My Hobbit Hole and the Road - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Estelyn Telcontar · 09-02-2008, 03:07 AM

In addition to my passion for Tolkien's works, I am also an enthusiastic patchworker and quilter. Once in awhile, both interests come together and result in a Tolkien-themed artwork. I've been working on a fabric book with the lines of "The road goes ever on...", my favourite poem; the basic sewing is finished, and I will be adding more details as time goes by. The work may go ever on and on, like the road, as new ideas come to me. I do hope to finish enough so that I can show it at Oxonmoot.

Legate of Amon Lanc · 09-02-2008, 03:31 AM

*Awww* *eeek* *WOW*

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Rumil · 09-02-2008, 01:32 PM

Hi Esty,

very cute!! I love Bilbo's pot plants ;-)

Cheers

Rumil

Estelyn Telcontar · 09-02-2008, 02:17 PM

Thanks, guys! It's always nice to get feedback on my projects. As to the potted trees/bushes, they're taken straight from Tolkien's own sketches of Bag End - he always has one on each side of the front door. (Actually, mine are miniature trees from model train sets, combined with a button pot...)

TheGreatElvenWarrior · 09-02-2008, 10:20 PM

I love it, Esty!

I just wish that I could do something creative as that...

Lalwendë · 09-05-2008, 04:24 AM

I really like that!!! Especially the photo of yourself emerging from the door - I hope you leave that in

Does it fold out like a concertina?

Hey, you could have a new career in making fabric baby books more interesting than the usual fare!

Bêthberry · 09-05-2008, 08:03 AM

This is a beautiful testament to your love of the poem, Esty. The pictures make me wish I could hold it and feel the textures of the facric, of the stones, the heavy weight of the door.

***Mister Underhill*** · 09-05-2008, 11:30 PM

Wonderful, Esty! I followed the trail to your blog -- way do lead on to way, don't she? -- hoping for some more detailed shots of the other panels, only to be disappointed.

Then I got to see the shot of you as Hortensia Boffin and I was okay again.

Most excellent work.

09-02-2008, 03:07 AM	#1
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,499	My Hobbit Hole and the Road In addition to my passion for Tolkien's works, I am also an enthusiastic patchworker and quilter. Once in awhile, both interests come together and result in a Tolkien-themed artwork. I've been working on a fabric book with the lines of "The road goes ever on...", my favourite poem; the basic sewing is finished, and I will be adding more details as time goes by. The work may go ever on and on, like the road, as new ideas come to me. I do hope to finish enough so that I can show it at Oxonmoot. __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

09-02-2008, 03:31 AM	#2
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	Awww eeek WOW /End of message __________________ "Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories

09-02-2008, 01:32 PM	#3
Rumil Sage & Onions Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Britain Posts: 893	Fuzzy-wuzzy Hi Esty, very cute!! I love Bilbo's pot plants ;-) Cheers Rumil __________________ Rumil of Coedhirion

09-02-2008, 02:17 PM	#4
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,499	Thanks, guys! It's always nice to get feedback on my projects. As to the potted trees/bushes, they're taken straight from Tolkien's own sketches of Bag End - he always has one on each side of the front door. (Actually, mine are miniature trees from model train sets, combined with a button pot...) __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

09-02-2008, 10:20 PM	#5
TheGreatElvenWarrior Mighty Quill Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Walking off to look for America Posts: 2,230	I love it, Esty! I just wish that I could do something creative as that... __________________ The Party Doesn't Start Until You're Dead.

09-05-2008, 04:24 AM	#6
Lalwendë A Mere Boggart Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: under the bed Posts: 4,737	I really like that!!! Especially the photo of yourself emerging from the door - I hope you leave that in Does it fold out like a concertina? Hey, you could have a new career in making fabric baby books more interesting than the usual fare! __________________ Gordon's alive!

09-05-2008, 08:03 AM	#7
Bêthberry Cryptic Aura Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 5,977	This is a beautiful testament to your love of the poem, Esty. The pictures make me wish I could hold it and feel the textures of the facric, of the stones, the heavy weight of the door. __________________ I’ll sing his roots off. I’ll sing a wind up and blow leaf and branch away.

09-05-2008, 11:30 PM	#8
*Mister Underhill* Dread Horseman Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Behind you! Posts: 2,743	Wonderful, Esty! I followed the trail to your blog -- way do lead on to way, don't she? -- hoping for some more detailed shots of the other panels, only to be disappointed. Then I got to see the shot of you as Hortensia Boffin and I was okay again. Most excellent work.