Lavender Angel

I do love the scent of lavender, and I adore old images of angels. So I decided to combine the two and make a lavender sachet with a little image of a beautiful angel. I used an antique hand loomed French linen, blue striped vintage French ticking, a very old blue and white ribbon, vintage lace, vintage hand embroidered French broderie anglaise, MOP buttons , and some fairly new flower trims. Ah, and of course poils, I do love the subtle shimmer of faux pearls. The sachet hangs from a velvet ribbon, so that it can be used as a door hanger or perhaps hung in the wardrobe to scent the clothes -


It takes me ages to put together a fabric collage like this. I keep adding bits, taking away bits, changing placements, it makes me laugh actually, the way I fuss and fiddle. Wanna see some of the stages this sachet went through?

I had already discarded at least half a dozen versions before I thought I'd take a pic. Just in case I fiddled too much and wanted to go back to this version. Or the next......


A dozen versions later and I am quite happy with the one I finally ended up with. And oh, it smells so good, I do love lavender.

I am linking this post to VINTAGE INSPIRATION FRIDAY over at Debra's Common Ground blog. Aaah, so many gorgeous things to look at!

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Toodlepip xxx