Remembering Raspy: Velvet pillow

Previously, I had posted that I had started to make a new “home” for Raspy’s remains.

Her final resting place is now complete.

I was not happy with the original writing on the inner sleeve, so replaced the wonky writing with…. wonky embroidery… I chose to do the letters in a colour closely resembling her cheek patches.

20120825_144436 — Newly embroidered yellow velvet inner sleeve

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This little yellow pillow is now inside a little blue pillow. One side is blue velvet, soft to touch as Raspy was. The blue is similar to the colour she was before her first moult. I embroidered some wild grass underneath an early photo of her.

20120831_134600 — Light blue velvet side of outer sleeve

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The other side of the pillow is a cotton material with a feather design. It has shades of blue & green which are very close to her colours. Next to a favourite photo of her, I have embroidered her name in yellow – the colour of her little face.

20120831_134624 — Feathery cotton fabric on other side of outer sleeve

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You will notice I have done one side portrait & the other is landscape. This is so I can be flexible with where I keep the little pillow. Currently, it is beside the digital photo frame, ready for a gentle touch & a quiet remembrance each night at bedtime.