quilted goodness

I have some more vintage quilted goodies to show you

the first one is from the blue and white Ohio Star quilt I used for the little heart ornaments

it's a tree topper star to replace the Barbie-esque angel from China:

and with a mint green and white pinwheel quilt 

(which is in pretty good shape except for one edge which I had to cut off)

I made these embroidery hoop ornaments:

(the ornaments are in my Etsy shop Christmas section)

I'm off to go make Christmas cookies today

it's a real production

I'll show you some Yummy Goodness tomorrow 

:)

mend and make do

(I took these pictures yesterday 

it was a sunny day believe it or not!

winter light is tricky at best)

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a stack of teabag papers

and you know me well - to know it is one of my favorite things

just one of the things I love:

stitching on them

this was a whitework embroidery vanity cloth of my grandmothers

unfortunately, there were many tears and stains 

but they mend beautifully with teabag paper patches and sashiko stitching

they were stashed in a stack of old mending ...

... now they are individual wall hangings

(on Etsy)

do you like my hat?

here is another piece I have been struggling with for a few days

(what is up with that anyway?)

 I have some old tintypes that were my great great aunt's

they're round and edged in brass

on the back it says pocket gems

I think they were pocket sized mementos of friendship

do you like my hat?

( go  dog  go )

I was struggling with what to do with the empty space in the bottom half of the thing

then I thought of hydrangeas

... it came to me in the middle of the night ...

yes, my best ideas come when I am sleeping

but how to add hydrangeas?

... beeswax (I dreamed) ...

bees have the answer to so many of life's perplexing questions

(listed on etsy here)

spring banners

 I finished my project

- that's always a good feeling!

spring banners

stamped using my own carved stamps

tea bag papers

vintage book pages

watercolor paint

machine stitched

strung on sisal twine

only $18

(a shameless plug)

treasure

my aunt sent me a package of family treasure

all of it dated from 1908-1911

my great grandmother and her sisters had a traveling vaudeville act

"Witt's Four Girls from Melody Lane"

I think this is some of their fan mail

:)