November Offerings

November brings some of the bluest skies, pretty leaves on the ground, and this year, acorns! So many acorns. 

I have two offerings for you this month. 

Please email me if you are interested or just have a question.

jenntavoletti@gmail.com 

Warmest wishes and a very happy Thanksgiving!

Jenn

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~November at the Little Blue Cabin~

It is almost time to cut down the Christmas tree. The blue cabin has had its first dusting of snow and it is feeling like the holidays  There is a chill in the air, while the crescent moon hangs in the sky.  Little kitty waits on the stoop for someone to let her in.  She is ready to curl up by the fire inside after an evening of chasing small night creatures around the garden. 

So many little details in this piece. It is entirely hand sewn and primitively made using early bits and pieces of old textiles to make something new and pretty.  

If your visiting for the first time, I have been creating these kinds of pieces for as long as I can remember.  I call them cloth paintings.  Because of the age of the fabric, some places are a little tattered.  I find that charming but wanted to make sure that you noticed.

Behind the fence, on one side there are peeks of a winter garden. While a big old oak tree grows next to the cabin on the other.  

There are a few of its leaves at the bottom, and acorns are scattered around the top.

There is even a little wreath on the door made from the stem of a real oak leaf!

This piece was made with lots of love and little stitches.  It is backed by vintage blue checked flannel that has been meticulously removed from the back of an old quilt.  There is a sleave so that you may hang this with a dowel if you choose.

It is larger than most of my pieces, 14" wide x 12" long. 

All of these types of pieces are made one of a kind. Thank you always.

SOLD ~ Thank you!

$148.00 includes priority mail shipping.

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~Father Christmas~

An old German-style Santa, dressed in a blue homespun with rusty bells. Tied around his waist is a vintage fabric belt, and he has a warm winter white wool scarf wrapped around his neck. 

He is holding acorns and preserved juniper with its lovely blue berries. 

Santa has stitched and painted eyes, a needle sculpted nose, and a felted wool beard that has been sourced from a local farm.

He is gusseted and weighted on the bottom with walnut hulls.  

 Standing 10" tall, he is the perfect size to tuck into a cupboard for the Christmas season.

SOLD ~ Thank you!

Father Christmas is $68.00, which includes priority mail shipping.

September Offerings

Hello! I am still here.  I hope you have been enjoying your summer. It's surely been one none of us will ever forget.

I have two offerings this month.  Take a look below, and if interested, please email me at:

 jenntavoletti@gmail.com

Thank you always from the bottom of my heart.  

Be safe, be well, and be happy!

Jenn xo

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~Happy Pumpkin Girl~ SOLD

She has a twinkle of joy!  
Maybe because autumn is finally coming. 

She is dressed in browns and blue. Her patch is early calico. And under her dress, she is wearing bloomers.

Her shawl is hand-knitted with an antique button attached. It's color is brighter here, true color is more of a gray-blue almost like in the last picture. I could not capture it in with the lighting today. 

She also has a little vintage button on the back of her dress to gather. 

 Holding a little fabric pumpkin, she is 15" tall including her real pumpkin stem.  She stands on a wooden base.

One of a kind, and she is signed. 

$88.00 includes priority mail shipping ~ She is sold, thank you!

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~"Autumn Wash Day" Textile Folk Art~SOLD

This little piece was inspired by my weekly bedding wash day.  The only thing that I always hang on the line.  Who doesn't love the smell of fresh laundered quilts and sheets that have dried in the sunshine?

This is hand-stitched and primitively made using early bits and pieces of quilts and old textiles appliquéd together.  

Everything is pieced together on a vintage fabric and then sewn onto an early piece of quilting

I loved the backing from this old cutter quilt which is a pretty piece of indigo blue homespun used to frame the picture.

I have added a sleeve on the back for hanging, or you use it as a candle mat.

 It measures 9 1/2" x 7"

  

There are many stitches in this little primitive piece.

It is an original and one of a kind piece made with lots of love.  It will be signed and dated

$53.00 includes priority mail shipping ~ this is sold, thank you!

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choose joy!

Happy March!

Winter is on its way out and spring is coming...19 more days! I am excited to get back to the garden and so filled with hope for the new season.

I have a few offerings below.  Take a look and let me know if you have any questions or are interested in anything.

I hope you are happy and dreaming of springtime too!

Thank you always for visiting me and the other talented artist here on Early Work Mercantile. Have a great month friends.

Warmest wishes ~ Jenn xo

jenntavoletti@gmail.com 

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"Early Spring Garden" Textile Art

Inspired by my back garden, this is hand-stitched and primitively made using early bits and pieces of quilts and old textiles appliqued together to make a picture, like a cloth painting.  It's my very favorite thing to create!  Tattered and torn in some places because of the age of the fabrics.

Of course, there are snowdrops, always snowdrops in March.  Little flowers that bring us lots of hope and happiness.

And cardinals at my feeders.  They are such a bright spot in the gray early days of spring.

I needed to include a little Iris...

She's my little black and white kitty sitting by the garden gate.  I always call this her "I want in, I want out" month because she knows spring is coming but doesn't realize how cold some days can be and can't decide where she wants to be!

