SterlingWinterset

Happy Birthday Lori!

2012-01-13T09:38:00.003-06:00

Happy Birthday to my dear friend since Jr High School! I won't say how long ago that has been. Hope you have a great day!

Happy New Year!

2011-12-30T08:10:00.001-06:00

Here's my finished chenille Scottie dog pillows...my nieces loved them.

Merry Christmas to all!

2011-12-18T15:09:00.000-06:00

Felt penguins & Scottie dog pillows

2011-12-17T08:52:00.004-06:00

I made several felt penguin ornaments as gifts and also making chenille Scottie dog pillows. They are cute!

Another neat idea

2011-12-04T16:49:00.004-06:00

I think is a beautiful idea, take the doors off the armoire....I can see using this for craft and fabric supplies. This piece is from paintmewhite.com...she has some beautiful projects.

Neat idea!

2011-11-28T19:16:00.002-06:00

I just had to share this photo. Cut the legs off sideboard or dresser etc, and add cushion to make a seat. What a great idea!

Great Thanksgiving

2011-11-25T13:37:00.002-06:00

We had a great Thanksgiving at my mom's house. She has improved greatly since her fall in Sept that resulted in fractures. My sister did most of the cooking and it was delicious. Hubby and I are enjoying the left overs today. Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving as well!

Nifty website

2011-11-13T19:49:00.002-06:00

Here's a nice website I ran across...If you're like me you're always looking for new ideas. And they have catagories for different crafts. I'm not attached to this website or get reimbursed in any way, just wanted to pass it along. Enjoy.
http://craftgossip.com/

Happy Halloween!

2011-10-28T09:45:00.006-06:00

I entered this Barbie doll in the sewn doll clothes division at the fair, but she didn't win at all! She was my favorite entry, I even made her a little black cat.

The fair opened

2011-10-01T05:39:00.008-06:00

I got my fair entry results and was pleased with most of the wins. My pink Scottie dog got a blue, the sewn Barbie cape and pants got a blue, my blue doily got a blue, the small white doily got a blue, Snow bunny got a red, and the white crochet Barbie dress got a blue! I will post some more photos later AND show what didn't win a thing...LOL!

Fair entries

2011-09-29T17:49:00.005-06:00

Here's one of my fair entries, for the crochet animal or toy category. I found this Snow Bunny pattern for free on Ravelry. I added a fluffy pom pom for the tail, a little pink chalk inside the ears and on the cheeks, and I added a little green basket for it to sit in. Turned in my entries on Wed and should find out Frinday how I did! (Mom is doing much better since her fall, although she still is in bed most of the day, it will take some time for the fractures to heal.)

Mom

2011-09-23T18:02:00.002-06:00

Mom took a fall at home Sept 13 and has a couple of pelvic fractures. She was in the hospital a week and now my sister and I are taking care of her at her home. Hopefully she will be able to regain her mobility, but it is a struggle. Anyway, I don't have much time for blogging for a while!

Not a success...

2011-08-24T17:09:00.006-06:00

I'm entering a catagory in our local fair for doll clothes and I wanted some pretty shoes for a Barbie doll. I don't want to pay a fortune for the shoes and I don't like the plastic ones I have so I attempted to make shoes....but I wasn't successful. Barbie's foot is so darn small and she has no toes to speak of, and the shoes won't fit. And they don't look so good anyway. Oh well, I tried!

Still here!

2011-08-22T16:39:00.001-06:00

I am still here....I am feverishly trying to finish projects for our local fair......

Finished!

2011-07-28T18:15:00.003-06:00

I finally finished this table hotpad (this photo was taken before the final black edging was added).

Happy 4th of July!

2011-07-02T07:20:00.005-06:00

I've started a new project (even though I have several others in the works!), this table hot pad is from the Leisure Arts book I found at Dollar Tree. It has a back so it is thick, and the book shows other uses like the pillow shown.

Good Deals!

2011-06-24T16:19:00.011-06:00

These old ads show some of the dishes I found at Goodwill by the pound. I love these old style dishes.

I love to go to Goodwill by the pound, and glassware is on special 39 cents a pound. My big find of the day were 15 pieces of the china pattern we have, Mikasa French Countryside for $6.50!

I also found 2 old crochet doily books for about 20 cents each.......

The two sweet little saucers on the left are unmarked, but the pink saucers are Pink Radiance pattern by Homer Laughlin...these four cost 59 cents.....I don't know what I am going to do with them but I had to "save them" from an unknown fate!

