Won't you all be glad when my arm heals and I can STITCH again ??? I am so ready! I have spent days with this laptop on my lap and have worked my blog over several times. Still waiting for one source to let me in to see what backgrounds they have! Ha.
Well, my jigsaw puzzle is waiting. There are just so many things you can do with one hand. Tom is even tired of what I can cook with one hand. Ha. I go to therapy again tomorrow and then to the Dr. on Wednesday - so hope he will think I have succeeded in enough therapy to let me do a little more with my arm. I have weeks of therapy ahead of me, I know that. But a little more diversion will help each day!
Thanks for listening or reading my blog!
Carol
I ENJOY ANY KIND OF NEEDLEWORK OR SEWING, BUT MY FAVORITE IS CRAZY QUILT STYLE.
Monday, November 8, 2010
SOME OF YOU MIGHT ENJOY THIS. I DID!!
THOUGHT YOU MIGHT ENJOY THIS:
'Someone asked the other day, 'What was your favorite fast food when you were growing up?
'We didn't have fast food when I was growing up,' I informed him.
'All the food was slow.' 'C'mon, seriously. Where did you eat?'
'It was a place called 'at home,'' I explained. !
'Mom cooked every day and when Dad got home from work, we sat down together at the dining room table, and if I didn't like what she put on my plate I was allowed to sit there until I did like it.'
By this time, the kid was laughing so hard I was afraid he was going to suffer serious internal damage, so I didn't tell him the part about how I had to have permission to leave the table.But here are some other things I would have told him about my childhood if I figured his system could have handled it :
Some parents NEVER owned their own house, never wore Levis, never set foot on a golf course, never traveled out of the country or had a credit card. In their later years they had something called a revolving charge card The card was good only at Sears Roebuck. Or maybe it was Sears & Roebuck. Either way, there is no Roebuck anymore. Maybe he died.
My parents never drove me to soccer practice. This was mostly because we never had heard of soccer. I had a bicycle that weighed probably 50 pounds, and only had one speed, (slow)
We didn't have a television in our house until I was 19. It was, of course, black and white, and the station went off the air at midnight, after playing the national anthem and a poem about God; it came back on the air at about 6 a..m. And there was usually a locally produced news and farm show on, featuring local people.
I was 21 before I tasted my first pizza, it was called 'pizza pie.' When I bit into it, I burned the roof of my mouth and the cheese slid off, swung down, plastered itself against my chin and burned that, too. It's still the best pizza I ever had.. Pizzas were not delivered to our home But milk was
I never had a telephone in my room. The only phone in the house was in the living room and it was on a party line. Before you could dial, you had to listen and make sure some people you didn't know weren't already using the line.
.All newspapers were delivered by boys and all boys delivered newspapers --my brother delivered a newspaper, six days a week. It cost 7 cents a paper, of which he got to keep 2 cents. He had to get up at 6AM every morning. On Saturday, he had to collect the 42 cents from his customers. His favorite customers were the ones who gave him 50 cents and told him to keep the change. His least favorite customers were the ones who seemed to never be home on collection day.
Movie stars kissed with their mouths shut. At least, they did in the movies. There were no movie ratings because all movies were responsibly produced for everyone to enjoy viewing, without profanity or violence or most anything offensive.
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If you grew up in a generation before there was fast food, you may want to share some of these memories with your children or grandchildren Just don't blame me if they bust a gut laughing. Growing up isn't what it used to be, is it?
MEMORIES from a friend :
My Dad is cleaning out my grandmother's house (she died in December) and he brought me an old Royal Crown Cola bottle. In the bottle top was a stopper with a bunch of holes in it.. I knew immediately what it was, but my daughter had no idea.. She thought they had tried to make it a salt shaker or something. I knew it as the bottle that sat on the end of the ironing board to 'sprinkle' clothes with because we didn't have steam irons. Man, I am old.
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How many do you remember?
Head lights dimmer switches on the floor.
Ignition switches on the dashboard.
Heaters mounted on the inside of the fire wall.
Real ice boxes.
Pant leg clips for bicycles without chain guards.
Soldering irons you heat on a gas burner.
Using hand signals for cars without turn signals.
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Now rate yourself -----------------
Older Than Dirt Quiz :
Count all the ones that you remember not the ones you were told about.
Ratings at the bottom.
