LAVENDER, APPLIQUE CUSHION, WOOD CARVING

I want you to see where my lavender comes from...this glorious bush in my front garden....

I have two of these not exactly matching...made from Swede type of fabric...lovely and soft to touch...I used peaces of silk, velvet and satiny fabric for the flower and leaves....I machine embroidered it......hopefully putting on eBay tonight.

Detail of my wood carving...

I carved this picture from a piece of mdf.....then I painted it with acrylics.....very time consuming...It makes my arm ache so I dont do it often.

BOWL OF LAVENDER

I made this bowl from papier mache last Halloween,somehow it escaped being stored in the loft along with the cauldron ,cobwebs and creepy-crawlies.It spent the last few months gathering dust behind a pile of fabric in my work room, but now it has a new use,its a wonderful container for my lavender. The room smells lovely,and I can easily scoop out a handful to fill a lavender bag.

I have been watching my lavender plants as the new shoots have been appearing and hope they produce as much lavender as they have the past few years. There is something comforting about making lavender bags, its so traditional and homely.