This plate is "Ever Yours" Boutonniere by Taylor-Smith-Taylor.....and the 4 cups and saucers are "Golden Wheat" pattern. Golden Wheat dishes were given away in laundry detergent boxes, the Duz brand shown in the old ad earlier. No maker is shown but it is strongly thought that it was made by Homer Laughlin company. .....The plate and cups and saucers were $1.95.
This cute bowl is Zrike Everyday, Spring Blush pattern only 25 cents!
I have to stop going to Goodwill, I've run out of space!

Have you seen this?

2011-06-22T15:58:00.010-06:00

I found this neat potholder pattern on ravelry...it is very functional and the technique or stitch makes it so thick you don't have to make two layers. The free pattern is on= blogs.the tucker.com, under her crochet section. And look at the crochet book I found at Dollar Tree! I have been admiring these patterns online. They are large hotpads or just for decoration, very unusual patterns.

Doily

2011-06-08T12:49:00.002-06:00

I finished this doily, need to block. The color is actually a pretty light blue. I'm still looking for the perfect pattern to enter in the fair this year. I have more to post, trying to catch up because I was without a computer for so long! This pattern was from Crochet Decorative Magazine #43, by Gisela Maier, don't know the year. Used Cebelia #20 Sea Mist Blue and a #10 hook.

Computer woes!

2011-05-14T12:28:00.002-06:00

The computer was healed for only a little while, so I am using mom's to post this. I guess I'm in the market for a new puter....yuk! Anyway, I'm still here, just can't post very often......

Spendid day

2011-04-15T17:40:00.008-06:00

We visited a pretty park near us today. It is fairly new and they plan to expand and add a Japanese garden and much more. The weather was so nice today, hope you enjoy these pictures!

Crochet

2011-04-09T12:15:00.004-06:00

I blocked the small Vanity Fair doily a little more, it's from Hand Crochet by Royal Society Book No. 1 1943. It's a fun pattern and I think I will do the large one also. Started a new project..by Gisela Maier in Crochet Decorative Magazine #43. It's an older magazine. The Cebelia #20 thread is a prettier baby blue than it shows in the picture.

Finished one, started another

2011-03-26T08:27:00.004-06:00

I finished the "World of Contrasts" doily, just need to block some more. And started a fun doily, Vanity Fair No. 1-46 from Royal Society Book No. 1 1943. Using Cebelia # 30 and a steel hook #10.

It's fixed!

2011-03-26T04:59:00.000-06:00

Hope to get some new photos posted soon.....

I miss my computer!

2011-03-14T16:20:00.002-06:00

I still don't have my computer back, so I'm posting from Mom's computer....no fun!

Computer woes

2011-02-21T15:15:00.001-06:00

My computer is down so I won't post for a while, using Mom's computer to post this message. How I wish I were a computer genius so I could repair it myself!

Happy Valentine's Day!

2011-02-13T13:45:00.002-06:00

Hope everyone has a "Sweet" Valentine's Day!

Crochet shawl

2011-02-07T16:39:00.004-06:00

I finished a shawl for mom, I hadn't mentioned it earlier because it was a surprise. I used free pattern from ravelry...."All Season Shawl" by Priscilla Hewitt. I made it shorter than the pattern called for, and changed the border trim to a simpler shell. It's made with Lion Brand Wool-Ease in Wood color.

Slow going and new crochet stitch

2011-02-05T08:32:00.003-06:00

I've made a little progress on the doily, the triples are killing my hands and I don't do triples that well...the doily isn't blocked yet of course, but I will eventually finish it!. I found a new to me crochet stitch I've been practicing...Crocodile stitch, or dragon stitch. Each row layers over the previous row. You can line the stitches up like mine, or you can stagger the stitches. Here's a nice tutorial from yarn muse....

http://yarn-muse.blogspot.com/2011/01/crocodile-stitch.html

New Projects and bargains

2011-01-08T10:53:00.005-06:00

I found some Christmas mark downs at Michael's Arts & Crafts....these blank notecards, 8 cards and envelopes per pack for 40 cents each. They have knitting on the front. I thought they would be perfect to hold crochet snowflakes in for next year as gifts. The little scottie dogs are stick on rhinestones, 40 cents each too. I really like scottie dog patterns since I did the Christmas felt ornament. I even found a scottie dog crochet hot pad pattern I will show when I finish....too cute! I started another doily..."World of Contrasts" by Glendola Hodges. Found in an old Decorative Crochet Magazine #17. Using #20 thread and #9 hook.