1.. Blackjack chewing gum
2.Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water
3. Candy cigarettes
4. Soda pop machines that dispensed glass bottles
5. Coffee shops or diners with table side juke boxes
6. Home milk delivery in glass bottles with cardboard stoppers
7. Party lines on the telephone
8 Newsreels before the movie
9. P.F. Flyers
10. Butch wax
11.. TV test patterns that came on at night after the last show and were there until TV shows started again in the morning. (there were only 3 channels [if you were fortunate])
12. Peashooters
13. Howdy Doody
14. 45 RPM records
15. S& H green stamps
16. Hi-fi's
17. Metal ice trays with lever
18. Mimeograph paper
19. Blue flashbulb
20. Packards
21. Roller skate keys
22. Cork popguns
23. Drive-ins
24. Studebakers
25. Wash tub wringers
If you remembered 0-5 = You're still young
If you remembered 6-10 = You are getting older
If you remembered 11-15 = Don't tell your age,
If you remembered 16-25 = You' re older than dirt!
I might be older than dirt but those memories are some of the best parts of my life.
PRINT THIS OFF AND SHARE IT WITH YOUR CHILDREN! AFTER ALL THEY NEED TO KNOW ALL ABOUT YOUR CHILDHOOD!
Don't forget to pass this along!!
Especially to all your really OLD friends....
I hope you enjoy this.
Carol
'Someone asked the other day, 'What was your favorite fast food when you were growing up?
'We didn't have fast food when I was growing up,' I informed him.
'All the food was slow.' 'C'mon, seriously. Where did you eat?'
'It was a place called 'at home,'' I explained. !
'Mom cooked every day and when Dad got home from work, we sat down together at the dining room table, and if I didn't like what she put on my plate I was allowed to sit there until I did like it.'
By this time, the kid was laughing so hard I was afraid he was going to suffer serious internal damage, so I didn't tell him the part about how I had to have permission to leave the table.But here are some other things I would have told him about my childhood if I figured his system could have handled it :
Some parents NEVER owned their own house, never wore Levis, never set foot on a golf course, never traveled out of the country or had a credit card. In their later years they had something called a revolving charge card The card was good only at Sears Roebuck. Or maybe it was Sears & Roebuck. Either way, there is no Roebuck anymore. Maybe he died.
My parents never drove me to soccer practice. This was mostly because we never had heard of soccer. I had a bicycle that weighed probably 50 pounds, and only had one speed, (slow)
We didn't have a television in our house until I was 19. It was, of course, black and white, and the station went off the air at midnight, after playing the national anthem and a poem about God; it came back on the air at about 6 a..m. And there was usually a locally produced news and farm show on, featuring local people.
I was 21 before I tasted my first pizza, it was called 'pizza pie.' When I bit into it, I burned the roof of my mouth and the cheese slid off, swung down, plastered itself against my chin and burned that, too. It's still the best pizza I ever had.. Pizzas were not delivered to our home But milk was
I never had a telephone in my room. The only phone in the house was in the living room and it was on a party line. Before you could dial, you had to listen and make sure some people you didn't know weren't already using the line.
.All newspapers were delivered by boys and all boys delivered newspapers --my brother delivered a newspaper, six days a week. It cost 7 cents a paper, of which he got to keep 2 cents. He had to get up at 6AM every morning. On Saturday, he had to collect the 42 cents from his customers. His favorite customers were the ones who gave him 50 cents and told him to keep the change. His least favorite customers were the ones who seemed to never be home on collection day.
Movie stars kissed with their mouths shut. At least, they did in the movies. There were no movie ratings because all movies were responsibly produced for everyone to enjoy viewing, without profanity or violence or most anything offensive.
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If you grew up in a generation before there was fast food, you may want to share some of these memories with your children or grandchildren Just don't blame me if they bust a gut laughing. Growing up isn't what it used to be, is it?
MEMORIES from a friend :
My Dad is cleaning out my grandmother's house (she died in December) and he brought me an old Royal Crown Cola bottle. In the bottle top was a stopper with a bunch of holes in it.. I knew immediately what it was, but my daughter had no idea.. She thought they had tried to make it a salt shaker or something. I knew it as the bottle that sat on the end of the ironing board to 'sprinkle' clothes with because we didn't have steam irons. Man, I am old.
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How many do you remember?
Head lights dimmer switches on the floor.
Ignition switches on the dashboard.
Heaters mounted on the inside of the fire wall.
Real ice boxes.
Pant leg clips for bicycles without chain guards.
Soldering irons you heat on a gas burner.
Using hand signals for cars without turn signals.
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Now rate yourself -----------------
Older Than Dirt Quiz :
Count all the ones that you remember not the ones you were told about.
