From Mr. G for Mother's Day.
A perennial which keeps on giving.
He loves to make up pots like this.
Yep, he's a keeper.
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
Monday, May 25, 2020
Memory Monday 114 ~ Thread Boxes
This belonged to my Mother.
As a child I played with it.
A LOT!
Can you tell?
One whole row is missing.
Other rows are broken.
I'm still fascinated with how the beautiful spools of thread
bow out to greet you.
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Then the other day,
one of my dear friends came by to
give me some sheets and other pieces of cloth
to possibly use to make masks.
She also gave me this!
An identical thread box with beautiful, wooden spools of colorful threads!
Notice how they were organized by color.
This is such a sweet gift.
Thank you Carole for the memories too.
Thursday, May 21, 2020
Thoughtful Thursday 167 ~ Wedding Dress Reminder
This week I adjusted a wedding dress for a friend.
It made me think of a great rule for a successful relationship.
The dress needed to be taken up a full inch on the shoulder.
At first glance, I thought that just can't work without
redesigning the neckline & armhole.
The lining was a stretch knit.
The lace was not stretch but was lacy enough it have some natural stretch.
So I pinned to see what it would do.
Stretching was going to distort too much,
but it caused the other side to gather a bit.
I tried a hand running stitch to see how it would gather.
It worked!
So by hand stitching slowly I guided the shoulders to work together.
The back softly gathered to fit the front.
It had me thinking how in a relationship
sometimes
someone
has to give a little.
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Think about it.
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