Happy New Year!

2011-01-01T06:03:00.002-06:00

Merry Peaceful Christmas to You!

2010-12-24T13:08:00.002-06:00

Almost Christmas

2010-12-18T17:09:00.002-06:00

New project Christmas ornament

2010-12-03T09:19:00.007-06:00

You may remember last year's felt ornaments were the ice skates with the paper clips for the blades. This year I'm making the felt Scottie dogs from a pattern on allsorts website

http://allsorts.typepad.com/allsorts/2010/12/a-day-of-beginnings.html. You can make them so they stand up or make them flat like the white one. I think they're cute!

Finished project

2010-11-27T11:19:00.003-06:00

I finished this doily and although it is pretty, I had trouble getting it to lay flat. So it did not block as even as I like. But it is still nice....

A late Happy Thanksgiving!

2010-11-27T09:37:00.003-06:00

Saturday Evening Post cover 1947. Hope your turkey turned out better than this lady's!

New Projects

2010-11-10T10:40:00.004-06:00

At first I didn't feel much like crocheting when I got home from surgery, but better now and have a couple of projects., one finished, one in progress. I have a few more days out of work so I hope to starts some more things for Christmas. Time is really getting away from me this year. This scarf is a free pattern on ravelry, Ribbed Scarf by C.L. Halvorson. I had limited amount of yarn so made this a skinny scarf. Would have liked a thicker fringe though. The doily is from Magic Crochet magazine, Dec 1990 No. 69. Pattern named "In The Pink" by Chantal Chevallier.

Boo!

2010-10-30T09:05:00.003-06:00

Happy Halloween!

Frogged!

2010-10-26T17:44:00.003-06:00

I started the Seraphina shawl, which is quite a popular free pattern on ravelry. I crocheted through row 11, but I don't understand the sequence rows. I joined the Seraphina shawl group on ravelry and they have a lot of tips and suggestions but I just couldn't get it for some reason so I frogged it. I'm having surgery next week and maybe after that is off my mind I can focus better. I really like this yarn (Caron Simply Soft Shadows in colorway Mardi Grey). I think I will use it for a scarf.

The fair is over

2010-10-12T16:18:00.003-06:00

The fair is over and I was happily surprised at the results. This is second year I've ever entered anything. My doily won a blue ribbon and Judges Choice purple ribbon. I was shocked! More later......

Fair days!

2010-10-02T17:17:00.003-06:00

It was a beautiful day for the fair Friday...my handmade tissue flowers won a second place red ribbon, pretty cool. More pictures later and my other news.

Time for the Fair!

2010-09-29T16:35:00.006-06:00

Today was the day to turn in entries for the fair. It was fun to see the entries so far. The quilts had been turned in earlier and already judged. I entered several things this year. One entry was for handmade flowers. I made these flowers from tissue paper. Remember the silver teapot I got at Goodwill for 90 cents? I used it as a vase for the arrangement. I'm not sure what day we will go to the fair after the judging, but I will post more pictures. Really seems like fall when the fair comes to town!

Liberty Antiques Festival, Liberty NC

2010-09-25T10:59:00.005-06:00

We went to Liberty Antiques Festival yesterday. I haven't been well lately and I just didn't have the stamina to stay very long. It was over 90 degrees yesterday and I just couldn't take it. I did manage to snap a few photos of linens, Christmas things, hats and jewelry. I usually look for unusual pot holders or old crochet books but I didn't get to all the booths. They hold this event in spring and fall, so maybe next year I'll be able to make it.

Doris Day

2010-09-16T15:38:00.002-06:00

I wish I looked this elegant while I am crocheting or knitting!

New crochet project

2010-09-02T08:45:00.003-06:00

I love this Japanese crochet pattern....I am going to put this on a note card. There are several other small trims I am going to attempt and will post those later. I used a #10 steel hook and Cebelia #20 in Sea Mist Blue. I think this pattern would make a nice towel trim or pillow case trim also.

Crochet projects

2010-08-13T09:09:00.007-06:00

I'm making another petals potholder. The pattern says to make the front and back the same, but I think that is too thick. So I make the back of the potholder flat. The back is what I'm finishing now. This is a vintage pattern called "Pretty Petals Potholder" #9378 from "The Complete Book of Crochet", The Spool Cotton Company....1946 pattern. I am also still working on the daisy doily but keep getting distracted by other projects...LOL!

