Heart in Hand Papercutting / Embossed Velvet Frame Tennessee_landscape It is marked Leonard Silverplate

It is marked Leonard Silverplate

but I moved the tension springy thing back in place and it’s fine

This is made from a beautiful BariJ cotton floral fabric on the exterior and a vintage cotton gingham interior

It already looks like an heirloom quilt with its eclectic collection of fabrics and crinkly coziness that appears once it has been laundered the first time

Heart in Hand Papercutting / Embossed Velvet Frame Tennessee_landscape It is marked Leonard SilverplateThis artwork is handmade, hand cut, and hand woven using a variety of old papers. The background is an old French paper with shades of red and pink with purple handwriting. The hand is cut from aged, stained paper. The heart is from an old French graph paper that had a few stamps attached. I used a vintage embossed paper from a Christmas card for the cuff. Antique velvet frames are getting harder to find at affordable prices. This one is elaborately