Ratings at the bottom.
1.. Blackjack chewing gum
2.Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water
3. Candy cigarettes
4. Soda pop machines that dispensed glass bottles
5. Coffee shops or diners with table side juke boxes
6. Home milk delivery in glass bottles with cardboard stoppers
7. Party lines on the telephone
8 Newsreels before the movie
9. P.F. Flyers
10. Butch wax
11.. TV test patterns that came on at night after the last show and were there until TV shows started again in the morning. (there were only 3 channels [if you were fortunate])
12. Peashooters
13. Howdy Doody
14. 45 RPM records
15. S& H green stamps
16. Hi-fi's
17. Metal ice trays with lever
18. Mimeograph paper
19. Blue flashbulb
20. Packards
21. Roller skate keys
22. Cork popguns
23. Drive-ins
24. Studebakers
25. Wash tub wringers
If you remembered 0-5 = You're still young
If you remembered 6-10 = You are getting older
If you remembered 11-15 = Don't tell your age,
If you remembered 16-25 = You' re older than dirt!
I might be older than dirt but those memories are some of the best parts of my life.
PRINT THIS OFF AND SHARE IT WITH YOUR CHILDREN! AFTER ALL THEY NEED TO KNOW ALL ABOUT YOUR CHILDHOOD!
Don't forget to pass this along!!
Especially to all your really OLD friends....
I hope you enjoy this.
Carol
Saturday, November 6, 2010
My "LADY" wall hanging.
This is a wall hanging about 28" square that I made some time ago. It is entirely Silk Ribbon Embroidery. The ribbon ruffles on her hat, bodice and skirt are silk ribbon. Her bodice and skirt are made of silk fabric appliquéd on by hand. I have been looking for an antique curved glass frame to frame her in. Someday.....
I enjoyed making this wall hanging completely of silk ribbon embroidery. The basis was an old transfer pattern from England that has been around the world, as I shared it with many to copy off. It would be fun to know if there are others finished???
I enjoyed making this wall hanging completely of silk ribbon embroidery. The basis was an old transfer pattern from England that has been around the world, as I shared it with many to copy off. It would be fun to know if there are others finished???
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
SHOULDER SURGERY 10/07/10
I AM PROGRESSING - BUT SLOW! T.V. & ONE FINGER TYPING IS IT! MORE SURGERY THAN THEY THOUGHT IT WOULD BE AND OF COURSE NOW MORE TO HEAL. GREAT GMA'S ARE SLOWER ANYWAY! I'M LOOKING FORWAED TO STITCHING SOMEDAY????
CAROL
CAROL
Sunday, October 31, 2010
WELL, TIME HAS HEALED SOME
I am gaining each day - I can now type but am not to reach my whole arm forward! Now, try laying your wrist on your computer and not moving your arm when you are reaching for the keys. It took a little determination, but I am tired of those caps all the time!
I hope to be back to stitching soon. This has been a long dry spell. Old movies on t.v. are already not so interesting as they used to be. A jigsaw puzzle on the table is entertaining for while, but with only one hand to reach with! Don't move that right arm!. Physical therapy started this past week and is very limited yet. The extensive work to anchor the rotar cuff ends to the bone with screws is very 'iffy' and must grow and adhere before I will have good use of the arm. Dr. could not stretch the ends to meet, so this was the next best thing. Also, of course, age comes into play in that healing game. So I must be a good girl!
I have enjoyed reading blogs and all the eye candy! I have a lot of things ready to print off when I can get downstairs to my desk computer. But this laptop has been a savior for me stranded on this first floor of our home. Until later, and hope to be stitching,
Carol
I hope to be back to stitching soon. This has been a long dry spell. Old movies on t.v. are already not so interesting as they used to be. A jigsaw puzzle on the table is entertaining for while, but with only one hand to reach with! Don't move that right arm!. Physical therapy started this past week and is very limited yet. The extensive work to anchor the rotar cuff ends to the bone with screws is very 'iffy' and must grow and adhere before I will have good use of the arm. Dr. could not stretch the ends to meet, so this was the next best thing. Also, of course, age comes into play in that healing game. So I must be a good girl!
I have enjoyed reading blogs and all the eye candy! I have a lot of things ready to print off when I can get downstairs to my desk computer. But this laptop has been a savior for me stranded on this first floor of our home. Until later, and hope to be stitching,
Carol
Monday, October 4, 2010
I'll be out for awhile
I fell and tore a rotar cuff about a month ago and I will have surgery Thursday the 7th. So will be off the computer for ??? long??? I hurt so bad now, that I dread this surgery, not so much the surgery itself but the getting over it and the physical therapy to follow. Most of all to have to be out of commission for so long.
