a needle felted mary ‘great with child’
Fear not, the time is coming
Fear not, your bones are strong
Fear not, help is nearby
Fear not, Gula is near
Fear not, the baby is at the door
Fear not, he will live to bring you honour
Fear not, the hands of the midwife are clever
Fear not, the earth is beneath you
Fear not, we have water and salt
Fear not, little mother
Fear not, mother of us all
(Birth song of the women of Shechem’s valley, in Anita Diamant’s The Red Tent)
Such a beautiful song
That book should be required reading for every midwife and doctor involved in childbirth!
And such beautiful Mary dolls! They are lovely!
It is a lovely song isn’t it! Thank you Kate
xx
Lovely! Thank you.
[...] my try earlier this week at needle felting a small nativity scene and also needle felting a pregnant Mary for the beginning of advent, I thought I might try making a mother and baby [...]
I love that song. It gives me goosebumps.
How lucky I was to have my best friend
Angela attending the birth of my precious son. I It is an amazing feeling being pregnant at Christmas time.
I am in awe of your talents honestly!
[...] love making pregnant dolls! Perhaps because I always seem to have a friend or two who is pregnant and to me these women look [...]
That’s it. I’m getting pregnant immediately so i can have one of these to sit on my bedside table. xo