Yard sale and Goodwill finds

2010-07-24T12:58:00.006-06:00

I found this vase at Goodwill for 90 cents! Here it is beside the princess phone I bought recently (50 cents!) to show you how big the vase is. Replacements.com sells this for about $50.00! It is Victorian Garden design by Georges Briard and the piece is called a small cachepot.
I also bought this Reed and Barton silver teapot at Goodwill for 90 cents. It was missing the lid and pretty beat up...but I can shine it up and use it with Christmas decorations.

I bought this gravy boat for 50 cents at a yard sale. It has no markings on the bottom but it reminds me of dime store dishes or dishes that came in big boxes of laundry detergent. Does anyone recognize this pattern? I've got to stop going to yard sales and Goodwill ...I am running out of space!

Yard sale doily

2010-07-16T09:27:00.001-06:00

I washed my five cent yard sale doily and it is now fairly clean, couple of spots still dark. But I think it is sweet....that's a quarter beside it to show you how small it is!

Grandma made this

2010-07-14T12:55:00.005-06:00

I just wanted to show you something my Grandma Briggs made for me in the late 1970's. I saw this crochet poncho in a magazine (unfortunately I didn't save the magazine or pattern) and I bought the supplies and my Grandmother made it for me. The butterfly is on the back of the poncho too! I had it hanging on the wall for a while, just to enjoy it. She did a great job. She passed away in 1992. She never would have dreamed her crochet work would one day be on the internet!

Yard sale finds

2010-07-10T14:00:00.007-06:00

Three dollars bought me this assortment of knitting needles...13 matched sets and a few no matches and a stitch counter.

This little doily needed a home, it is dirty and stained, but I hope it will clean up well. I wish I could have gotten a better picture, the thread is so fine. Almost like sewing thread, and it is like Irish crochet with the leaf motif and roses. Ony cost five cents!

But here is my favorite find for today...a Princess phone! And it still works too. I must be in my second childhood but I counldn't pass it up for only 50 cents!

Here's an old Princess phone ad....very retro!

Works in progress

2010-07-07T09:41:00.008-06:00

Anybody else like me, have several projects going at one time. I start one and see another and can't wait to start it...sooo it takes me a while to finish things LOL! I wasn't sure I would like this doily at first, but I think the background under the doily in the magazine picture takes away from how pretty it is. I think the doily will look fine on a white background.
This is the page from the magazine Magic Crochet, June 1987, No. 48.

I'm still working on the crochet hanky trim, hope I have enough thread.

This is a crochet pillow top, I am using pink satin for the pillow instead of green like in the magazine. It's another pattern from Magic Crochet magazine, August 1987, No. 49.

Remember when I said I had never done charted crochet? I really like it now, even though I still have some things to learn.

Happy 4th of July!

2010-07-04T12:22:00.002-06:00

Hope you have a safe and fun 4th of July!

Current project

2010-06-25T17:44:00.003-06:00

I am trying a new project, crocheting a trim on a linen hanky. I am using a vintage crochet edging pattern , it has another row after this one, that has a picot trim. I am using DMC Coton Perle 12, color 927 and a steel hook #10. I found this hanky at an antique mall and it already had a lovely hemstitched trim, just right for crocheting.

Lace and crochet

2010-06-18T12:26:00.004-06:00

Wanna see something pretty? Click on each category to see what antique clothing and accessories this museum in Ireland has for sale. Gorgeous stuff!

http://www.irishlacemuseum.com/Homepg.html

Irish crochet lace

2010-06-06T15:41:00.003-06:00

I hope it's OK to show this picture from their website...I thought you might like to visit the website and see the 2005 exhibit they had on Irish crochet lace. In the front of this picture, doesn't that look like a hand written pattern and sample book? Oh I would like to look at that close up! When I first ran across this website, I thought it was in Ireland, but it's in Berkeley CA! I wish I lived close enough to visit. Enjoy the slide show of pictures..

http://lacismuseum.org/irish_crochet.html

Remember on Memorial Day

2010-05-29T12:15:00.004-06:00

This is my Dad........

Nice give a way!