Friday, September 24, 2010
Feed Sacks, Sugar Sacks, Flour Sacks etc. of long ago.
I was preparing some sugar sacks for an auction on eBay today and in the 'box' I found this poem that I had save from some day gone by. I thought perhaps you ladies might enjoy this, since we all like those old and nostalgic things of the past in our crazy quilt world! Enjoy!
The Flour Sack - A Poem
When I was just a maiden fair,
Mama made our underwear;
With many kids and Dad's poor pay,
We had no fancy lingerie.
Monograms and fancy stitches
Did not adorn our Sunday britches;
Pantywaists that stood the test
Had 'Gold Medal' on my breast.
No lace or ruffles to enhance
Just 'Pride of Bloomington' on my pants.
One pair of panties beat them all,
For it had a scene I still recall-
Harvesters were gleaning wheat
Right across my little seat.
Rougher than a grizzly bear
Was my flour sack underwear.
Plain, not fancy and two feet wide
And tougher than a hippo's hide.
All through Depression each Jill and Jack
Wore the sturdy garb of sack.
Waste not, want not, we soon learned
That a penny saved is a penny earned.
There were curtains and tea towels too,
And that is just to name a few,
But the best beyond compare
Was my flour sack underwear.
~author unknown
I must add that I never did actually have underwear made from these, however when I was in 4H Club in my early teens, 2 feed sacks (Chicken feed came in them) was the fabric that I made my apron and tea towel out of to put in the Fair! I received a blue ribbon on each of them too! I was estactic!
Carol
The Flour Sack - A Poem
When I was just a maiden fair,
Mama made our underwear;
With many kids and Dad's poor pay,
We had no fancy lingerie.
Monograms and fancy stitches
Did not adorn our Sunday britches;
Pantywaists that stood the test
Had 'Gold Medal' on my breast.
No lace or ruffles to enhance
Just 'Pride of Bloomington' on my pants.
One pair of panties beat them all,
For it had a scene I still recall-
Harvesters were gleaning wheat
Right across my little seat.
Rougher than a grizzly bear
Was my flour sack underwear.
Plain, not fancy and two feet wide
And tougher than a hippo's hide.
All through Depression each Jill and Jack
Wore the sturdy garb of sack.
Waste not, want not, we soon learned
That a penny saved is a penny earned.
There were curtains and tea towels too,
And that is just to name a few,
But the best beyond compare
Was my flour sack underwear.
~author unknown
I must add that I never did actually have underwear made from these, however when I was in 4H Club in my early teens, 2 feed sacks (Chicken feed came in them) was the fabric that I made my apron and tea towel out of to put in the Fair! I received a blue ribbon on each of them too! I was estactic!
Carol
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
THINKING OF RETIRING!!
Oh, what a big subject to ponder. Both my husband and myself are not in good health anymore and it is getting to be more and more taxing on us to keep up with our hobby/job/income of selling on eBay. We made the decision this week to put a lot of our inventory on SALE in our eBay store. This won't happen overnight as we have over 1,000 items for sale all the time, but it is a good start and I must say we are thrilled with the success just this few days.
I am posting this on my blog as a lot of things are the type of things that my readers, my crazy quilt friends, and other stitchers also might be interested in. I have many, many yards of trims, fabric, ribbon, crocheted items, hankies, linens, etc. and more will be listed as time permits. You will find us at this link:
Our eBay store. If you have questions, please email us here.
I am posting this on my blog as a lot of things are the type of things that my readers, my crazy quilt friends, and other stitchers also might be interested in. I have many, many yards of trims, fabric, ribbon, crocheted items, hankies, linens, etc. and more will be listed as time permits. You will find us at this link:
Our eBay store. If you have questions, please email us here.
Thursday, August 19, 2010
TROUBLE WITH MY BLOG
Well, I was fooling around with my blog and did something that displaced the right side along my posts. I find that it is at the bottom! I am going to try to find help to correct this! Sorry.
Carol
Carol
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Busy Summer!
I can't believe our summer is over 1/2 gone. However since we have had 109 and 108 degrees this past week and several more days in a row over 100 degrees, I can say I'm looking forward to cooler weather!
