tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33118463096176136962024-02-01T21:58:37.834-08:00Sump'n SassyTexNanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02032946765535415548noreply@blogger.comBlogger233125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3311846309617613696.post-68313229486052110192019-03-24T14:18:00.001-07:002019-03-25T06:32:14.307-07:00Thrifting reduxHey, y'all!<br />
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I've been lacking in thrifting lately. My brother's been in the hospital for 4 weeks, and my sister and I try to spend as much time there as possible. He's an hour and a half away, and just traveling takes up a good bit of time.<br />
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On top of that, Tom broke his collarbone a couple of weeks ago and will be in a splint for a couple more weeks. Right collarbone; right handed. Makes it rough for him. And for me, who has to do everything he can't.<br />
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That's my excuse for not having much to report in the way of thrifting, though I did manage one short stop at Goodwill, where I picked up a few things.<br />
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This small <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/692220823/vintage-polychrome-majolica-hand-painted?ref=listings_manager_grid" target="_blank">planter </a>for one.<br />
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I love this piece. It's hand-thrown and has a great luster. I'm calling it majolica, though it probably isn't.<br />
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Wikipedia defines majolica as a type of pottery in which an earthenware clay body is covered with an opaque white glaze then painted with stains or glazes and fired.<br />
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This has the earthenware body but aside from one white mark on the very bottom, I found no other indication of a white glaze beneath the color.<br />
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Also I got this heavy pair of 3-arm <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/692227571/vintage-pair-boyd-welch-8-12-brass-3-arm?ref=listings_manager_grid" target="_blank">candelabra</a>. They're marked W, which from what I could dig up, is the mark for Boyd Welch. (See note below.) The only other brass I found attributed to him were spiral candlesticks and there were a lot of those.<br />
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Best I can tell, Boyd Welch was a glass-blower from West Virginia who, in the '50s and '60s, also made brass.<br />
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(Note: Totally wrong on maker, though obviously others have made the same mistake. Turns out pieces made by Baldwin, an American company. Probably from the '80s or so. Boyd Welch <i>was</i> a glass-blower from WV, period, and developed a cool technique in glass, which was lost when he died in a studio fire.)<br />
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A pair of marble and brass <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/692228355/vintage-brass-and-green-marble-mantle?ref=listings_manager_grid" target="_blank">pillar candle holders</a> came home with me too.<br />
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And a <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/678369810/nicholas-mosse-studio-pottery-pitcher?ref=listings_manager_grid" target="_blank">Nicholas Moss jug</a>.<br />
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I also brought home a bamboo tray, not yet listed<br />
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And an Arthur Court dancing elephants bowl holder, also not listed.<br />
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All in all, it wasn't a bad half hour shopping. (The little plant holder has to be my favorite piece of all I found.<br />
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It's a perfect size for a faux succulent.)<br />
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Ta, y'all.<br />
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TexNanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02032946765535415548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3311846309617613696.post-46747802641673210242019-03-07T12:32:00.002-08:002019-03-07T12:32:35.039-08:00Another Week ThriftingI didn't have much luck junking this week. Tuesday was colder here than a witch's nose so I stayed home. Wednesday, Maria cleaning day, I dawdled at a couple of thrifts. (I like to give her time to finish before I come home.) <div>
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At the local Goodwill, I picked up a small Chinese vase for a couple of bucks<div>
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It's chipped and only about 5" or 6" tall, so I'll be keeping it. The size isn't the issue but the chip is. If I'd looked closer while in the store, I'd never have bought it but I really like it so am kind of glad I didn't.</div>
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I really like this one, so I'll be keeping it too. The metal has a brassy look but it could be just plain ol' tin.</div>
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Since I had to go back into town today, and the weather has warmed up, I hit a couple of thrifts after my pedicure. Found nothing at the first--Library Thrift, which can be a goldmine--but I scored a few items at the second, Good Neighbor, if anyone's keeping track.</div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">Thursdays are half price day--as are Tuesdays, for over 55--so I paid $3 for each: a 9 12" bowl and a 15" x 12" platter. Wilton Armetale Richard and Mary pattern. </span></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">I also found a set of 12 hammered brass napkin rings for $4. (Marked $8.)</span></div>
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The brass doesn't show up as well in this photo--they look more aluminum-y, but they are brass. A couple have even turned green.<br />
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At half price, these skeins of mohair were reasonable, under $4 each. Still, 8 skeins of this color and another 8 skeins of pink hit my pocketbook pretty hard. I had to dig deep to find enough cash to cover everything. All will go to my sis, who crochets.<br />
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This was one of last week's finds. I couldn't pass it up; it really is well made.<br />
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It had no stand so I've got it sitting on a Chinese dark wood plant/bowl/vase stand. I think it looks good there. I haven't decided what I'll do with it. Another sister, Daisy, loves to sail and of course I thought of her first. But dang, doesn't it look good where it is?<br />
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TexNanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02032946765535415548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3311846309617613696.post-64422386759227248782019-02-26T04:57:00.002-08:002019-02-26T04:57:44.284-08:00All Things OrientalI've mentioned before--but who can remember?--that I live in an area with a high population of elderly, a boon when it comes to thrifting. (Unfortunately, I'm nudging at the bottom end of that range now myself.)<br />