2010-05-22T15:42:00.002-06:00

Angela Cartwright (actress in Sound of Music and much more) has a very nice give a way on her blog. She is a multi media artist and is featured in an upcoming magazine... a copy of which she is giving away in June. Thought you might like to check it out....
http://acartwrightstudio.blogspot.com/2010/05/giving-it-away.html

Happy Mother's Day

2010-05-08T15:12:00.001-06:00

My mom as a little girl, with her mother Nina. I love you mom.

Book sale

2010-05-06T14:40:00.004-06:00

I went to the yearly book sale today, done by The Shepherd's Center. Proceeds go to help seniors. I always enjoy going. I take my list of books I don't have by certain authors and search the paperback section. I like to look at the art section as well, and this year I found a great book titled "Rings, Symbols of wealth, power and affection" by Diana Scarisbrick. It was a great buy for only $2.00! I scanned a couple of pages to show you the georgeous photos. And lots of info on the history of rings and how they were used. I didn't know this author, but a little internet reading tells she has many books on jewellry and is pretty well known in her field. I would love to have all her books!

Time flies!

2010-04-11T13:01:00.002-06:00

I am still here....haven't done anything "crafty" lately to post about. I love to do my family genealogy and I have been working on that. So much more is on the internet now for free since I first started family history research. If anyone needs any tips on starting searching their family history I would be glad to pass along a few tips I have learned.

Happy Easter!

2010-04-03T18:26:00.004-06:00

Saturday Evening Post cover 1926

April Fool's Day

2010-04-01T16:36:00.004-06:00

As you can see, I love Saturday Evening Post covers, none more so than those by Norman Rockwell. Apparently he liked April Fool's Day and did many covers for it. This one is supposed to have 51 "errors" including his name being upside down. It is from 1945.

Happy St Patrick's Day!

2010-03-16T17:57:00.004-06:00

Saturday Evening Post cover March 1943. See the tiny shamrocks in her veil? Very pretty. Hope everyone has a lovely day...don't we all have a little Irish in us?

Vintage Avon Cotillion

2010-03-12T20:10:00.004-06:00

Here's some more of my vintage Avon collection. The first picture is a page from a 1965 Avon catalog I have. My picture doesn't show the true pretty pink color. One tip on dating the age of the containers is if the address for Avon on the bottle label has a zip code. Zip codes were introduced about 1963. Cotillion fragrance was introduced in the 1930's and had a completely different bottle design. The design I have was started in 1961 until 1974. I think it is a lovely design.

I made a doily!

2010-03-10T18:49:00.005-06:00

My pictures didn't come out very well, the doily is really white. This is a charted pattern from one of those magazines I bought at a yard sale last year, Magic Crochet Dec 1990, No. 69. The pattern is Contentment by Fujiko Takagi. I didn't post any earlier pictures because I was making it as a surprise gift for mom. I am slowly getting used to charted patterns, but this was challenging for me. I have never made a doily before and probably should have picked an easier pattern LOL!

My first knit project!

2010-02-19T14:16:00.005-06:00

I finished a knitted scarf...my first knit project! I tried to photograph it so you can't see the millions of mistakes! LOL! But it was a good learning experience and I'm trying to decide which project to tackle next. I didn't make mine out of wool like the pattern is, so mine doesn't look as thick..but wool makes me itch so unfortunately I can't use it. I used Bernat Satin Ombres which is really soft.

Avon calling

2010-02-17T14:31:00.006-06:00

Mom sold Avon for a short while when we were kids, so maybe that is why I love the old Avon bottles. I collect some of the older ones and thought I would show some of my collection from time to time. Not only do they bring back memories, I think the designs are so creative and pretty. One of my favorites is Here's My Heart. The second picture is from a 1966 Avon catalog I have. The prices sure are interesting! Avon called powder "Beauty Dust." I still don't have all the pieces shown in the catalog for Here's My Heart, but I find things at yard sales and thrift stores sometimes. Wouldn't it be fun to order from that catalog?

Happy Valentine's Day

2010-02-13T13:51:00.004-06:00

Happy Valentine's Day!

Letter to Lincoln

2010-02-11T14:17:00.004-06:00

I ran across this letter to Lincoln and found it interesting because of the mention of knitting socks for the soldiers. I hope I can still crochet and knit at that age. I have transcribed it so it is easier to read. With a little research I found the lady is Sarah B. Burges Bartlett born December 24, 1777. The letter says the socks are a "birthday gift" to President Lincoln. Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809. The letter is dated Feb. 7th, 1865...Lincoln was assasinated April 15, 1865. Although this letter is about a gift to the President, it makes you think of so much more...all that had happened and what was about to happen. I hope you find it as interesting as I did.

