Heart in Hand Papercutting / Embossed Velvet Frame floral_painting The background fabric for these

The background fabric for these items is a vintage wool army blanket

I think it is original to the frame

The last photo shows a coordinating quilt along with the Folk Birds quilt

Please note: designs are not distorted

I then aged and painted it with watercolor

Heart in Hand Papercutting / Embossed Velvet Frame floral_painting The background fabric for theseThis 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