I am working on a wall hanging for my youngest great grandaughter and will have pictures of it when I finish it. I hope that is sometime soon. It will have about 30 pictures of her from the time she was born (actually) and up to her 1 yr. old Birthday. I have enjoyed working on it in the crazy quilt style. It is pieced in 9 large 14" blocks out of all pastel silky fabrics. I have encrusted the seams and now will embellish a frame around each silk print of her when it is applied to the wall hanging. So I have a considerable amount of work to do yet. But what fun! Of course then a border and binding it too.
I have enjoyed playing an organ that I purchased at an estate sale. I had a similar one for years and it gave up about 3 years ago. I didn't realize how much I missed just playing it, until I began to see them for sale again. It is an older one, and not quite as versatile as my older one, but it is still enjoyable.
Sewing for eBay selling, cooking and cleaning (once in a while, ha!) keeps my life busy. I am on my medication for Alzheimer's and am told by my family and doctors that they can see a great change for the better since taking it from February until now. That is comforting. I don't feel I am lacking in any phase of my daily routines yet. Praise the Lord!
Until ................. the next post.
Carol
I am working on a wall hanging for my youngest great grandaughter and will have pictures of it when I finish it. I hope that is sometime soon. It will have about 30 pictures of her from the time she was born (actually) and up to her 1 yr. old Birthday. I have enjoyed working on it in the crazy quilt style. It is pieced in 9 large 14" blocks out of all pastel silky fabrics. I have encrusted the seams and now will embellish a frame around each silk print of her when it is applied to the wall hanging. So I have a considerable amount of work to do yet. But what fun! Of course then a border and binding it too.
I have enjoyed playing an organ that I purchased at an estate sale. I had a similar one for years and it gave up about 3 years ago. I didn't realize how much I missed just playing it, until I began to see them for sale again. It is an older one, and not quite as versatile as my older one, but it is still enjoyable.
Sewing for eBay selling, cooking and cleaning (once in a while, ha!) keeps my life busy. I am on my medication for Alzheimer's and am told by my family and doctors that they can see a great change for the better since taking it from February until now. That is comforting. I don't feel I am lacking in any phase of my daily routines yet. Praise the Lord!
Until ................. the next post.
Carol
Monday, May 31, 2010
Well, the end of this Memorial weekend......
This has been a wonderful weekend for us. We have been right here in our comfortable home where we are so blessed. We thank the Lord daily for our shelter, food, and air conditioning! We can't ask for more.
This next one has oodles of color -- hope another lover of SW decor finds this one.
Hooray, it worked this time. Now if I can remember what I did! Ha.
Just one more. It is a lovely Winter scene. I had it sitting up against a stool in the living room for a few days until we got everything carried downstairs to take pictures etc. I continually noticed the colors and the depth I saw in it each time I looked at it. This is needlepoint A+++ as far as I'm concerned.
The other thing that was plentiful this past week was vintage hats! So I have several listed tonight. They seem to sell well. I don't know if they are worn, or just collected. But whatever, I enjoy the fact that others like what I do. Thanks for looking. We are listed on eBay as seller - Lindys*ltd - but remember I give you this to just enjoy what I do. Not as a sales tool. Thanks again, Carol
Sunday, April 25, 2010
The first picture on the last post ......
This is a picture of vintage hat veiling. I had acquired this through the years and thought I would use it on doll hats. But I just couldn't make it look right on the NEW straw forms I have to use, so I put it on eBay. It was very well received and sold for a good amount of money! To think I had it in my drawers in my sewing room for years! Now to dig out some more gems. Ha.
The other pictures are more hats and I won't bore you with more right now. But I have fixed over 60 hats and am presently adding a few each week to eBay. This week I also have listed some vintage aprons that I found at an estate sale. I will post a few pictures of those also. They are on eBay right now.
A NEW LOOK FOR MY BLOG & CONTENTS
Seems I never get to any of my beloved CQ work anymore. I stay so busy getting things ready to sell on eBay. This brings to mind I have something to reveal to all of you who read my blog. Since I haven't posted often, I don't think many do.
I have been diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease. I am in the early stages, but yes, the MRI showed the signs of why I have been pretty forgetful in the past few months. This all took place in November and December 09. In January I was put on Aricept medication. It has done a marvelous job! My husband and friends tell me that I am so much better than I was. Also, I was having lots of problems when I was on the computer (and with eBay sales that isn't good), well, now I am back on the beam at least most of the time!! I am very thankful for Aricept and my Doctors. My husband is so helpful and sweet to me. I know his encouragement is a big help also.
