Halloween preparations

I really love this cat, looks like very old artwork, with little moths... a special antiquity, and the colour too.

This moth has me gasping... so blooming gorgoeus. Phases of the moon, moth, herbs, eyes, crystals. I have no more to say! I have stitched this one in pink.

This raven is in green, and painted with green sparkles.

I see Poison Ivy. What do you see?

Took my little fella out to a special cake shop today...

 

creating those memories that we loved as a kid! So special!!

Ooh  I saw this dress in a handmade shop. Too small, but it's gorrgeous. Hmm... I will look at some patterns.

Hmmm, found this, it might work. I will also take a look on Etsy for dress patterns.

Enjoy your Halloween preparations!

 

And that's a wrap for the week

Oh my goodness, I am so in love with this butterfly crystal grid altar cloth!

Transformation and new beginnings abound.

What do you think of this Raven? I love him! I've already stitched two here in different colours. I have a few more, I feel they will be a one colour thread project.

First one pink.

Next one purple.

I chose multi colours for this Hocus Pocus one. So many occult symbols. Could be perfect for someone who wants to set an intention.

I snagged this red Breaking News fabric early in the year. It was released as a joke print, and wasn't reprinted because 2020 became, well more serious.

Another of these Libra balance altar cloths. I will order more of these.

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and Etsy: SewIntuitivebyRainey

 

This little unicorn brings airs of youthful optimism, a whimsical mind, dreams and visions. What does it mean to you?

For this piece I've freehand quilted stars in a multicoloured thread as the background, which to me just adds so much pop while being pretty.

I made another of these bat and raven altar cloths, but this time without the words (traits of the combined animals). Every time I stitch a piece of fabric it's different, and I feel intuitively that it changes depending on how it's going to it's ultimate owner.

I love this image of Red Riding Hood.

I call her Red. Far from being the little girl who had to hide in her cloak, or was frightened, this is the empowered version. I feel it in her swag, her boots, and the way she walks in the snowy woods standing tall. Picking out the shadows of trees was one of my favourite parts of stitching to add depth to this piece of printed art.

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Or on Etsy:  Esty.com/shop/SewIntuitivebyRainey

 

Mythical Places and Beings

Oh! This altar cloth reminds me of the Faraway Tree, I expect a bucket of dirty washing water to be swishing down the tree at any moment! It feels so magickal. I have 3 of these fabric prints, and I can tell it's one to order that I want to order another 5 when it's available again.

For now, I have plenty of variety to stitch up, including this fire goddess.

I loved painting red and gold sparkle onto this to make her really glow.

And this raven goddess, who seems to have a raven as her hair, one as a dress and one flying next to her. I have 3 each of these goddesses, I don't think they will last.

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What the artist leaves out

Now that I've made these two, they are shaking my bones so much that I know I need to order more of this fabric while I can.

These crows/ravens are shimmering, and the egg as a sign of rebirth. Wow! The mushrooms are decay, it's the full cycle of life in this image.

This black lion, is all sparkly, the crystanthemums are sparkly silver, and I've left the moths with no sparkle, and it makes them perfectly moth-y. Whatever that means. It's the artist way of sometimes NOT doing the thing that makes it so special.

I really feel like I need one of each of these for myself.

 

One of my spirit animals

This purple witch altar cloth has to be one of my absolute favourites. I've quilted circles all over the moon, then sparkled it up with gold fabric paint.

I have freehand stitched words on it from a couple of songs by Amy Steinberg.

I AM A GODDESS. I AM ENOUGH. I AM A QUEEN. I AM SO POWERFUL. WHEN I'M BROKEN OPEN, THAT'S WHEN THE LIGHT COMES IN.

Mioaw. This is "Baby Cat" who is no longer a baby, but that's what the children named him 8 years ago. It's hard to be tough with no balls and a name like that, isn't it mate? 

Palm reader altar cloth. I thought this would be a great piece for conducting readings over. It has markings, and then I've used multi coloured thread for the quilting around the words Ive added: 'FATE, YOU, DESTINY, 3RD EYE, CONNECTION, FUTURE, PAST, NOW.

Bat and Raven star together in this altar cloth. I looked up some words that represented both animals, and stitched them into the background.  REBIRTH, MYSTERY, TRANSITION, DIVINATION.

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Working so hard

I have been working so hard to provide variety and interest in my weekly market offerings. I think it's really pushing me to create more, and that of course means that I sell more. It's a see saw with gratitude.

Owl and Raven spirit animal altar cloth.

Peacock spirit animal altar cloth

This beautiful goddess looks like a mermaid, and also bears the mark of Capricorn. Which makes sense!

The original design on fabric was so beautiful, that it wasn't easy to pull out a few details with stitching.

And a cheetah spirit animal altar cloth. Is it a cheetah? It's beautiful art printed onto fabric.

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Small spiritual items

A few more items for the Spiritual Co-Op group market

Winter solstice altar cloth

Rainbow Connection altar cloth (That song always brings tears to my eyes).

Wild Faerie altar cloth

Tree Spirit altar cloth

I really love the face i stitched into the tree trunk. I made maybe 6 of these, and the face on each was different. You can't get more unique than that.

This precious raven fabric is beautiful to me. I can't get it again. That happens with fabric!! Each bag I've  made with it is different because the fabric is in a different position, and I've appliqued a different rose onto each one.

I made 4 of these, then 2 more. The fabric is gone! I might have more photos to show you somewhere. Let me look.