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I've lately become enamored of things international. Today, Oriental; tomorrow, Mexico; soon, Africa?<br />
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This little find was something I stumbled upon on a day when I rarely go thrifting. The hub had an appointment in town so we stopped at my fave thrift store afterward. And I found this:<br />
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/594087691/chinese-nephrite-spinach-jade-duck?ref=listings_manager_grid">Chinese Nephrite Spinach Jade Duck Carving</a>. It's small but mighty. (About 2 1/2" tall with a base measuring 5" x 1 3/4".) The carving is magnificent, with the duck pulling a fish from splashing water.<br />
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/603659674/vintage-pair-colorful-chinese-ancestor?ref=listings_manager_grid">Gouache ancestor portraits on silk.</a> These are fairly large, about 16" x 22". I find things, text a photo to my sis, who does the research while I shop. Found one of these, texted her and she sent me a link for a pair that were way expensive! But I only had one. Then a thrifting friend, who just happened to be in the same store, found the second one. Yay!<br />
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/635705716/vintage-extra-large-porcelain-charger?ref=listings_manager_grid">Extra Large Hand Painted Porcelain Charger</a>. At 18" diameter, this one makes a statement. It's hard to capture the size of it in a photo, and even the dimensions doesn't make it seem all that large, but it <i>is</i> large.<br />
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/649547037/large-japanese-cherry-blossom-lidded-jar?ref=listings_manager_grid"> Japanese Cherry Blossom Lidded Jar.</a> Another statement piece. At almost 12" tall and 13" in diameter, it dwarfs my 4-person kitchen table. Otherwise, I think I'd use it in my own home. I can see it as a centerpiece on a large dining table. (Again, the dimensions don't make it seem as large or impressive as it actually is.)<br />
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/631097099/chinese-hexagonal-porcelain-vase-with?ref=listings_manager_grid">Hexagonal Porcelain Vase with Figural Pomegranate Handles.</a> At 14" tall, it commands attention.<br />
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/631125007/chinese-hand-painted-porcelain-vase?ref=listings_manager_grid">Hand-Painted Porcelain Vase.</a> Another attention getter, also 14" tall. <br />
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/584882251/japanese-patinated-bronze-solifleur-vase?ref=listings_manager_grid">Japanese Patinated Bronze Solifleur Vase.</a> At 8 1/2" tall, this has a very delicate look but, being bronze, it's hefty in weight. .<br />
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/642643014/chinese-blue-and-white-china-bowl?ref=listings_manager_grid">Chinese Blue and White Peacock Bowl.</a> It has a chip but was so beautiful and so obviously old I couldn't pass it up.<br />
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Just a small taste of the Chinese/Japanese/Asian/Oriental things I've found recently, but most definitely enough for one posting. Check <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/sumpnsassyoldstuff?ref=si_shop">SumpnSassyVintage</a> if you'd like to see more.<br />
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<br />TexNanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02032946765535415548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3311846309617613696.post-4537050725786504872019-02-22T05:17:00.000-08:002019-02-22T05:17:43.465-08:00And she's back!I'm really into thrifting these days, and not so much into decorating/crafting, so decided to share my thrifting finds here. I can't wait to share them all!<br />
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I'll start with these pre-Columbian/Mayan replicas I found at auction. It's been a while--and I've since sold one and given one as a gift--but I'm still really pumped about them. They were part of the estate of a long-time collector.<br />
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/your/shops/SumpnSassyVintage/tools/listings/section:22240241/635979056">Chacmool terracotta replica sculpture</a>, signed Mexico. There are a couple of chips on this one, right front corner. Otherwise great condition.<br />
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/637013484/colima-pottery-dog-vessel-precolumbian?ref=related-2&frs=1">Colima Pottery Dog Vessel</a>, terracotta replica sculpture, unsigned. There are several chips on one ear. <br />
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/636008614/large-vintage-mayan-sculpted-head-of?ref=related-2&frs=1">Sculpted Head of King Pakal</a>. Perfect condition.<br />
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/650833107/jalisco-terracotta-female-effigy?ref=related-3&frs=1">Jalisco Terracotta Female Effigy Figurine</a>. Also perfect condition.<br />
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/637015668/vintage-mayan-god-sculpture-pre?ref=related-4&frs=1">Mayan God Sculpture</a>. One chip on nose. <br />
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/637032998/pre-columbian-style-standing-female?ref=related-5&frs=1">Pre-Columbian Style Standing Female Terracotta Figurine</a>. Also a chip on nose.<br />
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/636317580/vintage-terracotta-toltec-warrior-statue?ref=related-6&frs=1">Toltec Warrior Statue</a>. Perfect condition.<br />
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Meso American Style Terracotta Colima Dog. This was my favorite--and the one I think was worth the most--hence a gift for my long-time friend who collects these. <br />
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Colima Terracotta Dog. This was the smallest, and the one I asked the least for. In selling it, I made back my investment in all. Yay!<br />
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TexNanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02032946765535415548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3311846309617613696.post-8315260785978490262017-11-09T08:41:00.003-08:002017-11-09T08:41:51.285-08:00Christmas Stocking Sewing TipsNovember’s here, and I’m sure you have lots to do before the holidays, but there’s still time to make Christmas stockings. <br><br>No, this isn't a tutorial, just a few tips from a longtime sewer.<br>
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For stocking patterns, you can find any number online, anything from plain unembellished to perky-toe jester stockings. <br><br>
Amy at Positively Splendid made hers small enough to hold flatware, but I like the curvy shape so adapted it for big stockings.<br><br>
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Image by Amy at <a href="https://www.positivelysplendid.com/pottery-barn-inspired-flatware-stockings-swell-noel-idea-3/">Positively Splendid</a><br><br>
It was easy enough to enlarge on my printer. I can’t remember how much bigger I made it; I’ve been using it for several years. I just kept making it larger until it looked big enough, then moved the pattern around until I had several bits I could tape together to make a whole. The finished stocking made from my pattern works out to be 6” wide at the top, 15” from top to toe and 9 1/2" wide at the bottom.<br><br>
