Tag: Amy Butler

  • given

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    Over the past month or so I have been embroidering this: A crewel-work cover for my parents’ old piano stool. The flowers that to me say thrift and yarrow have their origins in two different Katherine Shaughnessy designs. I combined them, added extra grassy stems and a wee bee. the fabric is a linen mix…

  • wee gifts

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    It is the time of year for turning out wee gifts. Because the recpients of these do not read this blog, I can show you some I made at the weekend. Last summer I acquired several blank notebooks. I say ‘acquired’ — what I really mean is that in a moment of mild insanity I…

  • pocketses

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    I made a skirt this afternoon to match yesterday’s scarf out of that lovely dark grey wool suiting. The best thing about it is without doubt it’s pockets: …and wot tasty pocketses they are. Though I say so meself, the skirt has the best overall finish of anything I’ve made for myself so far. I…