Finally Mrs Chalumeau takes a bow …She is a Pearly Queen … 695 buttons on the doll and 10 on the journal.(I think – could be more). I would like to thank Paula from Antiques and Collectables here in Hamilton, Newcastle and Raku Buttons ETSY seller for supplying me with about 500 of the vintage mother of pearl buttons, and the rest I had in my stash. I think they look great on my pearly queen, but I am truly tired of sewing on buttons. It made me think however, how many buttons must be on the elaborate clothes of the real pearly Kings and Queens! I drew my inspiration from the lovely lady pictured here, and the following description from Wikipedia. ... A Pearly King ( feminine form Pearly Queen) is a person dressed in a traditional Cockney costume covered in mother-of-pearl buttons. These costumes were treasured heirlooms, hand made and sometimes representing much of a family's wealth. .... This doll is all cloth – a little different from most of my other dolls which generally h
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These tags are awesome! They look so great, I have to go see them again after I post.
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ReplyDeleteFabulous! Great idea using book pages for tags too! Thanks for sharing Liz 123
ReplyDeleteThe front one looks like a con man, and the back two look biblical. What a fun project! What are you going to do with these great tags? (They really seem like they ought to be used for something).
ReplyDeleteYour guys are wonderful.
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