For putting the stocking together, I found this technique at Diary of a Quilter.<br><br>
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Image by Amy at <a href="https://www.diaryofaquilter.com/2010/12/easy-stocking-tutorial-today.html">Diary of a Quilter</a><br><br>
This method works great with a lined, uncuffed stocking, like this.<br><br>
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Source <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/467833081/christmas-stocking-upcycled-doily?ref=shop_home_feat_2">Etsy.com</a><br><br>
For a simple straight cuff, here's another easy method from Sew Like My Mom.<br><br>
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Image by Melissa at <a href="http://sewlikemymom.com/christmas-stockings-tutorial/">Sew Like My Mom</a><br><br>
This will be my new go-to for straight cuffs, but that’s not how I did this one. <br><br>
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Source <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/475541317/christmas-stocking-upcycled-100-wool?ref=shop_home_active_8">Etsy.com</a><br><br>
I used the old put-all-the-parts-together-and-stitch-one-great-honking-seam-all-the-way-around technique. Like this.<br><br>
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Source <a href="http://www.vanillajoy.com/christmas-stocking-tutorial.html">Vanilla Joy</a><br><br>
The jester style cuff on this stocking came from a pattern I found at <a href="https://sew4home.com/projects/fabric-art-accents/holiday-elf-stockings-curlicue-toes">Sew 4 Home</a>. <br><br>
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Source <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/567137481/handmade-christmas-stocking-upcycled?ref=shop_home_feat_1">Etsy.com</a>
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It didn’t fit my preferred stocking pattern so I adapted it my own way, with ruler and pencil. Enlarging with the printer would have been easier, but that would have required leaving the studio and coming back into the house. I had to weigh drawing with a pencil and paper against walking the 50 feet or so back into the house. What can I say? I'm a slug.<br><br>
I drew out the pattern for this scalloped cuff too. I cut it from felted wool and didn't have to sew curves. Easy peasy. <br><br>
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Source <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/479039156/christmas-stocking-upcycled-100-wool?ref=shop_home_feat_4">Etsy.com</a> <br><br>
This cuff was also from <a href="https://sew4home.com/projects/fabric-art-accents/velvet-cuff-christmas-stockings-poms">Sew4Home</a>. Theirs has the point at the back; I put mine in the front. (The only alteration I had to make to fit this to my stocking pattern was to use slightly wider seams on the stocking. No biggie.)<br><br>
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Source <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/570035519/handmade-christmas-stocking-upcycled">Etsy.com</a> <br><br>
I’ve used a number of upcycled fabrics for my stockings: the herringbone wool of the scalloped cuff stocking and the blue and brown wool with the hopsack cuff stocking were both found at the thrift store. The crewel for this stocking<br><br>
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Source <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/479354998/crewel-christmas-stocking-embroidered?ref=shop_home_active_6">Etsy.com</a> <br><br>
and the jester-cuffed plaid above were upholstery samples; this cream wool<br><br>
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was a leftover bit of felted wool blanket, the one with the girl in the blue dress was made from pieces of embroidered doilies sewn to a muslin base, and the crimson velvet was made from an old table runner. The only new bit of fabric I used was the hopsacking on the blue wool. <br><br>
For embellishment, I love the look of pompoms. I’ve tried a few methods in my time and have discarded them all for a tool I can always find: my hand. For small poms, I wrap the yarn around 2 of my fingers as many times as will give me the size I need. For larger poms, I use 4 fingers. <br><br>
When adding poms to cuff points, I thread a strand of yarn onto an upholstery needle and stitch through the point. After wrapping around my fingers, I use the threaded yarn to tie the pom off, trim with cuticle scissors (The curved blades are perfect for this.), and <i>voilà</i>! <br><br>
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Tassels would also make good embellishments, as would trim. Or buttons as I did in the cream wool stocking.<br><br>
Any sewer knows the imperative to iron the seams. It's as necessary in making stockings as in any other project, though not always as easy. I keep an iron on a small table next to my sewing machine, but I also keep a flat iron (hair straightener) nearby. It makes a handy small seam presser. <br><br>
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I made the small ham ages ago and it's bedraggled, but it works. (I have a large one as well, just don't need it often enough to keep it handy.) It'll fit for ironing in the cuff and top part of the stocking, but for the rest I use a rolled-up fragment of fabric--muslin works great.<br><br>
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Clipping curves is also important in stocking making. The pattern I use has lots of innies and outies.<br><br>
Sometimes you just can't get around having to sew through varying thicknesses of fabric. There are tools you can buy that help with that, i.e. Hump Jumper and Jean-A-Ma-Jig.<br><br>
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Or you can make your own. I bought a Jean-A-Ma-Jig years ago for hemming jeans; it works great, when I can find it. (You see a thread here?) And when I'm sewing I don't want to put everything aside to search. So I fold a bit of printer paper until it’s as thick as I need, wrap it in washi tape and cut out a slit for my needle. Works as well as a purchased tool, better than a purchased tool I can't find! <br><br>
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Finally, a bodkin’s great for turning the tube that becomes your loop, but if you don’t have one, you can use a safety pin. Or follow the directions found <a href="https://so-sew-easy.com/easy-way-turn-tube-of-fabric/">here.</a><br><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikqtpBHll6FJcug7IsDJ5iCWD8XinQwmoJznKTK2uTQK-vd8qY4MZcl27cZq4mTkxVfWFriJXDXVOwV7LCdcRpum6vMi1-gaTv9zfCcr-4ajYyfTKNl-6t0fK-8XQ-5rYqQ9W4oeo12MKD/s1600/sewing-various-004b1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikqtpBHll6FJcug7IsDJ5iCWD8XinQwmoJznKTK2uTQK-vd8qY4MZcl27cZq4mTkxVfWFriJXDXVOwV7LCdcRpum6vMi1-gaTv9zfCcr-4ajYyfTKNl-6t0fK-8XQ-5rYqQ9W4oeo12MKD/s640/sewing-various-004b1.jpg" width="640" height="480" data-original-width="600" data-original-height="450" /></a></div>
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I haven’t tried this--I do have a bodkin, but you know my constant complaint: in my studio, tools are rarely where they should be. My back-up has always been a safety pin, but I think I will give this a try next time my bodkin disappears!<br><br>
This has been a long, photo-filled post--mostly because I wanted to show off my stockings--but I hope my tips will help someone along the way. Maybe putting them all in one place so you don't have to search the 'net for each and every one will be a good thing.
