I want to have this doll in my blog - she is sitting on the open chimney and
looking at me whenever I pass there and this is about x-times a day.
As if she was asking:
Won‘t you play with me - or something the like, or where is my mum?
It is dear daughter‘s (DD) creation from about 30 years ago -
She is sitting next to a jug from Sicily.
This is a beautiful instrument - it is for combing wool or maybe hemp -
we found it on a French marché aux puces - a fleamarket
Unserious people call it mother-in-law seat -
I wouldn‘t have allowed mine to sit on it - (see a picture of her below)
The nails are handmade - forged - and square
The whole board is looking like this
and from the backside like this
A close-up of the backside - square nails which reach to the
front and are about 10 cm long. The nails are hand-forged.
I know nothing about the age - I guess more than a hundred years.
The circles look like embellishment - they probably came from using the
board
And more old things
This photo is about 100 years old and it is DH‘s family
One of the girls is his mother - the eldest
I finished „wild liberty“ named for the many Liberty fabrics
and it is looking wild, I know - the next one will be made with
more of a system - if ever - those five corners to fit together are asking
a lot of patience!
EPP - English paper piecing - sewn by hand over paper -
except for the final finish which is done by machine
Happy Easter to you all
In Japanese flower arrangements you need a small version of that nail-cushion to push down the stems of flowers on so they flowers stay in place.
ReplyDeleteThank you for showing us your daughter's doll. She has great personality.
I love the little dolly! She's wonderful! I really like that ??? whatsit too. Looks like a flower frog but too big. Maybe for holding cheese while you grate it or something?
ReplyDeleteI tried to thank you for your comment on my blog Anneliese hut it would not let me do it so I'll say thanks here. REALLY enjoying painting again!!