Here’s Old Man Crow wearing his well worn denim jacket resplendent with lots of spider web stitching!
the corner where the pocket is attached was very thin and required blanket stitched sutures to hold the cloth together, it’s over 30 years old!
those little scissors and that fine crochet hook have been invaluable !
the biggest hole was in the right hand sleeve so I turned it into needle lace, the lace lessons in Karen Ruane’s Simply Stitch 3 course have really come in handy!
detail of the other sleeve
I love the Old Man Crow’s beautiful wrists!
The Never Ending Story of A Good Old Jacket
Posted: December 30, 2013 by Mo Crow in It's Crow Time, LaceTags: thread
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I hope Old Man Crow likes it as much as everyone in comments!
it was his favourite jacket & now even more so!
ah…just love how you mended…creating such interesting sections of stitch and lace. and i just love those glasses.
thanks Deanna, being amongst all the cloth conjurors at Jude Hill’s Spirit Cloth and Karen Ruane Simply Stitch 3 circle helps heaps and I love how it will just get better with age as it falls apart more and requires more & more stitching.
Oh and the fab steampunk sunnies came from Alexander HiTek Designs
Very fetching, love the detailed stitching
thanks for visiting Debbie and have a happy last day of the year!
mended with such love–and kudos on the glasses.
Old Man Crow came home from the pub all excited with a vision of those glasses dancing in his head a few weeks ago, he was thinking of something with jam jar lids held together with rivets and wrapped wire so I found those glasses & he’s stoked!
i love the way you beautified the jacket……..it will only become more interesting as time passes.
Wish you a peacefull new years eve………….
Hi Martine, thanks for the good words, it’s New Year’s Day here in the Land Down Under and the New Moon just moved into Capricorn time to get back to work!
if you ever get tired of that Old Man, you could send him my way…. i can just imagine him
sitting here looking at me like that…..
hehe! I’ll let him know, those glasses are good ahe?
I like this SO much, Mo! and Happy New Year!!
thanks for visiting Susan you know I am a big fan of your wonderfully sense of line and stitch!
love what you have done here Mo and you have perfectly illustrated the interchangeable use of stitch!!
watching you make and embellish your lace in Simply Stitch 3 helped so much Karen!
He certainly has the most custom-made, one-of-a-kind jacket ever! I love what you’ve done here!
Such delicate stitching! wonderful.
thanks for the good words Nancy