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Happy Sleepy February Rain embroidered art toy

Happy Sleepy February Rain hand embroidered textile sculpture

Happy Sleepy February Rain, wool and cashmere coating, cotton embroidery by hand, fusible interfacing, polyester stuffing, 2020 Happy Sleepy February Rain – the name of this little soft sculpture and the blue embroidery dashes on a grey cashmere background tell a story of the end of winter 2020 by the Detroit River. February accommodates well hunkering down to do some hand embroidery, both to pass the winter and to rescue the mind with creativity and … >> read more

Striped textile sculpture spinning on a striped background.

Happy Sleepy Striped Orange textile sculpture gif animations

These animated gifs show a Happy Sleepy sculpture in progress. The fabric has been cut, sewn, and stuffed, and the last step, the eyes, are next. In the meantime, the photographic opportunity of the pure form and remaining fabric irresistible. The color is day-glo orange and impossible to photograph, especially because the cotton fabric is very smooth and lustrous. In the late afternoon sun in our studio, the colors simply glow. The fabric was purchased … >> read more

This is the sunbats having a snooze cropping.

New batch of Happy Sleepy Array art toys

[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1458184506431{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1458184529550{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1458184570366{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”] [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1458182648737{margin-top: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Happy Sleepy Array had been made before and recently I used up all the rest of the fabric and made a set of sextuplets to join the original. See how the eyes are not lined up? That’s because each one is hand embroidered after the piece is completely finished in each way. The eyes come last. Sometimes, as in … >> read more