We really had quite the snowstorm this afternoon but tonight the wind has let up although we’re to get more snow tomorrow. I’ll be doing the same thing tomorrow as today – quilting.
I can tell you’re all getting bored with the needlework photos – I could be mistaken but I don’t think there was one posted comment today. I’m going to clear out as much from my library as I can before I start on the antique kids clothes.
My IPad makes it very difficult for me to go back and check on what photos have been posted so I apologize if I repeated any.
Now I’ll go clean up my photo library.
Love the cat saying. It is especially true for your cats Mary!!! 😉
I have enjoyed the samplers. I have rescued 3 from a thrift store. they are not framed as I don’t have room for them to hang on the wall. Couple of years ago I did find a beautiful crewel piece all framed. I paid 8.00 for it and it does hang in our guest bedroom. Love the cat poem. Miss our fur babies. We are expecting another snow storm this coming week.I have been doing some knitting.
Carolyn b Shenandoah Valley Va
all such beautiful work, love the last supper and I have done the “sewing room”
My eyes were drawn to the red work and the crocheted bedspread. I crocheted a similar bedspread in the 1970’s, pattern was from Workbasket magazine. Not many want that kind of thing now. I’m commuting to a quilt retreat this weekend. It was a good day today. I’m hoping the snow and wintry mix don’t keep me home tomorrow. It’s only 3.5 miles from my house to the retreat location.
Beryl – I’d say you’re really lucky to have the retreat that close to your house! What are you going to work on?
I’ve been working on a group project. Several of us are using the pattern from Quilted Joy in Louisville; it’s called Petal Party. I also have a bunch of neutrals I’m thinking of making several log cabin blocks for a background on an applique piece.
I have loved the embroidery/cross stitch show. Reminds me of my past and things cherished. I always wanted to learn to stitch, even when I was very young. My grandma taught me to knit at age eleven. And did crochet too. I can appreciate anything handmade. Grateful to a mom who encouraged her crafty daughters.
Bracing for rain turning to snow tonight.
We’re under a boil advisory. How i learned that is beyond me as I don’t follow the news! Nobody decided to tell me. Just came across it in my internet browsing.
The red and white stitchery is adorable, love things that are 2 colors. So much talent in this group. We are traveling so I get things read but don’t comment much for now. Stopped at a great quilt shop in Florida, A and E pharmacy. I did find a few pieces to bring home, no plans for them but I needed them to round out my textile collection. Haha
Mary, It is not boring at all. I am enjoying all the needlework and vintage clothing. I am amazed that there is so much to share by the blog readers. I’ve done some counted cross stitch in the early 1990’s but that is it for me on needlework. No heirlooms passed down within my family either. BTW: We are getting more snow this weekend . . . it has been snowing almost all day today. We will get more on Sunday and Monday. If it isn’t a snow storm coming through then it’ll be lake-effect snow. Just happy we had two days of some sunshine this past week. Janice Traverse City area.
I never get tired of seeing any of the pictures you use in the blog. Seeing what people have made is always so inspiring. Right now I’m trying to remember the sampler you had a posting back. It seems it was dated 1826, but my mind needs refreshing. It was amazing.
I’ve never seen needlework picturing a Hoosier cabinet. Love it. I have a Hoosier that I dearly love and have many happy memories of it sitting in the farm kitchen.
Maybe 2 or 3 postings back looked like an Eva Rosenstand crewel. Am I right?
Jo, did you ever find out why they quit your jail sewing classes? Maybe some guy took one look at the rotary cutter or the scissors and freaked out they could be used? If they looked around the house and kitchen there are a lot of things that have very practical uses which could be turned into weapons? Like a cast iron frying pan? Your ladies have to be missing you, too. You are probably the only person in some of their lives who stops to listen to them and help them learn new, productive things like making quilts.
Several years ago when AIM was raising heck, many people got guns to protect themselves. We didn’t bother with that, but Frank joked he was going to register my mouth as a lethal weapon.
Take care everybody. The below zero stuff hasn’t given up yet and snow and slippery streets are a good reason for us old ladies to stay inside and quilt.
Be careful, Betty in Rapid City
Betty – I laughed out loud when you said Frank wanted to register your mouth as a lethal weapon. Oh, too funny!
I think they got a new deputy that did the head count one day and the scissors spooked him.
I sent sealed puzzles, color books, playing cards, games. They wouldn’t let them have those either.
Sad.
Jo – wish we all had some pull with that deputy – I can’t imagine how your girls must be missing you. Can you just visit them? We couldn’t write to the office, could we? To defend your program?
I love all the handwork you have been showing. I am actually quite envious of those who create all those tiny stitches. Many of them seem to be “vintage” or heirlooms. I also appreciate those whose frame and display them. They are all fabulous.
