Aesthetically pleasing, huh?

Bellamy · 12-29-2022, 10:03 PM

Bellamy turned to her little one for ideas on what to make the gift to her eldest special. She wasn’t the greatest when it came to crafting, but hell, she wanted to try. Maybe if this endeavor went well she would be able to work on gifts for all of her children, in time. They all deserved the world, and if Bellamy could, she would deliver them each a portion of it. For now, Ethne was the best she could gift give them as a whole. They were together, and safe, and for that, she could be grateful. Smaller gifts could come later, especially as they got older. Things to aid them in battle, or even companions if she could convince any creatures to come with her.

“Feathers, huh?” And lavender. That wasn’t a bad idea. Lavender had a soothing scent, and Bellamy was sure with such a strong smell it would get through the pillow and reach her daughter as she lay on it. Bellamy gave a nod, smiling at her little girl. “That sounds like a very good idea, Nessie.” Maybe she’d have to enlist her daughter’s help whenever she decided on working on gifts for her children. To her surprise, however, Lyonesse said that she already had a lot of feathers they could use. Really soft ones too… down, perhaps? Bellamy arched a brow but before she could ask Lyonesse about them her little one was off.

Rather than race after Lyonesse and see where she was stashing her precious treasures Bellamy decided to wait for her daughter and start working on weaving the furs together. So long as she left an opening to stuff in the feathers and the lavender it should be fine, right? It wasn’t an easy task, and the stitching was wider than she would have liked, but Bellamy got it started. It probably would have been better to get Gavroche’s companion to help her but ah well, hindsight was a bitch, wasn’t it? She was in the middle of a stitch when Lyonesse came back, spitting out a mouthful of feathers onto the ground. Some of them stuck to her mouth and face and Bells couldn’t help but giggle a little at the face her little one was making.

“I think this will be perfect Nessie, thank you.” She smiled as she worked the stitch. “I’ve got to get this to a point where everything won’t fall out when we add the feathers and lavender. Your father should have some dried lavender in our den. The tall plant with purple flowers. Can you get that for me while I finish setting up the base of the pillow? Then we’ll stuff it with everything and stitch it closed.”

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