<strike></strike></strike>TexNanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02032946765535415548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3311846309617613696.post-85254588293342354232016-05-14T12:23:00.003-07:002016-05-14T12:23:54.433-07:00Free Motion Quilted, Dye-Painted Tea CozyAs a native Texan, I grew up drinking sweetened iced tea, but I spent my early married years in Pittsburgh PA where I became a hot tea drinker. Along the way, I learned to love tea cozies.<br />
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Let me show you my <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/280131430/free-motion-quilted-muslin-tea-cozy" target="_blank">latest</a>.<br />
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Whenever I thrift shop, I invariably check the linens/crafts area of our local library thrift store. I've found some wonderful pieces there: hand-sewn and appliquéd quilt blocks, needlepoints, cross-stitch samplers. Recently I picked up a quilter's discarded vest project. She'd free-motion quilted and then dye-painted the front panels and then did tests of channel quilting and free motion quilting on pieces of muslin for the back. I don't know why she discarded it. Maybe she didn't. We have a high population of elderly in our area, which is why I find so many good things. Survivors have no idea what to with the left-behinds, especially hand-work, more especially unfinished hand-work.</div>
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I had to add some small pieces to the side to make the piece big enough for a small cozy. Even then, it's not that large, a 2-cupper.</div>
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This isn't a great shot, but you can see I channel quilted the sides with a narrower quilting than the piece I used for the back. I did this on both sides.</div>
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For that, I used the largest piece the original quilter made--the channel quilting. I had to add a small piece to each side of this as well, but that was caught up in the seam. </div>
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Then I made a tab out of stash muslin. You can't even tell it's a different dye lot. (Maybe it isn't. Very likely the original quilter bought hers the same place I bought mine and maybe even from the same bolt. Is that eerie, or what?)<br />
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I didn't line the cozy. The back was quilted with batting, the front with a padding.<br />
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Kinda cool innerds, innit?<br />
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Here she is again, the final product. Don't you think it has a charm to it? The original quilter's work wasn't perfect, the dyeing is just a tad off-kilter but it has an enchanted modern-art feel to it. It's currently listed in my Etsy shop <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/280131430/free-motion-quilted-muslin-tea-cozy" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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And I still have enough to make another, though next time I think I'll go for a 4-cupper.TexNanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02032946765535415548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3311846309617613696.post-9554391790125918212016-04-17T16:18:00.001-07:002016-04-17T16:18:09.199-07:00Lidded Origami Square Twisted Box<span style="font-size: large;">Many years ago, my friend Kathy made this origami box and gifted it to me. I was properly amazed; I still am. It's a gorgeous box.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">By the time I decided to make one myself, Kathy couldn't remember in which Tomoko Fuse book she found the instructions. (And there are so many of them!) It was only after she came down with the early stages of Alzheimer's that I realized I had to do it on my own.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It took a lot of looking before I even found what the box was called. The most used name appears to be<i> square</i></span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><i>twisted</i><i> box</i>.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">These are my three most recent. Mine still aren't as good as hers (everything she made looked professionally done), but perhaps eventually, with a little practice they might one day be close enough.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">These are mostly the tools I used. You'll need a sheet of patterned paper (I used double-sided scrapbook paper but single-sided eases over corners better), cardboard (I used the back of a desktop calendar. You want something with a bit of substance, i.e. the back of a tablet), a glue stick, bulldog paper clips, needles and thread (I used both a tapestry and a beading needle). I show linen beading thread here, but I actually only used it on one of the boxes; for the other two, I used regular black sewing thread. Also, I've shown a corner rounder but this one doesn't cut through cardboard so I rounded mine with scissors.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">First, make a box following <a href="http://www.paperkawaii.com/2015/09/05/traditional-origami-square-bowl-box-tutorial/" target="_blank">this</a> tutorial. I start with a 5 1/4" x 7 1/2" rectangle of double-sided scrap book paper. (Note: whatever pattern is facing up when you begin to fold your paper will be the predominant pattern of the box.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="text-align: center;">For the finishing details: </span></span><span style="font-size: large; text-align: center;">Cut three squares of cardboard: one to the exact measurement of the bottom square, another a tidge smaller than the box opening (it should fit inside), and one that's approximately 1/2" larger on both sides than your opening. Mine usually work out to be 3" for the lid, 2 1/2" for the bottom and a bit smaller to fit in the opening. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Cut a piece of patterned paper about 1/2" larger for the first and second pieces of cardboard and approximately 3/4" larger for the third. I make the top of the lid the same color/pattern as the predominant color/pattern of the box, the bottom of the lid and the bottom of the box the color/pattern on the bottom of the box.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Start by gluing the corners on each end of one side. I swipe the glue over the corner, then pull the glued section onto the cardboard, then finesse the edges in little pleats until I create a roundness, gluing as I go. Believe me, even though this appears difficult, in the long run it's better than squared corners. With squared </span><span style="font-size: large;">corners, the cardboard tends to poke through the paper. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Pretend you're upholstering chair seats and ease the paper over.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Glue paper in this manner onto all three cardboard squares. Then glue a finished square onto the bottom of your opened paper box. At this point, you can clamp it on two sides or weight it with a something heavy, i.e. a book.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Once you've sewn on your button/bead knob, glue the square that was sized to fit inside the box opening to the one made as a lid, clamping until glue dries. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">These make great presentation boxes for jewelry. I put little pillows inside mine (sized 2 1/2" sq. with an envelope back and stuffed with polyfil). They would be wonderful as wedding favors made with wedding gift wrap or kraft paper.</span></div>