More snow coming tonight, all day tomorrow, through til Monday AM. Guess that will mean some sewing time in between snow removal. I do ours and two elderly neighbors’ drives and walks. Plenty of exercise which is a very good thing.
I’ve been enjoying a marveling at all the handwork readers have sent in! Not boring at all! It’s a quiet day here in SW Minnesota, lots of sports events for my husband, Larry to watch today. I will do more sewing. The beautiful projects have been beyond fantastic. I never had time to do any cross-stitch, too busy taking care of children and the life of a farmers wife on the farm, doing chores, taking care of calves and all that, so this is why I am amazed at the handwork. Thank you, Mary for showing us what beautiful and memorable projects…all completed too! We were lucky enough yesterday to go to breakfast with our daughter and grandsons, then we went to supper with our son, his wife and our granddaughter to celebrate each of them on Valentine’s Day!
Mary, the needlework is exquisite! Never boring. None of your posts are boring.
It’s cold and snowing today, so I decided to organize my charm packs, jelly rolls and layer cakes into one spot instead of drawers, piles, and bags everywhere. Oh my! I’m finding some incredible fabric. If the dust, lint and light wasn’t so bad on the fabrics, I’d have open shelves so I could see everything. No more “out of sight, out of mind”. I thought I was better organized. My sisters will either have a blast or heart attack when I’m gone! As long as the sun stays up, I’m having a good time.
Jo – there’s something very satisfying about organizing those precuts. It’s the planning in your head when you handle each one.
I so enjoy your blog, Mary. I have enjoyed the needlework photos, and I just keep thinking how many hours of work goes into each piece. No one who doesn’t do needlework or sew or quilt can appreciate the time and effort in each craft NOR the cost of materials, especially now.
The samplers/embroidery/cross-stitching posts and pictures have been thoroughly enjoyable. I love seeing how so many of the pieces feature cozy little houses. It’s also fun to recognize favorite pattern designs, such as a couple I thought looked like Jeremiah Junction patterns I used to stitch. All in all, the parade of pictures has, and continues to be, WONDERFUL.
Not bored – I’ve enjoyed seeing the photos of needlework! I’ve just been busy this week and consumed with other “stuff”. I’m hoping to get back to “normal” soon, whatever that is…. 🙂
I did buy a few 1/2 yards of fabric last week to go with some charm packs I have – we have ice and snow today, rain that may result in flooding tomorrow, and really chilly temps starting Monday. I think this will be a good time to start that project!
Sorry haven’t kept up on communicating. I enjoyed the needlework that’s posted. Love the animals also. We are to get snow on 16th, right now rain. I’m working EEP getting material on hexies. Continous hexie top. Working on dark reds neutral between rounds. Don 2 mini hexie quilts not quilted yet. Fun!
Really enjoy the needlework. On my way to granddaughters show choir competition w/ cross stitch in my bag. There is lots of down time between performances. Got my neck light charged🤣
Rain in SW Ohio all day.
All the handwork has been great to see and admire. High points for me these last few weeks – the more gentle bedtime prayer for children; the reflection from the lady, whose mother recently passed, always saying “motion is lotion” (I’m taking that to heart); and the loving hands doing all this needlework over the years leaving a legacy of beauty for us to enjoy. Little did they know their talents would be on the internet for many more to see beyond their home.
Thanks, Mary, for your blog.
Jan
Have so enjoyed all the beautiful Needle Work – its amazing how talented so many people are
and sure make you want to get busy and accomplish something with those kits and things waiting
around the corner… Thank you for taking the time to share these with all of us…. Kinda give you
the kick to do some of those many things we all have waiting in line to do… So who knows maybe
I will get busy and get something done that just enjoyable and not work.. lol
Thank you for all the wonderful things you share sure helps us get busy with what we already have
and once we look around decide we really do not need this or that as we already have plenty..
May your day be a good one and do some things that just bring a smile to your face…
Thank You..
I loved … it is better to feed one cat than many mice…!!! As a farm woman I understand this..ha ha!
I made the last supper embroidery picture when I was a teenager, that was over 50years ago. Gave it to my mother. It came back to me when she died.
I have enjoyed the samplers. I have many cross stitch pieces in a box in the basement, but have tired of them. Just like everything else – cross stitch is coming back, but I will stick to my quilting. Afraid my eye sight is not what it used to be.
It flurried yesterday, but no measurable snow. Sounds like you may get a lot today.
Today my small group cancelled due to expected ice and snow. Sad…
I got 4 donation quilts finished this week. I’ve been really trying to clear out some tops and some fabric that I don’t like. I have made a teeny tiny dent. lol…
My granddaughter is 4 this Wednesday, good reason for celebration. 4 is so much fun!!
