There Once Was A Boy Whose Mother That Bore Him Was Dead

There Once Was A Boy Whose Mother That Bore Him Was Dead. by Julie Kwiatkowski Schuler.
Inspired by the first line of an African fairy tale called The Wonderful Horns in an early 20th century anthology of fairy tales that I have.

There Once Was a Boy Whose Mother that Bore Him Was Dead

A little more work in progress today.

There Once was a Boy whose Mother that Bore Him was Dead

There Once was a Boy Whose Mother that Bore Him was Dead.  Work in progress today.
Inspired by the first line of an African fairy tale called The Wonderful Horns in an early 20th century anthology of fairy tales that I have. It just had a wonderful sound, divorced from context, so I collected it and I want to spin it into a picture.

Cotton Candy

Finishing up my portrait of a girl with large cotton candy. Click Here to go to the finished work at My Good Babushka.

Cotton Candy

Another day of progress on my portrait of a young girl with a very large cotton candy.

Cotton Candy

Painting in progress based on a vintage photo of a young girl in cat's eye glasses holding a very large cotton candy.

Miscellaneous

Here is an embroidery I've been working on- an art deco-ish inspired bit of a fancy dressed lady looking up at the moon through her telescope. The background is plain cotton, and not filled in with embroidery stitching, like the ones I do on canvas. So this one went pretty fast. The finished cushion is available at my etsy store. Astronomy Pillow at My Good Babushka



My friend Jenny from Jenny's blog Off On My Tangent sent me this really kooky yarn and I've been trying to think of just the right thing to make with it. It's really furry and muppety. It reminded me of the fluff on the cats in the classic carnival game, the cat rack. Sometimes the dolls or targets are painted as clowns, and you have to knock them down with a ball. I always wished that you could win the fuzzy target, instead of the stuffed animals that were usually the prize. So I am going to make my own cat rack target dolls and use the kooky yarn as their furry fringes


Here is my first one. Available now at my etsy shop. Cat Rack Carnival Punk at My Good Babushka