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TexNanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02032946765535415548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3311846309617613696.post-58501507974829303242016-04-08T09:15:00.000-07:002016-04-08T09:15:21.694-07:00A Tribute to Max<span style="font-size: large;">Two months ago, we lost our marmalade cat, Max. He'd been with us since October 13, 2001 when he showed up at my sister's house, a hungry, flea-ridden, feral stray. According to the vet at the time, he was three to four months old.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'll never forget that first night, after we took him home, he crawled into my lap while I was eating popcorn and took a piece from me. I think it was the last time he ever ate anything so banal. He quickly became a very picky eater. What can I say? He was a cat, and he held us both in one pad of his paw.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Most of our photos from his early years are prints, but here are a few that are presently in my computer. This was our old house; he liked looking out at the street from this chair, though here he's actually sleeping. He was a long kitty and hadn't yet grown into his length.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Some of these are from my phone. I never got good shots of my kitchen window in the afternoon sun but Max didn't care what time of day he was being cute; he had to check into whatever plant I brought home. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Even a fake Christmas tree.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is one of my favorite shots. Who me? On what counter? </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Isn't a wooden chopping block exactly the place a big old cat ought be?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Anyplace was fine for Max.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">"Since I'm here, I might as well get comfy."</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I will miss you, Max. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A while back, </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I picked up a couple of teacups from the thrift store, loving the luster of them, though they were <i>sans</i> saucers. Then, on another hunting trip, lucky find! The saucers were by the </span><span style="font-size: large;">same manufacturer but a</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> different color way. <i>Oh, well!</i> Both cups and saucers had the luster and black banding and both had the luscious gold. Though they mightn't</span><span style="font-size: large;"> work for serving tea, I</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> don't really do that anyway, so teacup pincushions here we come. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The one pictured above was the first</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> I made. It's currently offered on my Etsy shop <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/241302258/rose-tea-cup-pin-cushion-teacup?ref=shop_home_active_14" target="_blank">here</a>. But if you prefer to make one of your own, </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I've put together a tutorial for you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The materials needed are few, and you probably have them already in your stash: </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Actually, I miscut this one. It turned out to be a little too small, but I corrected it, as shown in the tutorial. For this one, I chose an embroidered upholstery </span><span style="font-size: large;">swatch.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> For the first, it was a piece of eyelet from a tattered pillowcase. It doesn't take much fabric; remnants will more than suffice. </span></div>
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where you can correct any mistakes and decide if you like your choices. I auditioned lace, buttons, a seam tape bow, and felt roses. The
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It's been an extended process with lots of photos posted on Facebook for approval as she lives in Pennsylvania and we're in Texas. Here are a couple of shots of the beginning flowers, the tutes for which I found all over the 'net. Amazing what you can find from talented bloggers out there!<br />
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Her great-grandmother (my MIL) died before Elizabeth was born but I had some small doilies Mum crocheted and used a few in the bouquet.<br />
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The one on the left was a triple flower doily folded into a three-layered single flower. I used a felted ball as the center for it and for the one on the right, which was a square ruffled into a flower shape. I was careful not to ruin the pieces; they can still be unstitched back to their beginning shapes.</div>
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This is another ruffled square; I used a bead center on it.<br />
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One of my dry run photos. Eliza preferred the bouquet without greenery so I deleted them in the final bouquet.<br />
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The penultimate audition shot. Bridesmaid dresses are black with begonia sashes so I used both black and begonia as accent colors with several shades of light pink as well.<br />
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She wanted burlap and lace as a handle wrap. I picked up burlap ribbon and crochet lace from Walmart, which is pretty much my only crafting supply source out here in the country. That and the internet. Thank God for Etsy!<br />
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I removed the original lace trim from the ribbon, leaving a raveled edge, and stitched two layers of the crochet lace onto the burlap with a chain stitch, making a 2-edged lace overlay.</div>
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Here I wrapped the handle with a thin felt for softness. The felt came from a roll I found at a thrift store; it's not wool and fairly thin so I ended up using four layers.<br />
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The completed bouquet. As accent, I used a brooch also found at a thrift shop. </div>
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The view from my kitchen window. It's gorgeous this time of year, with the cross vine in bloom. Wish the honeysuckle was; deer have eaten it so badly it's just not doing as well as usual. I have to be more diligent with Deer-off this year.</div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">The north side of our property. The copse of trees on the left is made up of smallish trees, but it's a lovely little shady spot where the hub keeps a bird feeder and birdbath.</span></div>
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The back of our house is a bit untidy--we've both been ill. Today, though, we'll be bringing plants out of the greenhouse and I'll tidy up at the same time.<br />
