there is a delicate spider crawling out of my pocket

I love to repurpose clothing I find in the thrift shops, like that lovely blue striped chambray shirt. I used lace and linen embroidery thread to create my eight legged companion. The other pictures are some I have taken over the last week  that just seemed well suited to this post.

Comments

[Elizabeth]

I love the spider! You do lovely work - I'm always visiting your blog and thinking "wow!" but figured it was about time to say so! :)

PS - very cute kitty, too

[Nanou]

What a lovely and genius idea to embellish your shirt with that pretty spider !!! ... if you don't mind she crawls in your neck :)
I always love how you repurpose clothes and make them kind of haute couture !

[Sherry Harmes]

I spy Geninne's pillow beneath that shirt ;)
What are you knitting, Margie? You always make me smile with your talent and photos. Love to you and yours from Alaska.

[Cozy Memories]

how much I love all these tones, my friend ... chambray blue & offwhite/beige ... these photos look so peaceful, including Edgar's ... what a cutie <3
I also love repurposing (as you already know) and have been cutting shamelessly into a top & trousers these last days. They will find a new life in lots of other projects & will be more loved than in their former lives.
The spider looks so good on the stripey blue, and the lace ... mm the lace ...
xoxoxo

[jenni]

i found a spider i like...;)

[barbara]

as usual: such wonderful images
have a lovely weekend

[tara]

I admire your embroidery skills. Awesome spider. Lovely photos.

[Lisa at Lil Fish Studios]

The elusive Canadian Fern Spider. What a spectacular capture. Have a great weekend.

[Lovely World]

Looks like the spider is crawling out of hibernation. Sort of like us. Did you get the snow storm today? It has blanketed New England and upstate New York!

[Liz Noonan]

oooo.....you never cease to amaze me M! that is brilliant, but understated, I can imagine myself staring, wondering..is that a ..... spider??? Also love the pussy willow pic, i used to pick the blooms of those and then make them beds out of match boxes, like they were little pets. brings me back. lovely post!

[Kate]

oooooo I love this, even tho I can't sew, it makes me want too!

[melissa]

what abeautiful spider! i'm slowly coming around to spiders. i think of you everytime i come across one in my bedroom or similar. i think 'don't be scared, what would margie do?' i'm not at all as scared of them as i used to be.
x

[Novi]

Who knew a spider can look so lovely, love those lacy details on the shirt. There is something about that worn piece of lace on the clothesline in the wind I can't quite put my finger on it but I like it, what a wonderful post of soft textures, thank you.

[magpie]

lovely post. i especially love the photo - a poem it itself - of the lace(?) blown by the breeze...

[Emily Z.]

When you originally posted this I loved it, but since I keep thinking about that so-lovely spider, and had to come back and say how perfect it is :)