These days I seem to be working on a lot of pieces based on the general theme of magical animals or animals in folklore, and in particular in stories that involve animals found in this part of the world. This one is a little enchanted stag who appears to be turning into a tree. It’s based on a Celtic deer that I did a long time ago, and all he needed was a new set of antlers and a few birds added to make him fit the legend.
The stag becomes a tree
The design was done in two parts – the body of the stag is stitched, and then the fabric unhooped, moved along and the antlers added. The applique fabric is my old favourite, Michael Miller’s Fairy Frost Glitz, with a lot of the details added in metallic thread to add to the magical feeling
Wonderful addition to the stag.
I love birds, any birds.
Spanky
This one is wonderful. Fancyful.