Works-in-Progress – Page 2 – Lavender Hill Hippie

Spring Daffodil

May 3, 2018March 16, 2019 Lavender Hill

Finally one of the many daffodils of Lavender Hill is in full bloom! I spotted it while driving out this morning on my way to the Holstein General Store to mail my first paper-cutting commission to Vancouver. (how exciting is that!)… and as I drove past this daffodil all I could see was a black and white cut out image that my mind started to fill-in with glorious yellow. I had to cut it! Not the flower, I had to rush home and make a paper-cutting!

I grabbed my camera and a photograph…did a line drawing…created the digitized coloured layers….& cut! Easy peasy eh? 😉

I’m dedicating this daffodil paper-cutting to Liz & Barney, the original owners and builders of Lavender Hill, for without them this little daffodil would not have inserted its glorious beauty into the landscape today.

The white horse on Grey Rd 109

May 1, 2018March 16, 2019 Lavender Hill

On the way to ‘town’ there is a pasture where a white horse may be seen amongst a few donkeys often under or very near a massive decayed tree… the scene always brings a quiet contentment…that memory inspired this paper-cutting.

White Horse on Grey Road 109

Thank you for your interest in my paper-cuttings. If you would like to buy one of my paper-cuttings, some are already available to purchase from my Lavender Hill Hippie e-shop.

Rural Landscapes

April 28, 2018March 16, 2019 Lavender Hill

I live rural…you know…in the country…out in the boonies…in the middle of nowhere…and I love it!

I love rural landscapes; farms, rolling fields, century-old stone and log houses, grain elevators, silos and barns ~ big, massive, painted, unpainted, shingled roofed, steel roofed, red, orange, green…all those sensuous colour and texture combinations; ordered chaos.

These are a couple of digital works-in-progress of rural landscapes still waiting to become paper cuttings:

Ramhill, a black-sided red-roofed hip barn sits alone in a low-lying field under massive hydro towers. It had company a few years ago when a log cabin stood nearby. Slowly it (the cabin) was dismantled and trucked away; rumoured to have been reborn on another parcel of land…I wonder what will become of Ramhill.

East of Ramhill this jumble of farm buildings can be seen if you head north on SDRD47 and look east. I was attracted to the green roofline, the white hip barn and the variety of structures on the landscape.

On an outing the other day, I finally took a photo of another jumbled rural landscape of red-roofed barns and assorted outbuildings. This wasn’t the first time for this picturesque, pastoral scene to catch my eye. Indeed I had stopped earlier in the week alongside the road and as I jostled for my phone a car approached and slowed the female driver offering assistance thinking I was lost or in need of help ~ so sweet eh?! I smiled my ‘I’m okay’ and then to my disappointment my aged phone didn’t have enough memory for a photo…argh. Packed my camera this time and hoping to get a drawing down soon.

In the meantime I’m anxious to get these cut out of card stock and sandwiched together. I love how these flat digital images come to life in 2D paper cuttings.

New Works (while I wait for the lavender to green-up)

April 28, 2018March 16, 2019 Lavender Hill

One of the neighbours south of Lavender Hill keeps hens and roosters that, although at a distance, add to that quintessential country sound. During a visit I took some photographs that inspired these two paper-cuttings of a rooster and a hen:

Neighbour’s Rooster

Neighbour’s Hen

I’ve been inspired by other feathered visitors to Lavender Hill including the first robin of 2018:

Robin

Yes I make these

August 24, 2017March 16, 2019 Lavender Hill

“Do you make these?”, is a comment I hear quite often on my Lavender Scented Sleep Sheep. Yes, absolutely! I made (and continue to make) each and every one!

So I thought I would show a few photos of four sheep in progress… Bodies are complete, stuffed and stitched closed. Tails are made but need to be attached. Faces are embroidered and ears are attached on all but one of the heads. After these steps are complete, heads will be attached to bodies, all those little yarn ends will be worked in, sweaters will be made, stitched together and edged, a felt scarf will be created for each and as a final touch I will hand-stamp an individualized name and serial number tag and add my Lavender Hill Hippie ‘makers’ tag to the underside of the body.

hmm… now which variety of lavender will they be named… Rosea? Munstead? Little Lottie? Provence? Twickle? Hidcote? Wyckoff? Grosso? Tucker? Croxton?

My April blanket

May 14, 2017March 16, 2019 Lavender Hill

Well I didn’t quite make my one blanket per month challenge and finish my April blanket in April…nevertheless my April blanket and 4th of 2017 is done! And my yarn stash reduction challenge also has a big dent. Hurrah!

Scrumpdillyicious

March 6, 2017March 16, 2019 Lavender Hill

It’s done! yippie! hurrah! bells are ringing kind of good! Of course I don’t know why I’m so happy! Is it because these bright colours are so very joyful…or is because I’m FREE to start my next blanket! (That’s already on the hook BTW…stayed up late last night just so I could begin a new project)…but first I really MUST revel in this one…so bright and cheery on these overcast (I cannot wait for spring to be here) kind of days…

Finished blanket measures 134cm x 192cm
109 Stripes = 218 rows
On average it took me about a half an hour to complete 1 colour stripe
About 55+/- to work up a complete blanket and work in all the loose ends

I need a little encouragement…32 rows to finish

March 4, 2017March 16, 2019 Lavender Hill

My attention is wandering too much towards my next project! HELP! I need some encouragement to finish this blanket. With only 16 more colour stripes to hook up over 32 rows I’m almost there..

Baa Baa Black Sheep and White Sheep and Brown Sheep

September 11, 2016March 16, 2019 Lavender Hill

I’m addicted! I just can’t STOP making these cute little Lavender Hill Hippie Lavender-Scented Sleep Sheep! Each named after a specific variety of lavender, the colour of each sheep’s sweater is reflective of the variety’s bud colour.

I narrowed down my lavender varieties to a series of 10. The variety of lavender as well as the series number is hand-stamped onto a metal tag that hangs from the sheep’s sweater ~ making them each a numbered one-of-a-kind Lavender Hill Hippie Lavender-Scented (with essential oil) Sleep Sheep.

Purchase Lavender-Scented Sleep Sheep from the Rustic Lavender Boutique:

Lavender Hill Hippie Sleep Sheep Series 7.0