Salem, Mass Feb 7th, 1865
To his Excellency, Abraham Lincoln
President of the United States

A year or two since, a pair of socks was sent to you from Mrs. Abner Bartlett of Medford, Mass, which you kindly acknowledged. She was 87 years old on the 24th of Dec. 1864, and has knit more than three hundred pairs of socks for the soldiers since Sept 1861. She has consented to have me send the 300th pair to you as a birthday gift.
Mrs. Bartlett is the only surviving sister of Tristam Burges, formerly in Congress from Rhode Island, and although far advanced in years, no one is more alive to the great issues of the hour, or more inspired to a true love of liberty_and no one could have a firmer confidence in yourself, or cherish a more unwavering faith in the perfect triumph of her country's cause.

With the highest respect,
I am faithfully yours,
Geo. W. Briggs

I love free patterns

2010-01-26T15:01:00.003-06:00

I really want to learn to knit...I try every so often and get discouraged. But I see so many pretty patterns to knit...and here's a nice site that has free patterns in crochet and knit. I especially like the knit "Birds Nest Smoke Ring" neck scarf and the Lustrado Crocheted Pinwheel Sweater. There is a knit pinwheel sweater also. So anyway, hope you enjoy these free patterns.
http://elann.com/freepatterns.asp

Crochet

2010-01-12T15:43:00.005-06:00

Here's a work in progress....It's from a Japanese pattern 1.2 Mini Muffler by Keiko Okamoto from magazine Crochet Motif (I think Ondori) It is supposed to be a scarf but I may make it a pillow top. Kinda nice to work with some more spring like colors for a change.

Here's picture from the magazine, I think it's OK to post it since I am not posting the pattern. I figured out how to crochet the flower pretty well from the chart, but not how to join them!

Crochet scarf

2010-01-08T10:49:00.003-06:00

I see everyone wearing scarfs so I made a couple for myself. I got both patterns free on ravelry. The first one is Easy Lacy Shells Scarf by Sandy Marshall. I used TLC Cotton Plus Multi in color Thistle. The second scarf pattern is Ziggy Lace Scarf by Paula Fisher and I used Carons Simply Soft Shadows in color Autumn. I modified the second scarf pattern because I didn't want it as wide as the pattern. So I only chained 19 and did one less of the repeats on each row. I like fringes so I added fringe on both. If you haven't joined ravelry I highly recommend it. I wish I could figure out how to link to my ravelry page from here..LOL! Anyway, there are lots of free patterns for crochet and knit there. Hope everyone is keeping warm...it is so cold here in NC!

Happy New Year!

2009-12-31T15:18:00.002-06:00

We plan a quiet New Year's eve and New Year's day. I hope to crochet a little and organize some projects. Hope everyone has a great New Year with lots of time for crafting, crocheting or whatever hobby makes you happy! I sure have enjoyed your blogs this year and appreciate you sharing your crafty ideas!

Merry Christmas

2009-12-24T15:59:00.002-06:00

Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!

Christmas

2009-12-23T18:06:00.003-06:00

Almost Christmas, are all your projects done?

Hand made Christmas ornament

2009-12-16T14:18:00.006-06:00

This is what I've been working on for Christmas...felt ice skate ornaments. I saw several patterns online, but kinda adapted it for my own. I like to use felt, you might remember last Christmas I made the little mouse from felt. The colored paper clips used for the skate blades only a dollar at Dollar Tree! Hope everyone is having fun Christmas crafting!

Crochet potholders galore!

2009-12-02T14:37:00.004-06:00

I found this photo on the internet a while back, can't remember where. I just thought I had a lot of potholders until I saw this collection! LOL!

Happy Thanksgiving!

2009-11-24T13:51:00.002-06:00

Saturday Evening Post cover 1941

Crochet progress

2009-11-08T15:05:00.006-06:00

We are helping Mom organize some of her "stuff", look at these neat books and patterns I found. She has lots of old patterns.

I have so many projects going, but look at this afghan on the foot of the bed. It is so pretty I may have to crochet this. This is in one of Mom's craft magazines from the 80's.

I have made some progress on my crochet bag from the Japanese pattern. I need to line it before I crochet the handle.

