Red and gold tree topper

This was a commission for customer last year but I couldn't show it at the time, and so I decided to wait till now to share it with you. 

It's made from felt and I've decorated it with gold embroidery thread, smooth gold pure, sequins and beads. It's double-sided as it could be seen from either side. It's double-thickness and a sewed a channel in the middle of the inside pieces of felt to ensure the topper stayed up straight on the tree.

My customer really loved it and it ended up being on three different Christmas trees during the Christmas period! 

I hope you're having a good start to your week. 
I'll be back on Thursday.

TTFN
Louise

Style for the Small Screen - part 2

Four frocks this time. 

This first one belonged to Mrs Tinne who had a vast collection of clothes, and of all of the frocks in this exhibition, this one looks the most wearable by an averagely sized woman. Even the dress worn by Dame Maggie Smith (the last frock in the first part of this series of blog posts), which is larger than the  frocks worn by the younger members of the Downton cast, would be a bit of a squeeze!

The bead and sequin work on the gold frock is beautiful isn't it? There are frocks with a similar style on sale today, too.

TTFN
Louise