{"product_id":"the-owl-and-the-pussycat-embroidery-kit","title":"The Owl and the Pussycat Embroidery Kit","description":"\u003cp\u003eI have always loved Edward Lear’s poem of the Owl and the Pussycat going to sea in their beautiful pea-green boat; it conjures up fabulous scenes and characters, and has the soothing rhythm of a bedtime story. In this design, the Owl sings to his small guitar while the Pussycat closes her eyes as they drift through the Bong-trees by the light of the moon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Their money is safely wrapped up in their £5 note, and their jar of honey is stored in the bow of the boat in the form of a pea pod, with \u003cem\u003epetit pois \u003c\/em\u003ebuoys. The border, of Bong-trees and fruits, was inspired jointly by a vintage London Underground poster depicting paddle boats drifting under the silhouetted boughs of willows at dusk, and by the amazing tree ferns and other plants of New Zealand, which I saw on a teaching trip there.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e I love the idea of embroidery being used to embellish usable items, rather than just being placed in a frame, and taking my lead from Elizabethan embroidered book covers, decided to create my Owl and the Pussycat as the design for the front cover of a book.  The piece therefore includes a border of ‘bookcloth’, a traditional material for covering books, which gives both crispness and a vintage feel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e On a ground of duchess satin, the background is created using layered silk organzas and stretched metallic mesh ribbons, embellished with delicate stitches and featuring a twinkling mica moon.  This design includes over 100 materials, many made and sourced specially for this project.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  The cat and owl are worked using delicate needlelace and silk shading, with specially-made spangles for the owl’s eyes.  The sails and boats are made as detached slips using silk shading and digitally printed organza with wired edges.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Also included are a tiny mica-covered honey pot, a miniature five pound note and a tiny hand-made (by me and my father) guitar, complete with strings. Once the embroidery is completed, you may wish to purchase a \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/jennyadin-christieembroidery.com\/product\/hand-bound-book-for-the-owl-pussycat-design\"\u003ehand-bound book\u003c\/a\u003e created by the skilled bookbinders of York Bookbinding in the UK.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e These are bound in matching bookcloth, with gold leaf edges, decorative end papers, and “The Owl and the Pussycat, by Edward Lear” in foiled lettering on the spine.  The poem is shown on a card to be mounted inside the front cover.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The book includes an acid-free board on to which your embroidery can be mounted as the front cover. Alternatively, you may order a \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/jennyadin-christieembroidery.com\/product\/picture-frames-for-the-owl-and-the-pussycat\"\u003epicture frame\u003c\/a\u003e to fit the design, or display the design in your own way.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jenny Adin-Christie","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54256709534038,"sku":"KITOWL\u0026PUSSYCAT","price":285.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1037\/5318\/7670\/files\/The-Owl-and-The-Pussycat-Book-Cover-in-Raised-Embroideryp_a0e133f1-278a-4aff-9cd8-522beaf87e24.jpg?v=1791281900","url":"https:\/\/jennyadin-christieembroidery.com\/products\/the-owl-and-the-pussycat-embroidery-kit","provider":"Jenny Adin-Christie Embroidery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}