Sacred Circles

 

Well gentle viewers…

I have finished my new book…

Sacred Circles

The circle represents eternality and in this case a foundational sphere of influence..

For me it evokes La famiglia.. or family

There are transfers on paper and tea and coffee dyed fabrics and papers..

To see most of the pages

Pop over to my  gallerie

 

Textile Art and Book Arts

And as always, thank you ever so much for your support and viewership!

Ciao, Ciao!

Finished.. the Book of Shadows

 

Ciao dearhearts..

Yes ..I have finished my new book.. it’s loaded in my shop

Textiles and Book Arts

To see more pages, you can go to YouTube this Saturday morning, or you can view most of 

the pages and spreads

In my 

Textile and Book Arts shop

And Thank you so much for stopping by the

Lily Cottage..

XOX

The Book of Shadows

 

I am working, dear readers,

on a new book, a Book of Shadows..

It has substrates of parchment, Khadi and textiles..

I have used antique ephemera, and antique cloth to get the layers 

That I want.. it’s a bit of a Witchy Book..

With cobwebs and mysterious people..all magical

I assume..

In transfer and old photos..

If you want to see it pop over to YouTube 

And stop by YouTube on every Saturday morning..

Thank you dear ones!

C4N!

Sorry Sold!!

My Ghost Book sold..

Dear readers, before I had a chance to write about it here..

 I am working 

on on a new book right now.. but I am going as slow on this one as I worked

the last one… I am manipulating fabrics and paper and loving the work so much..

Thanks so much for your kind attention to my work!

XOX

Ghost Book

 

Ciao my dear hearts! 

I have started a new book

It’s about things that go bump in the night..

Ghostly images

caught on crunchy papers…

And headless women appearing ethereally 

and wispy fabrics adding 

• a bit of mystery..
• 
  
• 

My latest YouTube video 

is the first part of this book.. 

and next week will hopefully be 

The final installment.. 

….if the ghosts don’t have other plans 😂

So hop over to YouTube 

The link is on my sidebar..

And thanks for stopping by!!

Ciao! Ciao!

Be

 

Behind the dyed tracing paper and Seth Apter’s fabric,

 Available at sethapter.com

Dear readers…

On the inside cover…

Is the title of my new book..

Be

It is a book about BEING.. just simply 

Being…

Sometime the world’s issues become so intense..and if we allow it,

It will drag us down. 

it is a challenge to witness such suffering and injustice

But we must refuse to allow it to tear us apart.

Every stitch, every choice of fabric

eases my heart and mind and allows

Peace…

And well being.

The cover of Be…

Art allows me to focus and to place my attention on creation..

It saves me ..

And affords me a view of the beauty of the world 

Be

Is in my 

Textile gallery

And thank you for Being  here

C4N!

Antique Book with Seth Apter Fabrics!

 

Ciao!!

Well.. I started  another book..

Since I finished the

Morris book..

It was an old Spelling Bee book and I have always

lusted over it for a project..

The cover of my new book

Seth’s Fabrics are so yummy.. the colors coordinate well together and they have that 

satisfying tearing sound when they rip!

You can order them

At 

Sethapter.com

Inside hinge

I have cut the book cover apart and have hinged it together with plain black cotton 

cloth.. my intention is to stitch a signature into two of those hinges….

I am working on it this week and am shooting my weekly YouTube video..so you

will want to stop by our channel..

And as ALWAYS we are so grateful for your 

kind support!

Grazie!!

XOX

Tiny Morris Book

Ciao! my dears!

I have finished my tiny stitch book..

And it is listed in my textile art gallery 

 It’s a charming tiny book..

To see most of the pages go to my 

Textile Art Gallerie

And 

there is a new video at 

YouTube 

Saturday August 15, 8 AM MDT

Thank you

So

Much!

XOX

Solar System

 

Ciao.. my dears..

I’ve been so busy.. YouTube has been filling our space

but it’s been good..

I am only filming work in the studio..

This is a Textured Zine… I shared it in the video.. and there is a new video

up on YouTube with part two of the progress

 

This is the cover of Solar System

I have used resists, paints, gesso, threads and collage..

Why not make Zines yummy with Texture?

I have many ideas now about more Zines.. all textured of course!!

Thanks always for stopping by!

Ciao, ciao!

Slow Stitching Charm Book

Ciao dear hearts and welcome back!

I thought I would post my latest

YOUTUBE 

VIDEO..

Yes we are back on our channel regularly..

So if you had joined our channel or if you had never

 Subscribed please pop over and click the like button as well

 I won’t be sharing the videos every week.. so you might want to consider it.

Thank you for supporting my SALE

It was lovely and we so appreciate your kind following!

Grazie!

Ciao, ciao!

Tiny book..LEAFLET

 

I just finished this tiny book and am posting it here 

Dear Readers,

Before I post it to social and

It is very tiny and completely hand 🧵 stitched

Tea dyed antique fabrics .. laces and ephemera bits..

To view the book and most of the pages

Pop over to my 

Textile

&

Book Arts

Gallerie 

Ciao, dear ones!

Home Again..

Ciao!!!

We are back from our trip..

only just.. and we are drowning under a 

LOAD 

of Laundry..

but taking it slowly and getting back into the time zone...

as well!

we took a cruise

and there was a lot of art on board...

The folded book above was large and such an amazing sculpture..

It was mounted and stationery..

there was no indication of who the artist was on 

any of the art work..

which is very frustrating 

this piece above was large too..

and we shot a video so you could see how amazing it was..

we twirled it in a round...

and we were both amazed..

the top was dyed and the red dye was simply stunning 

on the old papers...

below.. a shot of the top...

you can see the foxed pages

and the age of the book..

We went to several islands in the ABC's and this 

gorgeous mural on three walls was 

simply stunning!

below a close up..

We had a tiny bit of 

chilly weather..

it put a damper on the trip..

but nothing like the stormy stuff going on 

here at home..

if you are in the middle of it, we send you our

heartfelt understanding  

and we will be working to see things 

righted..

as much as any one can..

creative resistance..

is the true fight...

C4N!

 

Conversations With My Mother

Ciao gentle readers and viewers!!

many of you know that we have a private Facebook group

it is for people who followed me on 

YouTube

and one of our followers asked to see a video

 

that I had made concerning a piece that I had created

titled 

Conversations With My Mother..

I couldn't find the video but I found the piece..

and this is a tiny vid that we shot for 

Marsha..

hope you enjoy it too!!

C4N!!

Journey

Ciao gentle readers..

yes ...

the tiny book is finished...

Slow Stitches...

Front Cover

I must say.. it is pretty yummy...

I think and to see most of the pages...

Side view

go to

my 

Art Books gallerie..

its always a delight to know that so many of 

you stop by to see what is up 

and going on at the 

Lily Cottage..

Ciao! Ciao!! 

Little grunge book..

Well gentle readers..

my Persephone painting

 is giving me fits..

literally..

I am probably too invested in what she is 

The little grunge book.. detail

supposed to look like 

and what her appearance and countenance

tells us all...

the works in my Goddess collection

are 

Symbolist Art

and those symbols tell the stories 

for anyone with the eyes to see...

 

But I love it when paintings just come together

and I don't feel as though I am wresting angels..

sadly though..

right now its a struggle..

I am hoping to finish both this little book

and my darling Rose book

very soon..

and get them into the 

art book gallerie...

and many thanks for your kind patience

with me!!

C4N!!