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.

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

February Offerings

Hi Friends!
After a little time off, I am back.  I hope you had a nice January and didn't catch that nasty flu going around... we did, but all is good now.
This month I have two Valentine offerings for you.  Please email me should you have any questions or interested in anything: jenntavoletti@gmail.com.

Have a happy month and a happy heart day!

All my best, Jenn xo

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"Be My Valentine" Bunny

This is one of my larger primitive rabbits.  He is 12" tall, handpainted and aged to look old.  His ears are lined with a vintage polka dot fabric.

His whiskers are flax and he has a needle felted wool tail.  Wool and flax are sourced from a local farm.

He has a bowtie also made from vintage red plaid fabric and is holding an antique red velvet heart which is backed by wool.

$58.00 includes priority mail shipping. He is sold, thank you!

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"Love Grows" Hanging Heart

A little rabbit and a vase full of flowers, all stitched together with bits and pieces of vintage textiles.

A few antique calico buttons too.  The back is a beautiful antique red velvet.

The entire heart is made from old fabrics, except for the ribbon that is used for hanging. 

Such a happy piece to create.

Heart is 7" x 7"

Total hanging length is 9"

$66.00 includes priority mail shipping. This is sold, thank you!

December Offerings

Seasons Greetings! I hope you like my offerings below.  All made with love and some of my favorite things....a bit of the old, and a bit of outdoors. Unfortunately it is dark and rainy, so the pictures are not the best quality, but I will try and update them as soon as I can.  Please email me should you have any questions or are interested in anything: jenntavoletti@gmail.com 

...and please send snow!

Wishing you and your family a very happy and joyful Christmas season.

All my best, Jenn xo

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Father Christmas and White-Tailed Deer

An old soul. Always my favorite type of Santa to create.

Lots of time and details in this pair.    

Santa is dressed in a gray wool coat, adorned with antique quilt batting. His hood is lined with early homespun, which has two rusty bells attached. His needle-felted beard is wool sourced from a local farm. 

Santa is 11" tall, gusseted and weighted with walnut hulls.  He is holding a branch of blue-berried preserved cedar that came from another local business here in PA.

Santa's white-tailed deer is my rendition of one of of the many that roam the gardens in summer, and sleep in our side yard in the winter. He is 6 1/2" tall and 8" long.  His antlers are from an old mulberry tree.

His coat is the same gray wool and antique homespun as Santa's.  He wears a rusty jingle bell collar.

They are sold ~ thank you!
This set is $159.00, which includes priority mail shipping.

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Grain Sack Snowman Winter

Mister Winter is 13" tall, gusseted and weighted with walnut hulls.  One of a kind, he is made from an antique sack that has a wash of white over it.  

You can still see some old wording on the back.

His face is sewn, and is wearing a brown scarf made from an antique Amish buggy throw.

He is sold ~ thank you!
This set is $54.00, which includes priority mail shipping.

October Offerings

Happy October! Lovely autumn is here.  Last month flew right by. We had been away most of September and will surely enjoy being home this month. It is such a pretty time of the year.  
I have 3 offerings for October.  Take a look below and please email me if you are interested or have any questions.  jenntavoletti@gmail.com 

Thank you kindly always! xo Jenn

p.s. Just a reminder that I am updating this site at 8am on the morning of the 1st of each month. Thanks!

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~Little Pumpkin Girl~  SOLD

Dressed in a spicy orange calico, she is weighted and stands 11" tall including her pumpkin stem. 

I made her a little bouquet of drieds that are tucked in her arms.  These are removable.

One of a kind, she is signed. 

$48.00 includes priority mail shipping ~  Sold, thank you

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~Blue Pumpkins, set of 3~  

Each made from a different blue fabric with burlap stems.
Sizes are:
 Small 5" wide by 4" tall (including stem)

Medium 6" wide by 5" tall (including stem)

Large 7" wide by 5 1/2" tall (including stem)

$45.00 for the set of 3, includes priority mail shipping ~ 

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~Grateful Mouse, Pumpkin~  SOLD

This little blue linen pumpkin, has a mouse holding a basket appliqued

on to it using early textiles. It measures 5"wide x 6" tall (including stem). 
One of a kind, and is signed. 

$46.00 includes priority mail shipping ~ SOLD

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