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Thursday, March 15, 2012
Elaine's Amazing Thoughts: Buttons Forever.....
Elaine's Amazing Thoughts: Buttons Forever.....: We have been relocating the shop to Lori's as she is going to take it over. Actually, she already has, The new website name is: www.pat...
Buttons Forever.....
We have been relocating the shop to Lori's as she is going to take it over. Actually, she already has, The new website name is: www.patchworkcabin.com ~~Crafters Cottage has been taken off of the site name, but its still on my Facebook page. I need some likes on it. :) Hopefully, I can get to sewing and also do some crafts to sell.
In the meantime of all this moving of "stuff", I found my "Buttons" that had been pushed to the back of a shelf,which got me to thinking about them.
I started buying buttons when I was sewing clothes, so I had a few of my own, but over the years, my Mom had given me hers and the ones she had from her Mother and of course, Jim's Mom was a big BUTTON SAVER, :) she kept them in Tin's with lids and had every kind imaginable. The years have passed and I have ended up with everybodie's Buttons. I have the old, old ones that are a certain kind of white and you can't buy anymore, up to the newer ceramic one's I have bought.
The Grand kids have always been fascinated with them. When Cody was little, he would sort through them and put the one's he liked in a jar, make designs and haw them in trucks, but always put them away when he got tired messing with them.
Samantha is working on her first quilt and went for the buttons to put her favorites in the center of each square.
I just find it interesting that these buttons are headed for their fourth generation. Makes one wonder, where they will end up?
I have taken a picture of some of them, but I still have a clear storage container that is full of Buttons. :)
In the meantime of all this moving of "stuff", I found my "Buttons" that had been pushed to the back of a shelf,which got me to thinking about them.
I started buying buttons when I was sewing clothes, so I had a few of my own, but over the years, my Mom had given me hers and the ones she had from her Mother and of course, Jim's Mom was a big BUTTON SAVER, :) she kept them in Tin's with lids and had every kind imaginable. The years have passed and I have ended up with everybodie's Buttons. I have the old, old ones that are a certain kind of white and you can't buy anymore, up to the newer ceramic one's I have bought.
The Grand kids have always been fascinated with them. When Cody was little, he would sort through them and put the one's he liked in a jar, make designs and haw them in trucks, but always put them away when he got tired messing with them.
Samantha is working on her first quilt and went for the buttons to put her favorites in the center of each square.
I just find it interesting that these buttons are headed for their fourth generation. Makes one wonder, where they will end up?
I have taken a picture of some of them, but I still have a clear storage container that is full of Buttons. :)
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Elaine's Amazing Thoughts: Amazing Thoughts About Not Cleaning House....
Elaine's Amazing Thoughts: Amazing Thoughts About Not Cleaning House....: Spring is right around the corner after a very mild winter, so far.... I keep looking at the dust and things I should be cleaning, but ...
Elaine's Amazing Thoughts: Amazing Thoughts About Not Cleaning House....
Elaine's Amazing Thoughts: Amazing Thoughts About Not Cleaning House....: Spring is right around the corner after a very mild winter, so far.... I keep looking at the dust and things I should be cleaning, but ...
Amazing Thoughts About Not Cleaning House....
Spring is right around the corner after a very mild winter, so far.... I keep looking at the dust and things I should be cleaning, but just think about it for 5 minutes and go do something else. Why do we change when we get older? I can remember being up at daybreak mopping floors and washing clothes and when Spring came around we had to wash down walls and wash curtains, remember putting them on curtain stretchers? What a job!
I've been watching House Hunters on HGTV, how do they clean those fabulous houses, maids, maids, maids.......lol
We have a log house and it seems very big now that the kids are gone, but I have a small kitchen and would love to have a big kitchen, like our old farmhouse had. When we built this house, I never thought about it.Will give you a peek of part of my kitchen in this post. Our daugther, Angie, planned her kitchen out before their house was built, very smart! She has a bar, an island with two sinks, a pantry, and of course all of her cupboard space and three more sinks.. I tease her about it all the time.
Well, its late, so will post a couple of pictures, hope everyone has a Great Sunday.
This is a favorite doll, old Christmas bulbs and an old crock that belonged to my Mom and her Mother before.
My kitchen is country, just hard to get all the family in when they come home. I love roosters.... :)
Come follow my boards at Pinerest, till the next time,
Elaine
I've been watching House Hunters on HGTV, how do they clean those fabulous houses, maids, maids, maids.......lol
We have a log house and it seems very big now that the kids are gone, but I have a small kitchen and would love to have a big kitchen, like our old farmhouse had. When we built this house, I never thought about it.Will give you a peek of part of my kitchen in this post. Our daugther, Angie, planned her kitchen out before their house was built, very smart! She has a bar, an island with two sinks, a pantry, and of course all of her cupboard space and three more sinks.. I tease her about it all the time.
Well, its late, so will post a couple of pictures, hope everyone has a Great Sunday.
Come follow my boards at Pinerest, till the next time,
Elaine
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
The Mysterious Outdoors
This is a very unusal happening in the outdoor's today... Jim was cutting firewood in the woods behind our house. He knows his trees and this one looked like an Ash Tree, he thought was dead.
