Tea in the Garden
Liberty
Hitty Freddie is visiting from Ontario – Floradora went with her and the humans to the famous Butchart gardens…
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Tanabata 2024
Astilbe
Constance loaned Hitty Freddie a Yukata and they went for a walk to the Esquimalt Gorge Park,
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July company
Quilt-hanging
Floradora is busy changing the exhibit in the Hitty’s Art Gallery, with a cheerful summery quilt…
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Quarter Cloth Hard Cover Books
sewn cords
Arianell accompanied me to my second Book Binding class. I had to pay attention, do the work, and take notes, so there are not as many photos as there could be! Plus my hands were often covered in paste!!!
Different techniques were taught at this second workshop – here is Arianell at the end of the first day that included preparing and assembling the book pages, making endpapers with a V-hinge; sewing the signatures into a book block using cords (or linen tapes in this case); covering acidic book boards with paper; choosing book cloth and pasting it up so it could dry overnight; and choosing cover paper.
Strawberry June
It’s time
Summer at last – time for Rose to put on her Strawberry Thief dress and apron…
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Happy dress Scraps
Scrap Heap
I have been making clothing for a doll workshop event that will take place in October. I began with 36 identical dresses made with specially printed fabric! The sweet dresses will be a surprise for the participants so I won’t show them here (some of them read this blog)! There were not many scraps of fabric left after the dressmaking, but with what there was, I eked out out some pantalettes…
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