heavily stitched cat hearts in honor of jeff small batch Each house is attached to

Each house is attached to a sturdy card and tucked into a yellow plant-dyed muslin bag  dyed with marigolds from my dye garden and embellished with red silk ribbon

Stitch a colorful little village with plant-dyed wool felt

This collection reflects my deep relationship with handwork and nature

Preserving color in fabric and then stitching the small pieces back together again to create color combinations is meditative and informative

heavily stitched cat hearts in honor of jeff small batch Each house is attached toI said goodbye to my "loving and angry" cat, Jeff, and stitched these hearts in his honor. Half of the proceeds will be donated to my local animal shelter in the form of the food on their wish list. These one of a kind little hearts are handmade out of tea dyed wool felt (front) and plant dyed wool felt (back) and are heavily stitched on both sides with multiple colors of mohair silk yarn. Each heart hangs from a 26" strand of crocheted mohair silk