcnj_nrIkP_cWuiRuFfHKQ6kcsBG12jYFjpfHTKx1OF-_7UDUL-oNaLtmgS4TD0brfiyIpFGmp-y7rlMt6ByIaoDgc/s320/Doll+7.jpg" width="254" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Experimenting with faces . </span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF_xsZLru4iPqbvFgG-n7J_Za11RPcOmJi62MrCbMaE273_1GuBhVkUf0j8s18wtm20dOKV89s4Ke3tJUgtfKjuuYHI-9wBtLu5ySP3gslUWmBnamlqaHx6C2vGuw44A2W4HYie89XWgA2/s1600/Doll+9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="213" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF_xsZLru4iPqbvFgG-n7J_Za11RPcOmJi62MrCbMaE273_1GuBhVkUf0j8s18wtm20dOKV89s4Ke3tJUgtfKjuuYHI-9wBtLu5ySP3gslUWmBnamlqaHx6C2vGuw44A2W4HYie89XWgA2/s320/Doll+9.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> The finished doll and clothes !! such fun, took ages and ages and had to force myself to stop otherwise I would be writing her books ! </span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh5cTeKMYAU46jN5Xa5zR77Uqpqe0FACbQ92PIaZMuL3S7bHzmjW1pQpupBaiIROaAG_twP1NbIigUeBmK1ujvorvqjGuGJzxgdUKJuwHR5txjlRrXI58tVGCGDi_aiwpNFPwaJgjMsybV/s1600/Doll+14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="320" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh5cTeKMYAU46jN5Xa5zR77Uqpqe0FACbQ92PIaZMuL3S7bHzmjW1pQpupBaiIROaAG_twP1NbIigUeBmK1ujvorvqjGuGJzxgdUKJuwHR5txjlRrXI58tVGCGDi_aiwpNFPwaJgjMsybV/s320/Doll+14.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> She looks as sereine as I would like to feel ! Notice her leather purse, it is lined in print and even has a coin inside for luck !</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAwjd4I69L27U59U9DHfcPg__astGrw_2Pno1cL73Hfs3f1IDRgZl8QdpK2_Io1e3DXgzsYjKz71zGiSDkRr5zfUUZQ2MHysqpwMhxtEHCWk242Kbz1G981j0dywtlrP9XcE5AQ81TbkcP/s1600/Doll+15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="320" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAwjd4I69L27U59U9DHfcPg__astGrw_2Pno1cL73Hfs3f1IDRgZl8QdpK2_Io1e3DXgzsYjKz71zGiSDkRr5zfUUZQ2MHysqpwMhxtEHCWk242Kbz1G981j0dywtlrP9XcE5AQ81TbkcP/s320/Doll+15.jpg" width="246" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> She is after all a designer!! the sketchbook is full of collage and designs. </span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdVZEN0lArY51GpzkXjBkpY_WzKzNhAupdu7zCXNZkfouASvzALPM6IyoGdeRhwZAL1kyB_tM7MHv8sISHoXzGQ6BdIJix9wEiVQPuGxCtIbU1mAoN4H6hGGVXLs97u-zV3c-meGh6WFIv/s1600/Doll+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="303" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdVZEN0lArY51GpzkXjBkpY_WzKzNhAupdu7zCXNZkfouASvzALPM6IyoGdeRhwZAL1kyB_tM7MHv8sISHoXzGQ6BdIJix9wEiVQPuGxCtIbU1mAoN4H6hGGVXLs97u-zV3c-meGh6WFIv/s320/Doll+3.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The contents of her basket which is made from an antique glass holder. Notice the ladurée box, it even has some crumbs left inside....... </span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoiVSAwLMAljs5m-CEVRdkxKR_RW1WyMRQ5Lyz09zDDWksUJmchC2Ih5V2_sbhAde3BGIS5D2YuuYtqLa-s3yI8TL-TSimtEnKu6zCK5hogWpwK6mxi8z0Qvd-qI_bLcdLUNQ4WBG2VK0b/s1600/Doll+11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="269" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoiVSAwLMAljs5m-CEVRdkxKR_RW1WyMRQ5Lyz09zDDWksUJmchC2Ih5V2_sbhAde3BGIS5D2YuuYtqLa-s3yI8TL-TSimtEnKu6zCK5hogWpwK6mxi8z0Qvd-qI_bLcdLUNQ4WBG2VK0b/s320/Doll+11.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I couldn't have her without underwear! needs some lace but couldn't find some the right scale. Yet !</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">And here is the 'piece de resistance' the cashmere cardie ! made from a wash accident and edged in a crochet trim using embroidery thread to get the scale right. Even has a MiniMurray label inside just like a grown up one. Notice the two pockets and even the hand embroidered monogrammed hankie !! in case. </span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNxv9l3UUuN-MgzFoFmP-cS-xj1zg8JPjg4a4ae_LDPDNa5Ztr9uYLKObh7MV59Yt_sbn3pNJQLlgUXMIBtPmvpOjiSshyphenhyphenUgcbrAYaQ457GoRrPNp_nzRk0uVE3NiKL_CrHo-TSMj8dUNu/s1600/Doll+10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="296" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNxv9l3UUuN-MgzFoFmP-cS-xj1zg8JPjg4a4ae_LDPDNa5Ztr9uYLKObh7MV59Yt_sbn3pNJQLlgUXMIBtPmvpOjiSshyphenhyphenUgcbrAYaQ457GoRrPNp_nzRk0uVE3NiKL_CrHo-TSMj8dUNu/s320/Doll+10.