Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Mail Today From Colin Bird


Please forgive the temporary set up for this photo. I wanted the furniture to show up in the picture.

I have made and collected lots of things for a bedroom and a kitchen. Now I am working on making and collecting things for the living room.

This lovely high back Windsor chair arrived today from Colin Bird. I am so pleased to have it. To say it exceeded my expectations is an understatement. Colin's skills are everything they were reported to be. He is a true master! I certainly will be ordering from him again soon.

I made the brass lamp, Frank Whittemore made the blue glass shades and hurricanes for it. The glass is a much prettier color than it appears in this shot. It is a royal deep blue. The little violets on the stool were stitched on 60 count silk gauze.

14 comments:

  1. So very beautiful all together. I admire your skills!
    Love, Susanne

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  2. Fab, fab, fab! Don't tell me that you did the stiching too? Is there anything you can't do? :D

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  3. Being as lazy as I am, I am waiting for you to open your own Etsy store, Catherine!;) I love the lamp! Not to mention the rest minis on your photos!

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  4. Morning Catherine,

    Your new chair is perfect, I so enjoy seeing all the wonderful pieces you are buying/collecting and making....I now have very high expectation of what the rooms will be like...the word 'perfect' springs to mind!!

    Warmest Regards on a very chilly Tasmanian morning!

    Linda & Buttons xx

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  5. Ira,

    Yes, I am stitcher. I rarely do counted work like this though.

    I was designing surface hand embroidery for a magazine in Australia but I got really bored with two dimensional work. Plus it was waaaay too much sitting time for me. I also hated writing the stitch guides.

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  6. i am in awe of your talent and of the many clever people with this very serious addiction!! the mind boggles... is there nothing that can be reproduced in miniature!!lovely.....

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  7. Beautiful furniture Catherine, the Windsor chair is so finely carved and your lamp is gorgeous, your the stitchery also. I know what you mean about the stitch guides etc, I sub-edit several craft magazines and some of the projects are very involved.

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  8. I love the chair too and your stool and that incredible lamp. Thank you for sharing.

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  9. Everything is absolutely perfect! The lamp is beautiful :-)

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  10. Gorgeous! I love the chair especially--it is divine! Oh, to own one of those!

    Jody

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  11. Your lamp is amazing! I'm drooling. And the chair is beautiful; a truly gorgeous finish!

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