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A view of the field south of us, and of course my orange kitty, Max, eating grass. And, yes, he came right into the house and threw up on the carpet in the guest bedroom. He's obsessed with eating grass and prefers weed grass to the stuff I planted for him. Guess he's what they call a cheap date.<br />
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Another view of the copse of trees--and the honeysuckle. As I said, everything's untidy right now. I can't even show the front yard, it needs tending so badly.<br />
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A view of the back property, the part we let go to weed. Don't the bluebonnets look gorgeous!<br />
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Another view of the back property.<br />
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And that's all for now. Happy springtime to you, wherever you are!<br />
<br />TexNanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02032946765535415548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3311846309617613696.post-25536929026080204922015-02-16T05:14:00.003-08:002015-02-16T05:14:29.780-08:00Upcycling, Part troisMore upcycled pillows:<br />
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This was made of a designer fabric sample, backed with raw silk, which I purchased new.</div>
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The doily was from the thrift store. Don't you know the woman</div>
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All the pillows in this post are currently available in my Etsy store. In the future I might do a post on pillows from the past, but not today.</div>
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Tomorrow I'll show tea cozies from upcycled materials.</div>
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Today's pillows are all made from recycled fabric/vintage towels, one of my fave kinds of pillows.</div>
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<br />TexNanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02032946765535415548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3311846309617613696.post-65162016206876008212015-02-14T07:32:00.000-08:002015-02-14T07:32:26.621-08:00Upcycling, part oneDo you recycle/upcycle?<br />
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I admit it's an obsession with me, taking something old and making it new again. I love redoing pillow covers, and I admit recycling isn't always necessary with the ones I find. But--since I have an Etsy shop and they only allow items made by others if they're more than 20 years old and I can't actually use all the pillows I come across, I find recycling necessary.<br />
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In this part of the country, pillow covers/pillows can be had for a song, and, with a little creativity--and a certain amount of work--they can become truly magnificent. (That's my opinion, of course.)<br />
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This was a Crate and Barrel pillow, in excellent condition. I bought it originally because it was a cheap price to pay for a down pillow form. Then, well, I couldn't discard the cover, now could I? So I added a flower, made of an old cashmere coat I'd felted, and needlefelted the center to tie in with the pillow itself.</div>
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This was a Calvin Klein pillow cover, again in excellent shape, again with a down pillow form (which I can pretty much ditto on every one of these). It took me ages but I stitched the buttons into the ampersand shape. I'll admit this is one of my faves.</div>
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A grape silk cushion cover, this. Need I say I bought it for the down form? This one had stains, which I thought I might be able to get out. And I did, after hand washing it. Then I stitched the buttons into the etc. shape. It's another one I like, though neither this one nor the Calvin Klein, nor even the Crate and Barrel work in my home. The first two have sold, this one's still up for grabs in my Etsy shop.</div>
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This is upcycled merely in that it was a vintage tea towel I made into cushion cover, then monogramed with buttons. It was my first button project, something I made probably six or seven years ago. It too can be had for the taking .</div>
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This last is also not a reclaimed cushion cover. It's made from a vintage sampler I picked up somewhere in my thrifting and remnant fabrics. The design is one I saw, again many years ago, at a semi-local way cool fabric store: Cowgirls and Lace in Dripping Springs, TX. They were asking $125 for theirs. Mine's in my Etsy shop for $50.</div>
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Last week, I was in the midst of a 24 hour stomach virus on Tuesday. Coulda waited a week except I had a coupon from Goodwill that was about to expire. All things considered, best choice scenario, I made Friday my Tuesday.<br />
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I found this brass gondola dish at our local Goodwill--also the ornaments I used to stage it.<br />
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Made in Mexico, it's really quite fabulous!</div>
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As was this AnnaLee Mrs. Santa doll. Her, I'll be keeping.<br />
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At the Library Thrift, I found these wreath trivets. This is the smaller of the two, made of brass and marked Rubel '81.</div>
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The larger, silver-plate and marked Italy.<br />
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For me, I found a gorgeous handbag--M Z Wallace--in like-new condition. I saw a similar one online at $375. I couldn't pass it by. Besides, it's perfect for Christmas.<br />
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My favorite memory of those bakeries was the nut roll. Growing up in Texas, I'd never seen them before, and they hit all the bases for me: nutty and sweet. So when I found a nut roll recipe in one of the local papers, I squirreled it away. I had no need of it when I could buy one so easily but once I came home the recipe was golden. Over the years, it became a Christmas staple.<br />
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Then I stopped making them at all. I'd think about it before the Christmas season started but somehow time would get away from me.<br />
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Last year, I tried something new: an easy way to make a nut roll. Now, don't go comparing it with the Pittsburgh bakery-made product, ya hear? It would fail by comparison, but it satisfies me, and more importantly, it satisfies the hub, Pittsburgh born and bred.<br />
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The recipe actually calls for ground walnuts. I simply chop them.<br />
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First melt 3 T. of butter with 2 T. of milk. (I use almond milk because that's what I drink, though I keep whole milk in the house--for my cat, doncha know. I imagine the almond milk contributes to the nutty flavor.)<br />
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Combine the 1 1/2 c. chopped walnuts with 3/4 c. sugar. (These pictures are horrible. I don't get the morning light in my kitchen.)<br />