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After much drawing and tests and research I finally made a doll. In the beginning I thought 'easy as pie' but proportions, materials, stuffings then the face ! yikes some were creepy ! I finally got the proportions right but then again the nicest dolls I've seen are not anatomically correct, go figure. What I really wanted to do of course was to make the clothes ! My first finished doll as you can see here ended up in 'toile de Jouy' turning it almost into a sculpture then came the good part for me. The clothes took ages ! The dress is made from an antique child's bedcover and it is lined in simple coton to give it a nice finish inside, maniac me ! I then decided that she needed a bra and panties and I found some fine floral print for that so they can even be taken off as can all the other clothes. I myself only wear cashmeres so I made the doll one out of a wash accident ! The cashmere is gorgeous and a nice grey so I cut it down and then hand crocheted the edging giving it a little pink frill to tie in with the dress print and even added two pockets. As I always have a hankie in my pockets I then made a miniature one and even went as far as to hand embroider the initial S in the corner ! I think that I could make grown up clothes quicker! Also as I always have a tote I decided to make one and ended up transforming a vintage glass cover ( from an antique market in Brazil ) in coton crochet which had been hand painted some 60 years ago I reckon. I gave it a beige leather handle and inside put a sketch book, a purse in beige leather lined in coton print ( with a coin inside for luck ), a miniature box of Ladurée cakes ( no cakes inside, all eaten! ) a bunch of red roses and a key ring with the key to her house ! I added a coton print scarf and a MiniMurray pendant to the basket to tie it in with the label and the buckle on the dress belt which I made from a MiniMurray button. Then I stopped as I had already spent a week on it ! As I mean to sell her I can't reasonably ask the person to pay too much ! I have called her French Bobo Chic to give her a name and each doll will be called differently of course reflecting her style and appearance. I have already begun the next doll which will be totally different , Urban Retro next stop ! </span>Mrs Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04630340544742247984noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7245225503466536821.post-21486139475395904882011-04-18T12:13:00.000-07:002011-04-18T12:18:53.638-07:00The latest adventure from my workroom!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgivi2LZ3oYMWIGXEIhqTdtxMwIndVf5fDN44CSmqaq60hZ1ds0-b4BWl98cpt8g362CS_cpNKJhfm61syFqgFd9shIcql07smj7WS6y03d-iiGVAaL-KgPXhZqgx_F0Z0TxzbVSOci0HjM/s1600/Railings.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="102" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgivi2LZ3oYMWIGXEIhqTdtxMwIndVf5fDN44CSmqaq60hZ1ds0-b4BWl98cpt8g362CS_cpNKJhfm61syFqgFd9shIcql07smj7WS6y03d-iiGVAaL-KgPXhZqgx_F0Z0TxzbVSOci0HjM/s320/Railings.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> After spending a lot of time on pillows I decided to have a go at totes! Always in search of the perfect bag I had made a few in my past collections in Brazil that people love a lot so this year I tried to make something different and see the reaction. These totes are seemingly small but in fact contain masses of stuff and are sooooooo well sewn that you can go to the beach and pick up a ton of stuff for your shelves and it wont give way. I made a black one for myself from a piece of 'Robert le Hero' fabric picked up at the market in Paris and kept under my bonnet. