Sew sew sew

Been/ sorting through my fabric trunk/ shopping for ribbon/ making pretty things.

A House of Pomegranates.

"Embroidered couch, wild-eyed, open mouthed, woodland Faun.

Porphyry, bright. Anodyne. Fluttering ribands. Greek gem, carved in the figure of Adonis.

Moonlight, silver image, Endymion.

Procuring the rare and costly materials. To the North Seas to traffic for amber. To Egypt for curious green turquoise, found only in tombs of kings. Persia for silken carpets, India for stained ivory, moonstones, jade. Robe of tissued gold, ruby-studded crown, rows and rings of pearls."

The Young King, Oscar Wilde

A few phrases/ lines of a sweet little Oscar Wilde book I picked up.

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She mused, She mooned.

"Flaxen hair plaited, skin porcelain, limbs lithe, earlobes drip with tiny diamonds.

Swan-like poise, practised and perfected. taste for lace, organza, Laduree shades.

Shell pink, Opalescent, Prussian blues.

About bows and frous, brocade and tweed."

Vogue, March, 2012

"She mused, she mooned.

‘I suppose you think I’m very brazen or tres fou

pinching her cheeks til the roses came

the way women wear their prettiest everything

expensive imagination, Tulip Texas, Lulamae. Reading dreams.

honest tongues, dishonest hearts

‘Oh he’s not my idea of absolute finito’

moseyed, sea-ward moving, glittery voyager, confetti air,

silvery, her hooves, careened,"

A few favourites underlined...

 Breakfast At Tiffany's by Truman Capote

/ Peonies/ Castle Gardens, Glass Houses.

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Farm day.

"You writer, you liar"

Closer

"Poor + obscure as you are"

Charlotte Bronte

"Thy head is a quick forest filled with sleeping birds

Thy body to me is April

Thy thighs are white horses yoked to a chariot of kings

Thy hair upon thy shoulders is an army with victory and with trumpets

They legs are the trees of dreaming"

E.e Cummings

...moving away in a few days to Nottingham. Saying my goodbyes.

Cotton farmin' folk.

Embellished bralette, handmade floral garland on satin coat hanger, close-up, charity shop finds.

Pieces for the Deer Ava collection hanging on my wall... Now i'm wondering if I even want to sell them...
Bought some beautiful 1970's floral fabric in the charity shop yesterday, along with a Roy Orbison vinyl, leather bound sketchbook + one suede + one denim shirt. I do find some gems.
Also, got a thing for Nancy Sinatra.

Summery days.

Reading short stories of Oscar Wilde, the Fisherman and his Soul.

"Salt glistened on her eye-lids, her mauve amethyst eyes".

Dreamy.

Latest creations.

Chiffon kimono with pearl embellishments, and pale pink, lace hem shorties.

Milano.

A beautiful week away.

Sundays.

Poetical works of Longfellow, I Am Oak and Sunshine.