Happy Halloween!

2009-10-31T16:14:00.003-06:00

Vintage 1960's Brach's candy ad.

Want to knit?

2009-10-23T09:34:00.004-06:00

I wish I could knit...I have done a little years ago and have been trying some practice stitches lately. But not sure I can do it. My hands can't do what they used too! But I did run across a website you might like to see...has free knitting patterns and info. This link is to a pattern from 2005 but there is a current newsletter for 2009 at knitty.com. they post a newsletter 3 or 4 times a year I think.
http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEwinter05/PATTdanica.html

Also, a question about the crochet bag in my last post....I'm using Bernat Satin Solids in color Denim Mist Heather. It is a soft yarn so I hope it can hold up to weight of bag. But I am going to line it so that will give it support.

Year old blog!

2009-10-21T15:02:00.006-06:00

I am starting another crochet bag..this bag is very popular on ravelry. The pattern is Japanese, from magazine Keito Dama No. 137, Spring 2008. I have a blurred copy of the charted pattern but the instructions are Japanese, so all I can use is the chart. I really love the Japanese patterns in this magazine. I wish there was an English version sold in the USA. By the way, I have been blogging for a Year! Hard to believe, but it certainly is enjoyable and I really love sharing patterns and ideas and seeing such lovely blogs. Lots of talented people out there!

Potholder pattern

2009-10-09T15:56:00.005-06:00

I found this fun potholder pattern on ravelry. It is just one piece, the way it is crocheted makes it curl in and then you just whip the last seam together to make the double thickness. Several people have the pattern on ravelry for free, but I used this one.

http://www.mielkesfarm.com/diagonal_hotpad.htm

Pattern

2009-10-04T18:05:00.002-06:00

I found this potholder pattern online...had to use internet archives wayback machine since the original site it was on is no longer available. I hope this link works , the picture of the potholder no longer shows. (This is the pattern for the potholder I showed in my previous post and the same one I put in the frame)
http://web.archive.org/web/20040310025641/http://www.cancrochet.com/rosepotholder.html

I made a couple of changes since some of the pattern didn't make sense to me..LOL. on Round 9 I ended up just evenly spacing the 13 shells around. I think Round 11 and round 16 are not clear or have mis prints also so I just adapted.

The fair is here

2009-10-04T16:23:00.007-06:00

We had fun looking at exhibits at the fair...giant winning pumpkins.......

Beautiful quilts.....................

Judges choice afghan winner.............

Rows of knitted and crocheted afghans.........

See the pink and white potholder on middle row? That's one of my entries. It didn't win.
This was the Senior small crochet item category(yes, I'm old enough to enter the senior
category..LOL)

But my second entry in non senior small crochet item category won a

Blue Ribbon! I have never ever entered anything in the fair before so

I was happily surprised! I had crocheted this potholder once and really

liked it so I made another especially for the fair entry. I still think when

I go to pick it up, they will tell me there was a mistake and I didn't win!

Liberty Antiques Festival

2009-09-26T13:37:00.009-06:00

We went to the Liberty Antiques Festival on Friday. It is held every spring and fall in Liberty, NC. It was warm, but rained a little before we left. It is held today also, but weather is cold and rainy, glad we went yesterday.

I would love to have a dresser like this...

One lady's booth had lots of nice vintage handbags and aprons and

linens. Did you need a case for your harp? There was one for sale.

Are pink flamingos antiques? I bought a few old crochet pattern magazines

from the 1940's. There was something for everyone.

Thrift shop find

2009-09-24T14:49:00.006-06:00

I"m always looking for a way to display my potholders (you know we can't actually use them LOL ). I found this little picture at Goodwill for $4.00 and wanted it for the frame. What's unusual about it is that it has glass on the front and the back. So I took it apart and put in one of my crocheted potholders. I think it turned out pretty good.

Crochet bag

2009-09-16T19:14:00.003-06:00

I'm still working on my crochet bag, struggling with the lining. I need to figure out what type of closure I want and then some embellishment!

Crochet purse

2009-09-07T16:10:00.007-06:00

I've been busy crocheting a new project and spending way too much time reading other blogs and on Ravelry, so I haven't posted very much lately. But I do want to share this crochet bag project. This is my 3rd attempt and I think I finally got the hang of it. I had never done a foundation single crochet stitch and I had never done seamless crochet like this. This is a free pattern called Starling Handbag on Alice's blog http://www.futuregirl.com/craft_blog/downloads.aspx I'm using Bernat Satin color Denim Mist Heather and an H-8 hook. The fabric I chose for the lining is in the second picture. Alice has great tutorials on her site and shows how to make the lining for the bag also. Here's her picture of two sizes of the bag.