This piece was made with lots of love and many stitches.  It measures 8" x 10" for easy framing if you like. I have sewn around the edge to prevent it from fraying.

SOLD ~ Thank you
$98.00 which includes priority mail shipping and handling 

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Bluebird

Just a sweet bird for spring.  Made from both antique and new fabrics that are made to look worn and old. 

Lots of stitches and pieces.  4" tall and just about 7" long.

SOLD ~ Thank you

$32.00 includes priority mail shipping and handling

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"Little Blue House" Pincushion

I really enjoy making these little house pincushions.  This one is hand-pieced together with early, antique and vintage textiles. I really do save the littlest of scraps.

Please take note that this is a small piece but has lots of little details. 3" x 3"

If you look close, you will see two bluebirds, one in the birdbath.  The little blue house sits on a lawn of flowers. It is filled with walnut hulls and backed with a piece of vintage kantha fabric.

SOLD ~ Thank you!
$25.00 includes priority mail shipping

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Spring Rabbit

Handpainted and aged to look old.  Her ears are lined with vintage blue calico.  Little Rabbits face is stitched and applied, and has flax whiskers.  She has a needle felted wool tail under her dress.  Both wool and flax are sourced from a local farm here in PA.

Dressed in antique blue calico, with a vintage scarf made from a piece of one of my textile balls found in Lancaster County.  She is wearing a corsage which is an antique sewing pin.

She is 8" tall

SOLD ~ thank you
$54.00 which includes priority mail shipping and handling

November Offerings

 Welcome November! Can you believe it? Me either! Welcome to Early Work Mercantile. This month I have one little sampler, and two Shepherd-like Santas for you.  Please take a look, and thanks for visiting.

*I'm very sorry about some of the picture quality. It has been raining all morning and I have no natural light, therefore I have a few pictures from earlier this week outside (good), and some from inside this morning (not so good). Thanks!
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~November Frost~ SOLD ~ thank you!

While driving home early one morning last week, the frost was so beautiful here in Pennsylvania, it almost looked like snow!  This is inspired by a pretty little house that I pass by on my morning walk everyday.

A simple and primitive wall hanging.  It is entirely hand stitched made from old and early fabrics....pieced together with some of the littlest scraps to make a picture.  I want to live here ~ my heart!

Completed piece is 8 1/2" x 7".  It is made as a little wall hanging, with a pocket in back for a dowel, or just a simple little branch.

This is sold, thank you!
$49.00 with shipping included

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~Olde St. Nick - dressed in Red~ SOLD ~ thank you!

St. Nick is on a wooden stand, and is 13" tall.

He has a pinched nose, stitched eyes, and needlefelted wool whiskers (sourced from a local farm).

He is holding a vintage bottle brush tree.

This is sold, Thank you!

$105.00 with shipping included

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~Old St. Nick - dressed in Brown~ SOLD, Thank you!

St. Nick is on a wooden stand, and is 13" tall.

He has a pinched nose, stitched eyes, and needlefelted wool whiskers (sourced from a local farm).

He is holding a little lamb made from old wool.

Lots of little details!

This is sold, thank you!

$105.00 with shipping included

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Thanks always for visiting Early Work Mercantile and the wonderful artists here.  Wishing you a blessed and happy Thanksgiving.

Warmly ~ Jenn

October Offerings

~Little Gather Mouse~ SOLD

7" tall, little mouse sits upon a blue pumpkin with the word "Gather" stitched on it.  

He has been gathering things for the cold months ahead.  

Little mouse is dressed in early fabrics.  He has a french knot eyes, stitched nose, and flax whiskers.  

His little acorns are made from vintage tan velvet and he carries a bouquet of dried black eyed susan seed heads.  One of a kind.

$67.00 includes shipping ~ He is sold, thank you!

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~October Pumpkin~ SOLD

"i'm so glad i live in a world of octobers" ~ anne of green gables

This is one of my favorite quotes and movies. 

Freehand stitched this quote around a worn white pumpkin, which has a brown wool stem. 

It is 9" wide and 6 1/2" tall. One of a kind.

$48.00 includes shipping ~ Sold, thank  you

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~Happy Pumpkin Girl~ SALE PENDING

She just has a look of joy! Maybe she's happy October is finally here. 

She is dressed in browns, has a patch or early fabric on her dress. 

Her shawl is hand-knitted with an antique button attached.  

She also has two other antique buttons on the back of her dress to gather. 

 Holding a little fabric pumpkin, she is pretty happy.

15 1/2" tall, pumpkin stem, and she is mounted on a wooden stand. One of a kind.  

$88.00 includes shipping ~ SALE PENDING

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~Bittersweet Bird Pincushion~ SOLD

This little pincushion is made entirely from early fabrics, with lots of little stitches. 

It is filled with locally sourced sheep wool. 

Vintage pins are included.

One of a kind.  5" x 5"

$54.00 includes shipping ~ SOLD

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If you would like to make a purchase, ask a question, or be added to my mailing list, please email me by clicking the link on the right. 

Thank you kindly for visiting each month.
Happy Autumn and have a happy Halloween!

Jenn xo