This is a photo of the tortoise I sent Linda B

I call him a ‘Knight In Shining Armour”. This came to mind as soon as I saw the photo. I also knew that I had both types of leather in my stash and just took it from there. The arms are of mesh ribbon which I randomly stitched over. I used an overdyed thread for the face. The “Knight” was stitched as a slip and attached to the background fabric. I bought this fabric while on vacation in the US. The green ‘trails’ on the fabric represent seaweed washed up from the ocean. I added a variegated wool ‘nest’ to represent a bunch of colourful washed up weeds. The butterfly and ladybug were added for fun. I had an absolutely great time working on this!

Joyce D