Pixies

Pixies are the fun-loving, mischief-makers of the fairy realm.  They can stand as small as a human thumb or as tall as a human toddler, and any heighth inbetween.  Pxies prefer to live in the countryside and are often responsible for the spilled pail of milk and the strange commotion in the hen house during the wee hours of the night.  They are known to be quite fond of critters and think snails make wonderful pets!

Kyndal Wishley, the Toymaker applique pattern in 2 sizes $7.95 $5.00 on sale	Kyndal Wishley thinks her job is a joy, Matching just the right toy with each girl and boy. Perhaps a floating train that doesn’t mess up the floor, Or a puzzle a child can walk through like a door? Whatever it is a child wants most with his heart, Kyndal designs a toy to match with her magical art. Here's Rosemary's version.
Trev the Tailor has been commissioned to design new robes for the honorary pixie King and Queen.  He loves working with fabrics and threads and can’t wait to start playing with the finest , silkiest, softest, most exquisite fabrics in all the land, but first he has to figure out how to put the mannikin together. Pictured above is Rosemary Small's test block of Trev the Tailor.	Trev the Threadman Tailor applique pattern in 2 sizes $7.95
Autumn Fallwynde applique pattern in 2 sizes $7.95	Oh dear!  It's time to dress for the party at the Haunted Apple Pailion and Autumn just can't decide which outfit to wear!  The oak leaf oufit she's wearing is cute and sassy, but the colors are so drab.  The maple leaf costume is colorful, but so hard to sit in.  Hmm, maybe the witch outfit or the princess outfit would be better choices? tester Rosemary Small's version (this thumbnail graphic doesn't do it justice, but larger graphics slow down the loading speed so much)
Someone is occupying the Piddle Pot and taking way too long!  Little Beatrice Emma is doing her best to dance the urge away.  Pepe decided to take matters into his own hands and seek relief by doing a bit of target practicing.   Rosemary Small's test version It's difficult to see, but Pepe has shiny gold metallic wings.	Beatrice-Emma and Pepe applique patterns in 2 sizes $7.95

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(This page was getting too large so I moved older pixies to another page.)

The pixies who dwell in the Pixie Pavilions created by Margo Rose are of the thumb-size varitey.  Larger pixies, while too big to live in such wee houses, have been seen playing with the pavilions and decorating them much like human children playing with dollhouses.

the small pixies who dwell in Rosemary Small's Magic Shoppe


the big pixies who play with Rosemary's Magic Shoppe

Big pixies can be placed in the background behind the houses where they will appear to be larger in scale.  I'd probably use 15" or 16" background blocks (instead of 14") if I chose to make the big pixies.  This would give me more room to play with the pixies.  When finished, I'd need to adjust the border design to fit.  However, since I live in a tiny apartment and probably couldn't even lift a quilt that had all of Margo's houses in it, I lean more toward using our designs to make smaller items like wall quilts, pillows and tote bags.  For this design, I'd start with a 20" background so I'd have more room to put some distance bewtween Maurice, who's looking for the rabbits, and Monique who has already found the rabbits.  This would make a delightful wall quilt for child's room, especially if it was liberally sprinkled with pixie dust!

In this photo, Rosemary placed everything on a 16" background block.  The extra room is just enough to position the big size pixies a few inches below the house, making it look like the pixies are in the foreground and the Magic Shoppe is in the background.  With this placement, the big size pixies do look as if they could live in the wee house behind them.
(Lol, looking at the snowy roof, I'm thinking Monique needs to run inside and grab her coat!  Perhaps Maurice will lend her his cape.)

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