After reading comments, it looks like we are enjoying the needlework pictures. We all can appreciate the hours of work going into the projects.
the photos are great today. will be enjoying more. reading about the snow you are getting. temps for the weekend are in the mid 80s, with 68-78 by mid week. my sis is flying in on wednesday from cold texas. she will be here a week. still having problem with concentration and comprehending. frustrating but i know that this too shall pass. one of the ladies in my ‘angels’ group has reached out and started a card shower over here. my mailmail should love me. he could call it job security. the cat is checking on me so i’ll go. more later. patti in florida
Patti, So nice to see a comment from you. You sound stronger so, hopefully you feel stronger too. A visit from your sister will be good medicine. Sounds like your Angel group is really missing you… just like the rest of us who wish you well.
I love the needlework photos. The crochet & hardanger pieces were beautiful & the samplers are fun. I enjoy reading all of the sayings. All of the wonderful handmade baby clothes that I have saved now live up in an attic loft space which requires al big ladder to access. As the years go by I am much more reluctant to do the climb. The plant saying really hit home as my house in filled with plants in the winter & I have finally kicked the one more plant bug!
I like the way a lot of us ventured off to counted cross stitch, embroidered linens, tatting and crocheted doilies and table cloths, all of which I love and admire. All that work! It’s almost sad to see it in antique stores for sale, someone put a lot of time and love into making it beautiful and there’s no family to keep passing it on, just sell it. Old family photos are the same, way to many family members for sell in shops. If you start posting family photos I will really need to go to my mobile store and have them help me with email from my phone, I have a couple of old family photos to share and Nancy has many more.
We are expecting 6-10 inches of snow before Sunday evening – good for skiers and the plowing people, bad for my long, long driveway and sidewalk!
Linda – I don’t plan on doing ancestor pictures – or grandchildren
I am still enjoying the hand work! So many talented stitchers. There is just not a lot to say about them and so we seem bored…..yes I am kind of bored with the cold weather !!🥶❄️ and I have a boring book! To top it all! Maybe I should get out a picture puzzle!
My dear cleaning lady was here. I told you she is a granddaughter of our dear neighbor, right? So it is always catch-up time too. She told me my house was her third!! House that day and when she finished our house she had hair salon hours from 5-9 p.m. Oh to have that much energy! She is not boring! Love her!!
Yesterday I made greeting cards and finally got cards off to our ladies! Bette late than never! Today I will continue making more cards for my supply. I watch some utube while I stamp. I enjoy ‘Montana Haven’. They are a family that was living in Alaska and sold their log home and are back in Montana near their family. They hunt and fish and butcher their own meat. They went wild hog hunting in Texas and butchered the wild hog! I am not a fan of eating wild animals….am I alone? I do love fish tho! The scenery in Alaska and Montana is fabulous! I also watch GE Designs with Gudrun. She uses her stripology ruler. Love
it. Take care!
My husband is an avid hunter and we eat whitetail, antelope, bear, mule deer and feral hog. Many don’t understand that the $ paid by hunters funds conservation efforts in each state, while the licenses are issued to control populations of animals that are growing too fast for available forage. Here in MI we are seeing groups of whitetail, up to 50 at a time, something we couldn’t have imagined a decade ago. And they issue more licenses so there will be less car/deer crashes & dead deer lying in or beside the road. I prefer a clean, quick kill by a hunter to starvation and slow death by vehicle. And we don’t buy meat, other than fish and occasionally, chicken.
I have really enjoyed seeing the many samplers anf other handwork! I have many more than I’ve shared set aside – table runners, pillowcases, dresser scarves, doilies, etc. plus vintage tablecloths which I love. I buy to make quilts or decorate clothing but find it hard to cut into them.
Love the cat poem. So true!
I’m still loving the samplers too. Such beautiful work. My Grandmother did lots of crochet work. I have a table cloth and 2 bedspreads that she made. i don’t use them as they are quite delicate. I remember that she used to put a solid color thin bedspread on her beds with the crocheted one over it. The color would show through the open work. Very pretty.
I don’t want the sampler show to end! Loved the cat poem, so true. Every day I’ve loved the pictures of everyone’s handiwork even if I didn’t comment. The bedspread today was awesome. It was so beautiful. Stay warm everybody.
That last poem about the cat really hit home as I had just walked into the living room to get my iPad to read the column and there was the cat curled up on my coat which had slipped to the floor. Anywhere indeed including usually a my cutting and working table in my sewing room. As noted by others, I have not gotten bored by all the wonderful needlework. I have been amazed by the numbers of pieces , the quality of all of it and by all the wonderful variations on similar themes. And there have been several I’ve not seen before- the day is not complete until thread and needle …” that I love and want to make myself. Our snow and sleet starts this afternoon, then a short break before another big storm the middle of the coming week. I am so done with snow! Karen in MD
I so enjoy seeing the needlework pictures! Some have sentiments I’ve never read before. Those with scriptures or wise words were so uplifting or convicting to read. I need about a million of them on my walls to keep me in line!
