i have …
Nov
2012
2012
12
:: four imagination tickling fat quarters … mmmm …
:: divinely beautiful, hand cross stitched pieces of embroidery from the oppie
:: along with a sweet doily demurely requesting that it be added to a tote as a name tag
:: and a funny little mouli, also from the oppie, for cutting herbs
:: the hugest ball jars for brewing summery limoncello with Mum’s lemons
:: a vintage blue ball jar .. sigh …
:: and a hard rubbish thrifted bedhead – too pretty to be left in the rain – but what to do!?
So much loveliness!
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It all looks divine. Why would anyone part with that cross-stitch? I would make it into a seat.
Nothing like that at our oppies.
Blessings Gail
trust me! few and far between here too! But it was at one of the best – the Sacred Heart Mission in Windsor – it’s the flagship store for the Mission and has the loveliest old furniture and bits and bobs. But without doubt, these cross stitches are the most amazing embroidery find ever. There were also about 8 finished tapestries that hadn’t been framed or sewn into cushions – I bet they were from the same lady. It makes me a wee bit sad to think of a lovely woman, devoting hours to her needlework – and doing a beautiful job – and then her work being discarded in that way. I guess at least they offer them for sale instead of just throwing them away :sigh:
They would be lovely seats in old chairs wouldn’t they .. hmmm … hard rubbish perhaps?
Very interesting! I love the needlework and the bed head.
Thankyou! Isn’t the bedhead sweet?! I’m wondering whether we could build some kind of chair with it as the back – a super wide, comfy chair with lovely cushions. I did think of sticking it in the garden but it would just rot. The needlework is truly beautiful isn’t it. Immaculate too!
I think the bed head would go beautifully in the garden. Possibly splint it to something a little more robust (i.e treated timber), for the stakes drape with a little chicken mesh, and then plant rambling sweet peas all around. I have sweet peas on the brain at the moment.
That is what I thought! I hadn’t considered your clever stabilising suggestions – but I was thinking – this could be really cute with sweet peas (which are my all time favourite garden flower) or regular peas. The romantic in me, says oh but the poor bedhead will rot. The sensible in me says – it’s already terribly weatherbeaten! Hmmmm … will see which side wins out. Yours should – its the most practical and I need another seat like a hole in the head!