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxupw9hh5BwYieo40EDSsOlEYiHJSTxToSCJk2ib39FwA7fUExuieLvtle2DlZGUy-7J6F6dXDshSVQkkR6aMVXLDvMhzo6GpUtUfesmOmuCdQgrGkNkTYSIvtj2D3tTnL8VzL7XhYbAaX/s1600/IMG_0402.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxupw9hh5BwYieo40EDSsOlEYiHJSTxToSCJk2ib39FwA7fUExuieLvtle2DlZGUy-7J6F6dXDshSVQkkR6aMVXLDvMhzo6GpUtUfesmOmuCdQgrGkNkTYSIvtj2D3tTnL8VzL7XhYbAaX/s320/IMG_0402.jpg" width="222" /></a></div> Love this deck chair stripe, the fabric is so strong!! it is French designer fabric picked up in Paris and lined in a great bight red coton. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGLweVIzTpXXKHgU-4P3EfeBkuePvr54ZcoK0NkddoOqTqDDL0idBBkYjY61dUBECtATgY2-Qth3qr0af1CJY10DXsRQf_5F72JU88miIWTmwAr-t-U5u5QS1mrVKMMJ2LNhLa0VSNxEea/s1600/IMG_0407.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGLweVIzTpXXKHgU-4P3EfeBkuePvr54ZcoK0NkddoOqTqDDL0idBBkYjY61dUBECtATgY2-Qth3qr0af1CJY10DXsRQf_5F72JU88miIWTmwAr-t-U5u5QS1mrVKMMJ2LNhLa0VSNxEea/s320/IMG_0407.jpg" width="215" /></a></div> This modern fabric was white until Britt got her hands on it and dyed it this lovely duck blue !! I lined it with a French thirties toile de Jouy coton depicting a beach scene, very Deauville !! <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkOHoSd5ayEgsbd25GSPFvUw4sMWyOw6ctg4eqKu5hKKgaahvjdlc3bhekYIhHfYbMnrgdN6wDYYx9hSqNSvjTDAZv19cFRUxOdjgt7D1oZvXyzeZBbEjvosEqLcDxIMrMWffNlDmu2qRS/s1600/IMG_0411+vv.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkOHoSd5ayEgsbd25GSPFvUw4sMWyOw6ctg4eqKu5hKKgaahvjdlc3bhekYIhHfYbMnrgdN6wDYYx9hSqNSvjTDAZv19cFRUxOdjgt7D1oZvXyzeZBbEjvosEqLcDxIMrMWffNlDmu2qRS/s320/IMG_0411+vv.jpg" width="210" /></a></div> Kept this for ages, never sure what to do with it, made a pillow in fifties patchwork but wasn't really totally pleased. I think that it makes a great tote. I lined it in a fab fifties red based coton in the same style. <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8aMq-l4DglTj4HbGscTZRqYlpa_oMLNlBBKffxPc82Uo2IgQf3dYDYunoWgHZPIi4ctwH6SLpZidtx5XTyuxWDLF4kSvoW5OyQPDYRQ45agzVHaVlpTz11pj5W8Isa-HtKX6VteU46eFG/s1600/IMG_0415.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8aMq-l4DglTj4HbGscTZRqYlpa_oMLNlBBKffxPc82Uo2IgQf3dYDYunoWgHZPIi4ctwH6SLpZidtx5XTyuxWDLF4kSvoW5OyQPDYRQ45agzVHaVlpTz11pj5W8Isa-HtKX6VteU46eFG/s320/IMG_0415.jpg" width="218" /></a></div> This one is 'chic' as the French say. There is something 'Ralph Laurenish' about it, a perfect summer tote lined in a vintage floral print in coton. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm2B2_fvkd6iVosABgaDcqoD_QS4FdtM_4AyvRZMAb8zUPkDEMCkSxgqp8d53oOFSWVMHA9fRuTXx83ElCwJQAEL288H77vN0ttzyx8y4yFdbjXKJ_XA7nSEi6ws-aFEqp9P1dASm_YA-U/s1600/IMG_0431.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm2B2_fvkd6iVosABgaDcqoD_QS4FdtM_4AyvRZMAb8zUPkDEMCkSxgqp8d53oOFSWVMHA9fRuTXx83ElCwJQAEL288H77vN0ttzyx8y4yFdbjXKJ_XA7nSEi6ws-aFEqp9P1dASm_YA-U/s320/IMG_0431.jpg" width="228" /></a></div> This huge one was a trial as girls these days seem to need bags big enough to carry their lives in !!! If I were to do this my tote would be a mile high ! I added a bow to make it more 'it' than 'was' and lined it in a great linen/coton mix in mid grey. I am sure that someone will fall for it, we will see how the battle of the totes rages and who wins !! Must make a micro tote one of these days for fun. <br />
