Wednesday, 17 February 2010









Great Granny feeding her chickens..
I must get it from her !
I'm pleased with this using some of the vintage French fabric
from a frayed cushion I have.
Ruby's feather is a glorious colour too.
Great Granny was by all accounts
a wonderful woman -
a teacher and wife to a gambling man
he lost the value of the house three times over I'm told !
Mum loved her dearly and she came to live
with mum & her parents
towards the end of her life.
She'll always be my " Great Granny "
and even though I never met her -
I feel we are kindred spirits

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12 comments:

  1. Heavens2Betsy17 February 2010 at 08:14

    A beautifully evocative piece Penny. Its a thing of beauty. Made me think of the need to be thrifty and I guess she may have had to practice thrift at times! Lovely.

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  2. LemonyRenee'17 February 2010 at 08:26

    So beautiful, Penny. I know what you mean about feeling connected to your Great Granny despite never having met her. I feel the exact same way about mine. I think, in my case, it is because I loved my grandmother so . . . and as we all know, mothers have everything to do with all things good in their children. ;)

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  3. Serenata17 February 2010 at 08:31

    What a lovely piece Penny, and very meaningful as well. You are clever!

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  4. Unknown17 February 2010 at 09:29

    Wonderful, wonderful! Love the raw, rough and unfinished look of it all. Great story about your Great Granny. And what became of Great Pappy?

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  5. Unknown17 February 2010 at 09:55

    I love how this piece looks a bit like a chicken coop! She sounds like an amazing woman :)

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  6. Sugar Lump Studios17 February 2010 at 11:43

    what a beautiful collage and wonderful story! I love the time worn feel of it and that there is a story to it! :)

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  7. Linda Jo17 February 2010 at 11:46

    This is beautiful! What are you going to do with it? Will you add it to something else or can you display it alone???? Inquiring minds want to know. And... my stuff is in a pile waiting to be shown... ha!

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  8. BadPenny17 February 2010 at 12:00

    Linda I'm getting to grips wth my art work - I plan a fabric journal of old photos & memorabilia ...Thanks for poppingg by x

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  9. ~*~Patty S17 February 2010 at 18:22

    precious and oh so lovely Penny!
    a very special tribute to your GG :)
    oxo

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  10. BadPenny18 February 2010 at 02:29

    thank you every one - I appreciate your comments

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  11. Margaret18 February 2010 at 10:09

    wow! super piece of work Penny, love it when you do this kind of piece! the link you were after is: http://aliceandcamilla.blogspot.com/2009/06/transfer-fantastic.html

    Although I think you look like you've just got along fine without it! Mx

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  12. BadPenny19 February 2010 at 00:57

    thanks Margaret xx

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