I liked how these elements filled out the space, so the next step was choosing fabrics. Because I was looking for uncomplicated representations, I stuck to simple elements. Eddie, who standing up, has a black and white and grey coat coloring so I picked a base fabric with grey and black swirls. Added to this was a mottled grey for his spots. Loki, who is laying down, is a salt and pepper Schnauzer who likes to relax. Finding her base fabric in the Grunge line was perfect. Finally, Lulu is white, so a white on white was very easy to pick.
The mailbox, was a gift. I found the pretty woodgrain fabric for the post and decided to use it on the outside of the box. A thin blue line mirrors the one we have on display on our own mailbox. But what do I put inside?
I considered letters, but that was redundant, and then, as I was looking at my fabrics, I had a thought! There was a beautiful blue, black and gold fabric full of butterflies that I had been hoarding. I pulled it down and fondled it to find that the fabric was super thin and not fit to piece! Perfect! After all this time, these butterflies had found a home. I put them inside and outside of the mailbox and even sprinkled among my pups.
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