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Next project, DOLLS !!!Mrs Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04630340544742247984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7245225503466536821.post-33678574510930815622011-04-17T14:01:00.000-07:002011-04-27T15:56:17.009-07:00The MiniMurray label.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisuKCAK6SSNxcDxapYu_pe26-BLkPcPzuVrjqGYavOOM4y0pyZKqC6duDjyr2ZJ5rq7q3wjzk0y8u1lCDGisP6rmr3uHSKf9WPvu2IpD696BMiwH4aEXvc2KwvNrNCm8gMezirz_ya3Wbo/s1600/Dog+trim+small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="84" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisuKCAK6SSNxcDxapYu_pe26-BLkPcPzuVrjqGYavOOM4y0pyZKqC6duDjyr2ZJ5rq7q3wjzk0y8u1lCDGisP6rmr3uHSKf9WPvu2IpD696BMiwH4aEXvc2KwvNrNCm8gMezirz_ya3Wbo/s320/Dog+trim+small.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0DZwO0QZtIUWkSVCwCkfSjkuraWjaHMnS28PyOpfm4hLKhkbTHiZiTPB9Sj38QRm55yC6orgTE-5-Vt2XfZASnuV8kq7Fx5VxUK9IK_Nvg1duVMSUbNLDB2pwIcC5XzaF5IFgBZxAKNiE/s1600/Mini+Murray+Tag.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0DZwO0QZtIUWkSVCwCkfSjkuraWjaHMnS28PyOpfm4hLKhkbTHiZiTPB9Sj38QRm55yC6orgTE-5-Vt2XfZASnuV8kq7Fx5VxUK9IK_Nvg1duVMSUbNLDB2pwIcC5XzaF5IFgBZxAKNiE/s320/Mini+Murray+Tag.jpg" width="253" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCmgyj-HPRmWTdOhCQ8zUEQu0TGom2LQ432hWS_sev795rVNAKaTsRoP3wcQq5xCbjDDjjkI5n6hex02RmvKFVIt7nYzH3PUZOacShMmnYwFHcrXjRtTgUa8xeQ_X7s-Yf2XwlNim0-Q8h/s1600/Mini+Murray+copie+small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCmgyj-HPRmWTdOhCQ8zUEQu0TGom2LQ432hWS_sev795rVNAKaTsRoP3wcQq5xCbjDDjjkI5n6hex02RmvKFVIt7nYzH3PUZOacShMmnYwFHcrXjRtTgUa8xeQ_X7s-Yf2XwlNim0-Q8h/s320/Mini+Murray+copie+small.jpg" width="192" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggmwThDB-C1_6Y3g8BHHBqIY_x5vU8MbuvaJJMtnslNENk_cJXhZtR5TVVRKMsQPCqskJ9OfVZwOLLT3nyczORm2pXqPxfCokxpf60bpxIKDphH84MUNein4E1kLSDwjetn3YyA6GnAzh2/s1600/il_570xN_234492109.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggmwThDB-C1_6Y3g8BHHBqIY_x5vU8MbuvaJJMtnslNENk_cJXhZtR5TVVRKMsQPCqskJ9OfVZwOLLT3nyczORm2pXqPxfCokxpf60bpxIKDphH84MUNein4E1kLSDwjetn3YyA6GnAzh2/s320/il_570xN_234492109.jpg" width="233" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These pillows have to be my favorites for many reasons. These images were collected over the years and when I lived in Brazil I asked a print company to try printing them for me onto fabric. Finding the right base was not easy as I wanted a good definition on the end result so I chose 340 point Egyptian coton which is usually used for five star hotel bedlinens ! It gives the final result an extra deliscious quality as the coton washes up to a sublimely soft touch. The school photo is from 1928 and is of an English school in São Paulo in Brazil which I found in a local antique street market when working over there. The little girl is an old French postcard and the women are only half the original image of six women from the 1930's, probably Brazilian as the photo was found in the same market as the school photo. I applied the photos onto stiffer linen fabric and backlined them in a patchwork of vintage French fabrics even using the original button closing which I integrated into the pillows. I have more such images to make into pillows or even children's garments like this little dress I made for a friend's now born baby called Sirine where I appliquéd one of the little girl's faces onto the draw-string bag I made to package the gift. I am quite sure that this dress will be packed away for future use. I love doing it and it has given me ideas to make a line of high end childrens wear as one offs. </span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicdyr4QoR1XMhhMi4x-j7aj1Qr6yk9PJ6GXDhJDuQZpxrv9qzhCFRaLDxubIPpcK6ytKnRXWwZfpRLzbXBpV_Klh7q8i9wkN-3hGdDcXwprZs9P6hvxK2AlXRgZyIcu59hX1GjYPbSIpcP/s1600/il_570xN_234457690.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="213" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicdyr4QoR1XMhhMi4x-j7aj1Qr6yk9PJ6GXDhJDuQZpxrv9qzhCFRaLDxubIPpcK6ytKnRXWwZfpRLzbXBpV_Klh7q8i9wkN-3hGdDcXwprZs9P6hvxK2AlXRgZyIcu59hX1GjYPbSIpcP/s320/il_570xN_234457690.