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  Day!

A day to leave a bouquet of flowers for neighbors and friends.  With so many spring blossoms blooming, it really is a joyful time of the year. 

I have one offering this month, it was inspired by the blooms in my front garden...tulips, just starting to bloom, snowflake flowers, and spring daffodils. I've also added a touch of blue here and there for the many forget-me-nots that find their way to just the right spot in the garden.

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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"Pitcher Full of Happiness" Textile Art

A fresh bouquet of flowers cut from my garden and placed in an ironstone pitcher. 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.

This piece was made with lots of love and little stitches.  It is backed by a vintage piece of natural textured fabric cut from a bolt that I found at a local estate sale. I have also added a sleave so that you may hang this with a dowel if you choose.

 It is larger than most of my pieces,12" wide x 15" long. 

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

~SOLD~

$128.00 includes priority mail shipping.

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

March Offerings

Springtime Keepsake Set ~ Sold

Every March I seem to do at least one piece with snowdrops.  They are so inspiring, a favorite of mine, and to me, they are the harbingers of spring.  

 

This set includes a the little pincushion filled with lavender and walnut hulls. 

 Appliqued bits of old textiles to make a little picture. It is backed by a vintage kantha quilt. It is 3" x 3" (old buttons included)

 

The keepsake box is covered with two different fabrics, and aged very nicely.  It measures 4"x4" and is 2" high.

The tiny bunny has stitched and beaded eyes, a little stitched nose, flax whiskers, and a wool tail. He is 5"

This set is $68.00 and includes priority mail shipping 

This is sold ~ thank you!

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Hand Knit and Felted Bird Nest ~ All Sold

Every winter after Christmas, I get a craving to knit something. I think I need a change from sewing. I only seem to finish small projects and am still working on a shawl started 3 years ago! 

This year, I made a few nests using different wool yarns, hemp, and ribbons.  Tucked inside is a bed of sheeps wool and a little speckled quail egg. 

Hand knitted and then felted for a natural, primitive look. 4" wide

$42.00 includes priority mail shipping.  I have 2 available.

Both are sold, thank you!

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Bunny Blue and her Nest ~ SOLD 

Bunny Blue is mounted on a wooden stand and is a little over 15" tall.

Dressed in a blue checked homespun dress, and a blue jacket with collar trimmed in an early crochet lace edging. A blue wool scarf is tied around her neck.

Her eyes are stitched and beaded. Her nose is also stitched, and she has flax whiskers.

She is holding a little robin's nest with hand molded blue clay eggs. 

She is $98.00 with priority mail shipping included.

She is sold ~ Thank you!

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Thank you always for visiting me and the lovely artists here at EWM. To make a purchase, please click on my email address link on the right.

Have a wonderful month!

Warmly ~ Jenn

February Wares

~Rabbits with a Big Heart~

Bunnies are seated and stitched in a stationary position.  They are 12" tall sitting.  Eyes are applied and french knotted. Nose's and mouths are stitched.  Applied brown homespun hearts. Needlefelted wool tails.

~ALL ARE SOLD~

Below are close-ups in order of above from left to right. Please specify which rabbit you would like.

(1) SOLD

 (2) SOLD

(3) SOLD

$54.00 each which includes priority mail shipping in the U.S.  All others, please inquire. Thank you!

ALL ARE SOLD ~THANK YOU!

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~Calico Keepsake Sewing Box Set~

This heart shaped box is covered in the prettiest brown calico with red berries.  It measures 4 1/2" x 4 1/2" x 2" tall.  

Tucked inside is a velvet pincushion and a little strawberry emery. Both are made from early fabrics and filled with crushed walnut shells.  Also included is a lovely old dressmakers pin. 

Box is SOLD.  Thank you!!

This set is $43.00 which includes priority mail shipping in the U.S.  All others, please inquire. Thank you kindly.

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Thank you always for visiting me and the lovely artists here at EWM. To make a purchase, please click on my email address link on the right.

Have a wonderful month!

Warmly ~ Jenn