This next picture is also a cute crochet bag I would like to make but she didn't have a pattern...I just thought is was so pretty. I can't remember whose blog had this one.

Hope everyone had a nice holiday weekend...

Happy Birthday Mom

2009-08-27T09:38:00.002-06:00

Mom turned 85 yesterday! Several of us took her out to eat ribs at a local restaurant and she really enjoyed it. We love you mom!

New craft

2009-08-18T16:37:00.002-06:00

I ran across this blog today and thought I would share it. I have never seen this parchment paper craft...it is really pretty. If you look at her older posts you will see some beautiful tiny kimonos.
http://amanda-craft.blogspot.com/

Forty years ago

2009-08-10T10:43:00.004-06:00

I cut an article out of the paper about re enactment of the Beatles famous photo used on Abbey Road album. I dug out my much loved and much used album to store the article with it...can it really be that long ago? Yikes! Happy Birthday to my younger Sis!

Blast from the past

2009-07-31T11:25:00.005-06:00

Aren't these a blast from the past, right out of the 50's. Mom thinks she bought these at Sears. I can remember when I was little looking at the ballerina. I saw them in some of our old photos recently so Mom dug them out. She keeps everything! (luckily). I show one from the side because they are 3D!

Goodwill Store find

2009-07-22T17:20:00.002-06:00

How do you like my little white cabinet? Found it at Goodwill for $2. Paint is a little chippy on the bottom, but I'm gonna leave it that way. Now I have to decide what pretties to put in it.

Crafty tip

2009-07-18T17:16:00.003-06:00

I just wanted to pass this along to everyone...you may or may not know that your blog photos are stored by blogger in Picasa album for you. If you scroll to the bottom of your dashboard page under the column "Tools and Resources" click on "Picasa Web Albums." Once on that page, in the search box in upper right hand corner, if you type Magic Crochet, you will see that many people have pictures of that magazine Magic Crochet. You can find patterns there and see the beautiful pictures and projects that magazine had. Most of you probably know this already, but I just found out on a forum, don't remember where, and thought I would pass along. Also, does everyone know about "The Wayback Machine?" Let me know if you don't..LOL!

Yard sale finds

2009-07-18T11:03:00.006-06:00

Didn't find too many bargains this week end..got the three candle holders for 25 cents each. I really like the milk glass one...with the ribbon and pretty candle I think I'll use it at Christmas. I bought the mini cake stand at Homegoods the other week for five bucks. And the glass dome I got from old cheese dish at a yard sale fits it perfectly! I have a crochet hot pad cake,LOL! By the way, I should have shown the whole rose print in the background. I found those at a truck salvage place, the prints were 60 cents each and the mat was 60 cents. I bought several and framed one for Mom. I'm looking for a yard sale frame for mine. Happy weekend!

Apollo 11

2009-07-14T16:16:00.004-06:00

Do you remember Apollo 11 and landing on the moon? I'm telling my age, but I remember. Here's a neat website that is going to commemorate the 40 year anniversary of Apollo 11 mission. It is presented by the JF Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. It will go live at about 8 AM Thursday and recreate the launch and go through the landing. You will hear real radio transmissions and much more. Looks like it will be fun..check it out....
http://wechoosethemoon.com/

2009-07-12T14:09:00.002-06:00

Here's the latest pot holder I've been working on. I don't have the back on it yet. Can you tell I like pink? Look at this pretty crochet pillow pattern. This is in one of the old Magic Crochet magazines I bought at a yard sale recently. I would love to do this, but the patterns in these magazines are charted and I had never used charts before. I've played around with a couple of charted patterns and find it difficult. But I may attempt it!

Visit to the park

2009-07-10T14:45:00.009-06:00

Tom took Mom & me to the park in Jamestown. I found an old picture post card of the park in its early days. There have been a lot of changes and the dam is under repair. But it is a really nice park with pool, rides, games and lots of picnic shelters and tables. My dad and his family visited this park when he was young.

Fourth of July

2009-07-01T16:08:00.004-06:00

Dad in 1946. Happy 4th of July everyone!