Last year in March I got out the umbrellas I had been collecting to turn into sunbrellas. I gave them a good washing to get them ready for transformation, but it wasn't until recently that I got around to transforming one. I was inspired by a Holly Hobby candy jar (below) and by May Day.
Valorie and I have been exchanging May Baskets for 20 years I think. She loves Holly Hobby, and she is very sensitive to the sun so a parasole is something she really needs. On an old umbrealla I painted Forget-me-nots and a design at the top, sewed on trim, sewed on flower sequins and beads, I wood burned a new nob for the end (with her name on it and a For-get-me-not), filled the candy jar with little cookies cut in the shapes of Forget-me-nots and umbrellas, and in the basket I put in camomile tea, and Forget-me-not seeds.
I haven't a lot of expierience painting on fabric. I'm not feeling really confident about it . . . oh well.
I hope she likes it all. I had a fun putting it together.
I think we passed each other on the road. It's funny. I imagined us creeping around the neighborhood bumping into each other, head down, like we don't know each other, "Excuse me." "Pardon me." Hee Hee so fun!
When I got home there was a basket on my porch.
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