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After so many serious pillows I felt like a change and rediscovered the pleasure of 'appliqué' turning these two pieces of old 'vichy' check into some fun pillows on a completely different theme. My faithful old Brazilian ragdoll kept them company during the photoshoot in the garden to the frustration of my two dogs who dream of chewing him up one day! I backed these two pillows with a beautiful and soft old French satin weave coton printed with lovely roses. </span>Mrs Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04630340544742247984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7245225503466536821.post-31374759254866291242011-04-17T06:55:00.000-07:002011-04-17T08:17:51.150-07:00Toile de Jouy on a theme.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKC1_aQbdFU_J0PiqQ4Z0BKQ7VD0oC5BA7gxn4JYUYH_qddLQ2JXpC2j0o7Fzvk2HYrLb706xZU9vBXiZHptM7AZCZFLh6FW80HKabGLoaSCPMxN8jIdGcc-vbHRM1l5cVy6oSks5GRluL/s1600/il_570xN_234482053.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKC1_aQbdFU_J0PiqQ4Z0BKQ7VD0oC5BA7gxn4JYUYH_qddLQ2JXpC2j0o7Fzvk2HYrLb706xZU9vBXiZHptM7AZCZFLh6FW80HKabGLoaSCPMxN8jIdGcc-vbHRM1l5cVy6oSks5GRluL/s320/il_570xN_234482053.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG96lyzKmTF0aEC-QGgHVl4DJjfeFtu50hHkHDq55FsGGnZ5qyfWF0GsRhUD9Z2vyMu44c6hRCkXL5TYkeM98zF-jMDCIDbp-oLM_mGwKC83JhaldNiGUuMsjQIfCtnc4yiFRiTOT2EpFu/s1600/il_570xN_234473255.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="259" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG96lyzKmTF0aEC-QGgHVl4DJjfeFtu50hHkHDq55FsGGnZ5qyfWF0GsRhUD9Z2vyMu44c6hRCkXL5TYkeM98zF-jMDCIDbp-oLM_mGwKC83JhaldNiGUuMsjQIfCtnc4yiFRiTOT2EpFu/s320/il_570xN_234473255.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At one point I took up tapestry and made thirty or so pillows in a flurry of wool and canvas and neatly stored them away for a future home with a sofa big enough to accomodate them all! In France I began collecting tapestries or 'canevas' as the French say in markets and sales all over the place. Many were really well made and others just had nice colors but they all were framed and had once hung in pride of place before fashions for such things changed. I took pity on these forgotten treasures and over the space of a year or so ended up with dozens of them with the help of my friend Britt who spots some of the nicest ones. The problem is that they are often dusty and musty and they don't lend themselves to the cosiness of pillows but a quick wash and tumble and they all turned out lovely and ready to be hugged. Here are some of the the more classic ones made into pillows, backlined in vintage fabrics or plain linens depending on the theme and are again lined in coton and zippered up.</span>Mrs Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04630340544742247984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7245225503466536821.post-84384434131519735052011-04-17T06:19:00.000-07:002011-04-17T08:18:50.423-07:00Inspiration from everything around me.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjadhAcDLyZLH-u0lKRe3y2s8XgcL8QsiXbsb5ymUflyrjwtahqrUWtK7roYXW0AfdlUDYACw2Wp8xfgZaoYn6IgOcsSw6sl7VmuHlVE624QY6PCxsXVKG_Hdhgr4JtASdjoPgZe3HKt1HA/s1600/il_570xN_234459408.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="213" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjadhAcDLyZLH-u0lKRe3y2s8XgcL8QsiXbsb5ymUflyrjwtahqrUWtK7roYXW0AfdlUDYACw2Wp8xfgZaoYn6IgOcsSw6sl7VmuHlVE624QY6PCxsXVKG_Hdhgr4JtASdjoPgZe3HKt1HA/s320/il_570xN_234459408.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Some of the first pillows I made were very time consuming buts lots of fun choosing the fabrics from my vaste colletion. These are patched and hand embroidered and backlined in more vintage fabrics complete with coton lining and a strong zipper. I used some labels from my second Brazilian fashion line which was called MiniMurray. All the fabrics are coton and washed and cared for and chosen to complement each other within the groups I create given that people tend to choose themes. This said any two pillows from any two groups will also go together in a different and sometimes more modern way. </span><br />
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