I found this amazing book today: A child's garden of verses by Robert Louis Stevenson and illustrated, in stitchery by Virginia Tiffany in 1969.
I think I've seen this featured before on pixiegenne, (am I right, Meg?) but in real life the illustrations are pretty amazing. All embroidered and paper + fabric (different textures such as linen, hessian, cord and cotton) collage! Very sweet. And inside the front cover is written:
To Any Reader:
As from the house your mother sees
You playing round the garden trees,
So you may see, if you may look
Through the windows of this book,
Another child, far, far away,
And in another garden play.
Here are some more pages:
The world is so full of a number of things,
I'm sure we should all be as happy as kings.
A few things I've been enjoying looking at online this weekend:
Two new etsy shops of crafters I admire:
Swallowfield - beautiful collages on wood made in Maine,
and white paint and ribbons - pincushions, toys and sweet totes- check out the fairytale wolves!
And, tags on walls of cities I am yet to visit: Pictures of walls. I spent ages looking through these- be warned! (link via Kimberley)