The snow is beautiful coming down, but I know it can be treacherous to drive on. We had snow here on the valley floor, which doesn’t happen often, so I got a taste of the Illinois snow I miss.
Keep the pictures coming!
I think with the amount of pictures we were privileged to view on this blog, shows we all have plenty of samplers, needlework, etc we’ve saved. That’s a good thing. I felt like I was walking around a museum each time I looked at your blog post.
Church tomorrow has already been moved to zoom so no one has to risk snow and ice in the morning. The choir had planned to sing Day by Day so that’s all I miss by doing zoom unless they go in this morning to church and prerecord it.
Not tired of the samplers! Just had alot of running before our heavy rains predicted for all day tomorrow. Flood warnings too. I plan to be in my sewing room tomorrow. The snow looks beautiful.
I have been enjoying all the samplers your readers have shared. I have never seen a Lord’s Supper sampler – very nice.
The cat poem at the end is so true. Cats make themselves comfortable wherever they please and they always look so cozy.
I’ve been rounding up my dad’s clothes for your vintage kids clothes event. My dad was born in 1923 so these clothes are over 100 years old. When my grandma passed away, I just couldn’t bear to get rid of these clothes knowing they belonged to my dad. I have pictures of my dad in these clothes too so I’ll include a couple of those.
I hope everyone had a nice Valentine’s Day.
I have been enjoying all the samplers. Today I especially liked the cat poem you added even though it isn’t a sampler. Miss having cats.
not bored at all. more like thinking the remarks from here oooh and ahhh might be boring comments. You have some truly talented readers. My paternal grandmother crocheted so many gorgeous items and one of them is in special glassed box/frame created by my husband. it is a beautiful dress created for my daughters birthday. The beautiful large tablecloth has been passed onto my daughter. All the sweaters we handed down to nieces and nephews did what they were intended to —kept them warm
I have thoroughly enjoyed the cross-stitch, crochet, needle point, and hardanger pieces that people have shared. It’s wonderful seeing all the talent!
The crocheted table cloth is wonderful. I am intrigued by the bedspread photo by the same person. Is it knit, crocheted, or commercially made. It too is beautiful. I’ve never seen anything like it. I have enjoyed all the samplers that have been posted. A project that I have always intended to do, but the years have flown by and I never did get one done. Another reason I have enjoyed seeing the ones posted by everyone else. The cat on the stool and the poem were very true to life.
Thanks to everyone who shared photos with us.
And.Mary, can’t wait to see the Star quilt finished. It is stunning. Sending special prayers to Patti in Fla. Jeanne f in Co
thank you jeanne. i have jut now got back on line. am starting here so will be disjointed. want to read some before i start writing. i am still getting cards which i appreciate so much. still no news on treatment yet. hugs to all, stitch for me please. patti in florida
I was glad to see you in comments today. I hope you are much better.
The table covering and bed covering are both hand crocheted. In that day and age, tv wasn’t available
and girls/ladies did hand work in the evenings. My mother made both projects and know the table
covering was during mid 1940’s and bed covering prior to that. She later learned to knit and made many
items.
Jo the tablecloth looks to be crocheted! My grandmother crocheted! I have doilies she made, and she crocheted a grant square afghan for my mother which my daughter has. I will send Mary a photo of her doilies and I have a beautiful crochet taped afghan that a friend made for me. It is so beautiful!
The needlework is lovely, as always; and it is so beautifully framed !I took mine apart to wash and put it away. Way back when, I didn’t put anything behind glass, big mistake.
I, too, love the red framed embroidery, so sweet.
I have always enjoyed watching cats sleep; the cat poem is spot on.
We had snow this afternoon, after which it rained. Sounds like a mess, so we are staying in the next two days.
Take Care/Stay Warm, 🥰
Mary – It’s still a little cold here. Had snow yesterday. None today. It can snow – but in the mountains is fine with me.
I’ve enjoyed all the needlework photos. Today I loved the Cats by Eleanor Farjeon. So true!
I’m having a couple of “ice teas” this evening. It’s been a long day so I’ll tie this up and thank you again for the blog about nothing.
Take care everyone!
I haven’t commented for a while but I have truly enjoyed seeing all the photos of the needle work. I hope you get lots of quilting done. We will be enjoying Florida weather for a few weeks. Stay warm.
I don’t feel that way about plants, but fabric, now that’s a different story! Haha
Yes, Sara, same here!! I do love plants, but am able to exercise restraint when shopping for one. Not so with fabric!!
All the handwork is so interesting. So much talent.
We are getting a warm front this weekend and I am glad. I don’t like the ice I’ve had to be careful around if I go out. Have a great weekend everyone.
Love the little red work embroidery. We also finally had snow in SW Colorado. I’m going to stick at home Sat. also. Roads will be busy with skiers going to the mtns.