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Lay the crescent rolls onto parchment paper and pinch into a rectangle. I'm using a small tin because that's all I had when the hub asked for them. And yes, that's the shadow of my fingers as I photograph. Very graceful looking, innit. <i>Not</i>.</div>
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Spread the nut mixture over the dough leaving the edges free.<br />
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I'm finding that there are things I used to be able to do with ease that elude me anymore. And no, I'm not talking physical things, though of course it's a given that they too will become more difficult as I age. I'm just not there yet. But simple little crafty things, like putting in a zipper, or hand stitching evenly, or even making pretty embroidery stitches--somehow they've become more difficult than when I was younger.</div>
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One thing, at least, I can still do: sew on buttons. Here are a few cards I made a while back using buttons as decoration. I'm seriously thinking of making more of the same to satisfy my creativity without mucking things up.</div>
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Since I've never been a collector of stamps and rarely have ones for whatever design I come up with, I find graphics on the 'net to use instead. With this one, I printed the words and the balloon graphic. Maybe next time I'll upload the graphic to Pixlr and blank out the balloons, leaving only the baskets.</div>
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Mother Teresa's words. Not much one could do to mess up a card with that on it. But I'm thinking next time I'll do more paper layers beneath the saying.</div>
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I bought this lamp base about 15 years ago when I was in a lamp-making mode. There was a cool antique store in Dallas--it may still be there--that had a warehouse of antique stuff behind the store, one floor being entirely lamp parts and such. Loved that store! But only two finished lamps ever came out of my lamp-making days. This base, and the lamp part below, I never got around to using. They've been stored ever since.<br />
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This too was tucked away in the office closet. I have another somewhere; I think it's in a bureau drawer in the guest room but I wouldn't swear to it. Isn't it gorgeous? I'm not sure what it was used for. I started with three but have since given one away. I picked them up at an antique store sidewalk sale in Plano ages ago.</div>
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Ditto on this one as to where I got it, but there's only one of it. In one of my old houses, I had it hanging above a picture. I twisted some wire around that center section to make it hangable.<br />
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This last piece came from a thrift store in Ft. Worth. I know it's a little odd to have something like this, even more odd to treasure it, but I do. I have no idea if it was on a crypt or what. It's certainly worn.<br />
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I'll most likely be cleaning this closet all weekend. Who knows what goodies I'll find? The first two on today's list I've currently listed in my <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/sumpnsassyoldstuff?ref=hdr_shop_menu" target="_blank">Old Stuff</a> shop. The rest I'll be keeping for myself, just because I really like them and they're not big enough to take up significant space.<br />
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Ta, y'all. Hope you have a good weekend.<br />
<br />TexNanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02032946765535415548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3311846309617613696.post-61451358559288023352014-11-02T13:57:00.001-08:002014-11-02T13:57:06.167-08:00Gift with PurchaseDoes it make a difference?<br />
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Some time ago, I saw a discussion in the Etsy forums about sellers including gifts in their packaging. I was surprised to find that there were both sellers and buyers opposed to it.<br />
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In most cases, I include a gift of some sort. Not food, but something small and inexpensive. Linens, I wrap in acid-free tissue and tuck in a small lavender sachet. It doesn't cost much: the bags come from Dollar Tree and I grow the lavender. And who doesn't like scented linens?<br />
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I'd be interested in hearing what others think both about receiving a gift with purchase and about the ones I've shown. Are they a waste of the small amount of time and money I invest or would you appreciate them?</div>
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<br />TexNanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02032946765535415548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3311846309617613696.post-77496040387441672112014-11-01T08:10:00.001-07:002014-11-01T08:10:24.898-07:00More LinensI know I've mentioned that I live in a county with a large elderly population, but it's worth mentioning again. It's because of that, I think, that treasure hunting locally can be so fun. I really have to curb my impulses when thrifting.<br />
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This piece is exceptional. The stitches are so regular, the button-hole embroidery so close that it looks like machine-embroidery. It's not. It's all hand-done. The large yellow leaves, edged in blue button-hole stitching, are a<span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12pt;">ppliqué</span>d. The two smaller yellow leaves, one bottom left, the other higher on the vine, and the leaf outlined in green all are shadow-stitched. The scalloped border? Hand-done button-hole stitching.</div>
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The sides are hand-stitched as well. This piece has heirloom quality stitching and someone gave to the thrift store. What are people thinking? And why am I questioning it? Their loss, my gain.</div>
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This bridge cloth has eight matching cocktail napkins. The embroidery is spectacular, the flowers all french knots. Exquisite!<br />
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I remember my mother-in-law having the ladies over for cards, back when I first married. (She played canasta.) Me, the closest I ever came to "having the ladies over" was when I was writing and had a bi-weekly writers group. We didn't do bridge cloths or cocktail napkins. We did sitting at the bare kitchen table with a drink and a snack while we read each others' manuscripts. That doesn't mean t can't still imagine the elegance of a time gone by when ladies did do otherwise. Hey, I may not be a writer anymore, but I can still exercise the imagination muscle. ;^)<br />
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These are similar to the first towel, but different.<br />
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Green is my favorite depression glass color, but I'm not a purist.<br />
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I have a couple of refrigerator trays similar to this, both in green.<br />
