ENGLISH PAPER PIECED TORTOISE

 

Please meet Ms Pearl, my new animal friend.

 

Can you see what she is reading?

 

It's the dictionary entry for "Slow".

 

Yes, she's my visual reminder to.....

 

.....slow down

 

.....breathe

 

.....smile.

 

 

I just had to add two felt flowers as her accessories.

 

So Frida Kahlo-esque.

 

The flowers are from the needle holder in my sewing box.

 

You might have noticed them in the first slow sewing post here.

 

Ms Pearl's shell is made by English Paper Piecing (EPP) scraps together.

 

Limbs, head and tail were machine-sewn, stuffed with polyfil.

 

Shell and base were hand-stitched together, body stuffed with scraps.

 

The pattern came from Cath Kidston's "Sewing Book".

 

Ms Pearl won't be a pincushion, though.

 

I cannot bear to stick pins into her :-)

 

She will be on my bedside table, where I have a spot for favourite things,

stuff that makes me happy when I see them in the morning and before I go to bed.

 

I leave you with another look at this stylish lady.

 

Linking up with Scraptastic Tuesday.


 

~Ema N~

 

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