Kitty, A Wren Lady in Liberty Lawn

 This is Kitty Wren, a hand embroidered little bird dressed in Liberty Fabric.  The fabric is Dulwich Park and was created for Liberty from hand drawn roses in a Dulwich garden.  Dulwich being an area of South London mostly in the borough of Southwark.

She has a hand embroidered head and wings, with threads chosen to match her plumage colours and a little black bead eye.  She is worked on both sides to give a lovely finish. Her dress is finished with organza ribbon, little buttons and a sampler style embroidered lavender sachet to complete her outfit.  She is softly stuffed and lavender is added to her stuffin for a gentle scent.

Kitty wren is another local name for the wren in England, she is also known as Jenny wren here in Lancashire, in other parts of the country she is Jinty or even Rindell in Old English.