thrifty thursday

Once I'd gotten over the excitement of that first box of treasures from Effie, another box arrived. In fact, Liz and Mary have sent three packages of treasures that were either collected by or made by Effie.

These are all the handkerchiefs they sent my way.

They said many of the pieces in the first and second photos were purchased fabric that was tatted around the edges by another woman who lived in town.

I love the pink edged one that has a few inches of white on it. I can just imagine the woman working on it, running out of pink and reaching for whatever she had on hand to finish it up.

These were clearly purchased or received as gifts.

On the (very long) list of quilts I'd like to make someday is a vintage hankie quilt. These will be saved for that project.

early inheritance

I have plenty of projects to post, but no pictures of them. Lovely spring weather means I'm spending a lot of time outside with the kids or working in the garden. That translates to less time to post and worry about photo shoots.

I did, however, take a picture of this stuff about a week ago when my mother-in-law brought it over.

The case and contents came from her mother who is no longer able to sew. She thought I'd apreciate having it. Complete understatement.

There's a ton of great stuff here - vintage needle packages, a darning egg(with needle marks from years of mending), her tomato pin cushion, an envelope from Lee Wards (Chicago area crafters - remember that place?), even a slew of saved buttons. And the case is as fun as what was in it. Basia(my mother-in-law) said she used to take her things to the beach in it when she was young. I won't be headed to the beach with it, but I'll give it a good home.