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Inspiration: The Glass Mountain

August 31, 2010 by Denise Felton Leave a Comment

Kate of The Glass Mountain has been embroidering these darling characters on little zippered coin purses. She says,

I’ve been a little fascinated by the idea of circus skills lately.  Not so much clowning but definitely balancing acts — little girls practicing their skills so they can run away and join the circus — balancing and tightrope walking — and sprinkling fairy dust

See more of Kate’s work on her blog.

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