Vintage Friday

I love Christmas and vintage postcards. Here are two from my small but growing collection.

Thanksgiving finishes

I don't have very many Thanksgiving decorations even tho I love the day. This year I finished three small pieces, two from my stash and one freebie.

I hope to make a few new pieces before next Thanksgiving. I have a lot of charts just waiting to go.

I try to remember to thank God for the many blessings He has given me each time I see one of these pieces. I have so much to be thankful for.

Vintage Friday

When does a collection actually begin. I don't remember thinking I want to collect vintage needlebooks, I just started buying them. Several of them came in bags with other vintage sewing items so they were a bonus of sorts. My collection is still rather small but I'm sure it will grow.
I remember finding this one in an antique store in Manhatten. I was just sitting there with a pile of old fabric. I left the fabric and bought this.

This book was in a bag with buttons and old spools.

I don't know when this book joined the collection.

I actually have two of these books, both are in very good condition. I can use one to trade with.

New Blackbird Design

I haven't posted lately because most of what I've been working on it for gift giving. I did however finish this Blackbird Design Autumn Bouquet. I just love the colors of fall and this one had the most beautiful fibers. I did use what the pattern listed. The fabric is from Lakeside Linen. I had been wanting to do this for a long time. It is the one piece I've finished for myself this season. I have been working on some stitching for Christmas and will post pictures at another time. I hope to get a few new ornaments made for the Mother's Tree nest month.

Fiber In The Park

This past weekend, Charlene and I went to Fiber In The Park in Earlsville, Il. We didn't know what to expect, thinking it was going to be row after row of yarn. It wasn't. Instead it was row after row of hand dyed wool roving. It was so cool!

This little guy made a donation, I'm sure.

We saw many demonstrations on spinning the roving into yarn. This woman is using a traditional wheel. Others were using a hand held spinner.

The roving came in every color of the rainbow.

All the farmers were local and belonged to the co-op.

These gentlemen provided a little Blue Grass.

After we left the park we went toEsther's Place in Big Rock to look at more roving and hand spun yarn. I bought enough yarn to make the shawl featured in MaryJanesFarm Magazine this month. I hope to start it later this week. I also bought a skein of hand dyed sock yarn. I don't have a pattern picked out yet, it needs to be simple to show off the yarn.

Fall Crafts

I have a bin of unfinished fall crafts, it includes some cross stitch, embroidery, punch needle, quilting, you name it, I have an unfinished project. I've decided to get to work on that bin. The wool cat is a kit I bought a few years ago and the owl is from a Needl'Love book that is several years old. It's my goal to get at least four more projects finished this season. Of course, I have seen a lot of new things I want but I'm trying not to think about them until I get a few more things in the bin done.