heavily stitched cat hearts in honor of jeff small batch sand treasure box: onion skin

sand treasure box: onion skin • waddle • soda ash • Gallo tannin • black hollyhock • rasberry leaf • sulfur cosmos • indigo • dyers chamomile • scabiosa

Hearts are lightly stuffed with buckwheat hulls and hang from a 26" strand of crocheted mohair/silk yarn

The smallest addition to the dye pot can make a hint of variation or a huge change

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

Stitch a colorful little village with plant-dyed wool felt

heavily stitched cat hearts in honor of jeff small batch sand treasure box: onion skinI 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