I am going to post a lot of pictures of things I have been making and selling on eBay. Since this diagnosis I am determined to really use up and clean out my sewing room. I want to do that before my girls have that job someday. It has paid off, as I started a shelf at a time. One shelf was all the hat forms for dolls that I had on hand. I have been decorating them and that will be what I have the most pictures of right now. I have plans for lots of the shelves -- Ha.
Friday, November 27, 2009
DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING 11/27/09
So long since I've even looked at my blog. Seems the time doesn't permit itself for me to even think of it. All my pictures are on my desk computer and I need to somehow move them to my laptop. ??
I want to start a new project for this winter to be able to pick up and work on when I have a few minutes. I'm still sewing most of the time on doll things for eBay, but it is a nice reprieve to have something ready to stitch that is CQ.
I am starting a new wall hanging of CQ. It is mostly Black and off white pieced blocks. Starting with 6 blocks that are 6" square. They will be heavily embroidered and beaded and then 2 or three rows of border of ruched materials and pleated trim. I will put pictures on my blog when it is a little farther down the line than it is now. Ha. I have made the 6 blocks and am beginning to embellish them. I think the one color I will add besides the black and off white is a dark teal blue. Oh, yes, some of the figured fabric in the blocks has gold in them. Not metallic, but a rich gold. My friend, Julie that has the Attic Heirlooms shop here in Wichita made a similar wall hanging to this, and I fell in love with it. It hangs in her shop and it is beautiful. I asked her if she was going to have a class with it being the thing to make, but she is not for now. She is quite busy since she reopened her shop in a more commercial section of town, but in an old area. So people are finding her now that didn't know she was in business before.
I will take pictures of the blocks and put them on next time. They will be more interesting with a little embellishment on them!
I have the t.v. on and am going to watch a movie or something and stitch. I turned on my laptop to find a stitch directory and looked at the email first. So now I'll get back to the stitches! The laptop has been such a boost for both of us as we have it up in our living room between our recliners and we can check out our eBay business more often now also.
I want to start a new project for this winter to be able to pick up and work on when I have a few minutes. I'm still sewing most of the time on doll things for eBay, but it is a nice reprieve to have something ready to stitch that is CQ.
I am starting a new wall hanging of CQ. It is mostly Black and off white pieced blocks. Starting with 6 blocks that are 6" square. They will be heavily embroidered and beaded and then 2 or three rows of border of ruched materials and pleated trim. I will put pictures on my blog when it is a little farther down the line than it is now. Ha. I have made the 6 blocks and am beginning to embellish them. I think the one color I will add besides the black and off white is a dark teal blue. Oh, yes, some of the figured fabric in the blocks has gold in them. Not metallic, but a rich gold. My friend, Julie that has the Attic Heirlooms shop here in Wichita made a similar wall hanging to this, and I fell in love with it. It hangs in her shop and it is beautiful. I asked her if she was going to have a class with it being the thing to make, but she is not for now. She is quite busy since she reopened her shop in a more commercial section of town, but in an old area. So people are finding her now that didn't know she was in business before.
I will take pictures of the blocks and put them on next time. They will be more interesting with a little embellishment on them!
I have the t.v. on and am going to watch a movie or something and stitch. I turned on my laptop to find a stitch directory and looked at the email first. So now I'll get back to the stitches! The laptop has been such a boost for both of us as we have it up in our living room between our recliners and we can check out our eBay business more often now also.
Friday, October 2, 2009
A little time spent on my blog
Well, I am happy to just take the time to work on my blog a little bit. I hope I can make the changes that I want to. I see so many blogs with such a lot on them, and it inspires me to work on mine. So, here goes............
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
VINTAGE 1/2 SLIP PICTURES
I want to show you all the vintage 1/2 slip I put on eBay this week. I have had this for years and always thought I would cut it up and make beautiful doll clothing out of it for antique dolls. Today, I decided to just put it on eBay and see if someone else wants it instead of me! The crocheting is just beautiful that is insertion and around the hem also. Not a break in it. The skirt does have some yellow stains like old things get.
Since we all like to 'find' things like this I wanted to share it with all of you. Not so much to sell it from putting it on my blog, but I think it is interesting to see things like this that are verified vintage. Thanks for looking!
Since we all like to 'find' things like this I wanted to share it with all of you. Not so much to sell it from putting it on my blog, but I think it is interesting to see things like this that are verified vintage. Thanks for looking!
More on needlebooks
As I said before, I rarely make just one of anything. So I made 3 more to give away or to sell on eBay. And as usual, the pictures are first above this explanation.
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