I wanted to try a different kind of prim, and I made a template which allows the doll to sit firmly. I'm quite happy with the result! Looking forward to posting more pictures soon!

Beaded chicken and hens

 This is this years collection of Easter Chicks
I felted them with hot soap water and did a little work with my felting needle. Then I thought it would be pretty with beads embroidered on their combes and on some of the eggs!

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Some late Halloween Greetings!

 My, my, my... It's so stressful with all this trickn'treating business - and in Sweden we're still not quite sure of the date since it coincides with our own 'Alla Helgons dag'
Anyway, I hope you all have a wonderful November!

Carl von Linné

   Carl von Linné was a Swedish botanist, phycisian and zoologist, who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of binomal nomenclature. He is known as the father of modern taxonomy, and is also considered one of the fathers of modern ecology. Many of his writings were in Latin.
Linné was born in the countryside  in southern Sweden. Linnaeus received most of his higher education at Uppsala University, where he also gave lectures in botany. He lived abroad between 1735 and 1738.
He then returned to Sweden, where he became professor of botany at Uppsala. In the 1740s, he was sent on several journeys through Sweden to find and classify plants and animals.  At the time of his death, he was one of the most acclaimed scientists in Europe.

I wanted to saw a cloth doll depicting the  C v L. He is all handsewn with a velvet jacket and trousers, linen shirt and a silk cravate. The feather pencil was made by a dear friend of mine (http://www.pysselpalatset.blogspot.com/).