Enter Etsy Shop here. I am pleased to offer a selection of autographed children’s books and how-to books, puzzles, notebooks, posters, note cards, bookmarks, and playing cards.
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NEW PRODUCTS! Jigsaw Puzzles and Notebooks
Jigsaw Puzzles of Thread Heart, Harvest Time and Birds of Beebe Woods, Rabbitat (children’s), Frosty Morning and Mossy Glen
Mossy Glen jigsaw puzzleNotebooks of Thread Heart and Birds of Beebe Woods
Peter and the Wolf CD – Case and enclosed booklet illustrated by Salley Mavor.
Felt Wee Folk how-to book, with extra goodies – playing cards and faux flowers
Harvest Time note cardMossy Glen note cardFrosty Morning note cardFelt Pins note cardHeirloom Collection – Thread note cardCheese Straws Recipe postcardWee Gathering note cardHeirloom Collection – Buttons note cardSelf Portrait note cardWinter Play note cardMary Had a Little Lamb note cardBeach Babies note cardPolly in the Periwinkle note cardSNOW note cardPolly’s Washing Day note cardBlueberry note cardReindeer RideLavender fairy note cardThe Red Chair note cardRobin note cardCrow note cardBlu Jay note cardCover Up posterWalking the Dog note cardBirds posterSelf Portrait posterDisplaced posterPlaying CardsPocketful of Posies book
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I’m right in the middle of making the summer scene in my series of seasonal landscapes. Normally, I wait until a piece is finished before writing blog posts about it, but I just have to give you a preview of what’s to come! This scene features a flashy male Baltimore Oriole, which I’m excited to show.
It’s been ten years since I made a bird this size, like the ones in Birds of Beebe Woods. Back then, I didn’t take many pictures while I worked. This time, I documented every stage of the process with photos and videos, which I’ve shared on Facebook and Instagram over the past month and now here in this post.
The Baltimore Oriole will be perched in the upper branches of a tree that has little huts nestled at the base. Like the other scenes in the series, Frosty Morning, Mossy Glen and Harvest Time, the summer landscape will be full of wee folk characters cavorting outside in nature. The first 3 seasons are available as Jigsaw Puzzles and Note Cards in my Etsy Shop. When its finished, the summer scene will also be reproduced as a card and puzzle.
Jigsaw Puzzles and Note Cards are available in my Etsy Shop.
I hope to finish the summer scene in a few months, so that all four seasons will be displayed together at my exhibition in Vermont this fall.
The Wee Worlds of Salley Mavor (includes Bedtime Stitches). Southern Vermont Arts Center, Manchester, VT Sept. 30, 2023 – Jan. 7, 2024 Opening – Sat., Sept 30, 2 to 4 pm. Galley tour with the artist at 3 pm.
When the piece is completed, I’ll write my usual series of detailed posts about different aspects of how I work, like I’ve done with Frosty Morning, Mossy Glen and am currently doing with Harvest Time.
For now, I hope that you enjoy looking over my shoulder, while I work. The following five videos are condensed versions of different steps I used in creating the bird’s breast, beak, wing, tail, and feet.
Making the Breast
The videos aren’t intended to be tutorials, but you can pick up a lot of my stitching techniques. If you’ve followed me for a while, you’ve probably heard my personal philosophy about sharing knowledge. Basically, I’m happy to give peeks at how I work, as long as the act of creating isn’t overly dissected, else it loses its magic.
This video shows how I created the beak.
Making the Beak
This video demonstrates how I stitched the wing.
Making the Wing
This video shows the process of making the tail.
Making the Wing
This video shows how I formed the feet.
Making the Feet
Now that the bird is finished, I’ve resumed working on other parts of the landscape. But, I have a feeling that this Baltimore Oriole, in all his orange glory will not want to share the stage with whatever and whomever shows up next!
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