Thanks for the fantastic response to the Victorian/Vampire purses, I was really pleased to see them go to people who often buy my work, I cannot stress enough how much I appreciate anyone who comes back for more, it’s one of the biggest compliments I can imagine. It can be a bit isolating working from home in the cocoon of my own little world, during the week I rarely get to bounce ideas off other creative people or, these days, rarely even get to talk to any grown-ups on a daily base, other than the school run (is that the sound of a violin I can hear in the background – ha ha!). I’m not complaining, but it has got me thinking; if I held a kind of informal garden party next Spring, would any of you that read this blog be interested in coming along? For context, I live less than an hour away from London, in Kent, and on the train line from Victoria. For anyone slightly further afield, there are nice places to stay in the village (lots of B&B’s) and the garden is big enough for a few tents to be pitched. I just thought it might be a good way to meet some of the people I’ve been talking to via the internet for years. Just a thought.
Back to the post, which is oh so imaginatively titled.
So, when I was buying the sequin and bead panels for the last purses, I spotted these spiders and couldn’t resist. I knew exactly how I planned to use them and for once stuck with the original idea, creating a patchwork of black fabrics (in silk, velvet and linen) and over stitching with gold thread.
That really is it. I did consider (for ages) how I wanted to do the spider’s web, I tried a more curved shape, but it looked best a little stylised and straight, so I stuck with that.
The spiders are very firmly stitched on, so I’m happy to know they wont be going anywhere in a hurry.
The lining is in gold silk and the clip frames are a smaller size (6 inches/15 cm) plus there is no inside pocket.
As a result, I only got around to glueing the final two purses into their frames today (they’ve been stored away with all the other Halloween designs) and although I’d prefer to wait a while for the glue smell to disappear, I think I need to get them listed now. So here they are.
Mice next!