Well, he cut it down and in the center of the tree trunk was this unusual design! It has this design all the way up through the trunk... Very beautiful! We have been guessing as to what made the design.. A fossil or flower seed, came from my little Granddaugther, Samantha, It looks like a Sunburst from our daugther, Angie.
If anybody has a clue, we would like to know.
God definately works in Mysterious Ways,
Elaine
Well, he cut it down and in the center of the tree trunk was this unusual design! It has this design all the way up through the trunk... Very beautiful! We have been guessing as to what made the design.. A fossil or flower seed, came from my little Granddaugther, Samantha, It looks like a Sunburst from our daugther, Angie.
If anybody has a clue, we would like to know.
God definately works in Mysterious Ways,
Friday, January 27, 2012
Elaine's Amazing Thoughts on Her Very First Quilt...:)
I have sewed almost all my life and am now 69 yrs. old. But never started to make quilts until after I was married, I came from a sewing Mother and Grandmother, plus my Mother-in-law was a great quilter too, as they all were. After a variety of sewing and embroidery projects, decided to try making a quilt.
This was after a few years of marriage, a couple of kids later and watching all the quilts being made that were so beautiful. (That will be another story when I get to it.) I went on my search for fabric and a pattern. Decided on embroidery and appliqued leaves for the patterns on 12" blocks. The fabric I chose was a plain tan for the blocks and plain green for the appliqued leaves and different colors for the embroidery.
I spent a lot of nights after the kids were in bed, appliquing. Actually, I was learning to applique, I had never done it before and embroidering was the easy part...
After getting the blocks all finished, Mom told me they looked nice and showed me how to put them together...well, they didn't go together quite as easy as she said. I couldn't get the corners to meet.. what to do, what to do. Flustration sets in big time... What would be your first thought if this happened to you? I layed the blocks out on the floor and the one's that were a little bit bigger, I cut to make them as near the same size as the smaller ones. At the time I thought that was the logical thing to do, but couldn't figure out why some were a little larger, when I had cut them all the same size !
Just happened that Mom came by.... she went into hysteria and said, "Elaine, what are you doing???!!!!" I explained the problem and that was when I learned that you put the block that is a little larger on the bottom and gather it in with the top block and when its pressed, you will never see it..I hope! :) actually its probably easier to pin them and do it on the sewing machine that way, than it was doing it by hand. But I learned, from some really great women, that were close to me.
Back then quilts were used and not kept for show or contest and etc. so to end this story I will tell you that my very first quilt went through four kids and two adults, many washings and a few pets. By the time I realized I should have taken better care of it, it was getting worn out, the binding was ragged and it had a few holes here and there, the fabric was now, not new. I saved it though and got it out of the chest a few weeks ago and took a picture, so the kids would know and remember.
Something I learned from making my first quilt was patience, listening to my Mother and accepting any advice they all gave me about quilts or anything else. After all they had lived and learned and knew more than me. These three women were great mentors in my life and I thank God for the time I had with them.
Here is a picture of my quilt, its still my favorite. :)
Elaine
This was after a few years of marriage, a couple of kids later and watching all the quilts being made that were so beautiful. (That will be another story when I get to it.) I went on my search for fabric and a pattern. Decided on embroidery and appliqued leaves for the patterns on 12" blocks. The fabric I chose was a plain tan for the blocks and plain green for the appliqued leaves and different colors for the embroidery.
I spent a lot of nights after the kids were in bed, appliquing. Actually, I was learning to applique, I had never done it before and embroidering was the easy part...
After getting the blocks all finished, Mom told me they looked nice and showed me how to put them together...well, they didn't go together quite as easy as she said. I couldn't get the corners to meet.. what to do, what to do. Flustration sets in big time... What would be your first thought if this happened to you? I layed the blocks out on the floor and the one's that were a little bit bigger, I cut to make them as near the same size as the smaller ones. At the time I thought that was the logical thing to do, but couldn't figure out why some were a little larger, when I had cut them all the same size !
Just happened that Mom came by.... she went into hysteria and said, "Elaine, what are you doing???!!!!" I explained the problem and that was when I learned that you put the block that is a little larger on the bottom and gather it in with the top block and when its pressed, you will never see it..I hope! :) actually its probably easier to pin them and do it on the sewing machine that way, than it was doing it by hand. But I learned, from some really great women, that were close to me.
Back then quilts were used and not kept for show or contest and etc. so to end this story I will tell you that my very first quilt went through four kids and two adults, many washings and a few pets. By the time I realized I should have taken better care of it, it was getting worn out, the binding was ragged and it had a few holes here and there, the fabric was now, not new. I saved it though and got it out of the chest a few weeks ago and took a picture, so the kids would know and remember.
Something I learned from making my first quilt was patience, listening to my Mother and accepting any advice they all gave me about quilts or anything else. After all they had lived and learned and knew more than me. These three women were great mentors in my life and I thank God for the time I had with them.
Here is a picture of my quilt, its still my favorite. :)
Elaine
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