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One I use next to the range to hold shakers: salt, pepper, cinnamon and sugar.<br />
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Another I keep on the counter next to the coffeemaker for sugar, stevia, etc.<br />
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I've found lots of uses for these dessert dishes. <span style="text-align: center;">I keep one on the tray beside my coffeemaker as shown above for individual sweetener packets.</span><br />
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One cradles a pear next to a decorative platter. A couple more hold potpourri: one in the guest bath and another in the living room, and yet another holds a small ball candle in the guest bath. (And no, I don't light it; it's just decorative.)<br />
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I found a piece like this without a lid some time back. It makes a perfect holder for toothpaste and other paraphernalia next to the master bathroom sink.<br />
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As I said, I don't collect it, but I do pick it up whenever I find it at a reasonable price and resell it in my <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/sumpnsassyoldstuff?ref=hdr_shop_menu" target="_blank">OldStuff</a> shop.<br />
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This is one I recently listed: a swirl pattern fruit bowl by Anchor Hocking in a lovely pink. If I still had a buffet, I'd keep it for display, but I don't, so I won't.<br />
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Same swirl pattern, but this time a clear console bowl. Can't you just imagine this with a pair of candleholders on a buffet?<br />
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Like these? These are Tiffin candleholders, probably from the same time period but most likely not from the Five and Dime like depression glass was.<br />
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These are Fenton hobnail in a lovely turquoise opalescent. Yes, they'd look terrific next to my coffeemaker but no, I don't use them. Back in the '80s, '90s, I had a much larger home and displayed these in my breakfast room. </div>
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Last are these dessert dishes. During the depression, they probably would have been kept for Sunday dinner or for company. I can imagine them with pudding: chocolate or banana or, more likely, rice or bread. </div>
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Texans may like to think of themselves as a breed apart and maybe that's true, but when it comes to creating, we have much in common with the rest of the world. Here, I've chosen a few holiday items to spotlight from Texas craftspeople.</div>
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A clever ornament made of corks: the Dallas Cowboys-inspired wine cork reindeer ornament from CorkyCrafts out of Fort Worth, my old home town.</div>
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How adorable is this? Wouldn't your daughter or granddaughter or niece look adorable in it: Girl's Elf Shoe with Bells shirt from JillysMomMadeThat out of San Antonio</div>
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Finally, one of my own: a pair of button icicles from Sumpn Sassy out of Kingsland, also in the hill country.</div>
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Pinterest is wonderful for finding ideas, and for finding people who share your taste and who find ideas of their own. Here are a few button ideas I either found on Pinterest or pinned myself.</div>
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This is such a lovely addition to a lampshade, which could be done in many styles. Here it was made for a little girl's room, but fashioned in all white it would be stunning in a cottage-style living room or a feminine bedroom.</div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">This combines two of my favorite things: buttons and redwork. Imagine a button-mounted redwork card in a sewing shadow box. It's definitely on my to-do list!</span></div>
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More of her collection. I've begun putting my buttons in jars and displaying them on a window ledge in my studio. It's not a patch on her collection, but from little acorns oak trees grow.</div>
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I made this from an old frame, an old linen napkin and a collection of buttons. I used the blue to distinguish from the wing and the body. I'm not sure it works but I'm not going to change it now.</div>
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Another of my creations: I took a discarded silk pillow, in perfect condition, and added the etcetera abbreviation in vintage buttons.</div>
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This one I've sold, but I still love it. I used the Kate Spade ampersand as an inspiration and stitched the buttons onto another rescued pillow cover, this one a Ralph Lauren gray denim.<br />
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The cuff.</div>
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The cuff close-up. It's not apparent in this shot but I've also done bullion stitch flowers on the center pink section.</div>
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The toe: here I've incorporated beads with the stitching.</div>
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And the heel: just a little corner of a web here and a bigger beaded spider.</div>
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I'm happy to say I consider myself finished with these stockings. They were fun doing, both then and now, but I think next I'll make one completely from scratch. Maybe a cream felt with embroidery stitches…well, we'll see.</div>
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For crafters, it's never too early to start creating Christmas. Lately, I've been working on finishing the embroidery on a pair of stockings I bought in the '80s. I loved them when I bought them--they were the English chintz so popular at the time--but, as I'd been given as a gift a lovely book on crazy-quilting, I looked at these stockings as a blank canvas. I did enough embroidery and embellishment then that I called them done. But then I began to rethink, and rework, them.<br />
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I don't have photos of how they were either when I first bought them or before I started this last round of embroidery. (These pictures were taken at different times of day. The one on the left is more true of the color of the chest so I'm guessing more true of the stocking as well.)<br />
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Today I'm just showing the left stocking. This is a close-up of the cuff section. I highlighted some of the vine and flowers with embroidery, using chain stitch for the vine and bullion for the flowers. </div>
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The spider web I did in stem stitch using black and gold thread and the spider is beaded. (In crazy-quilting, a spider is for good luck.)<br />
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I always think of these bullion flowers as a row of soldiers, side by side.<br />
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The heel. And <i>voila</i>!</div>
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Second stocking tomorrow.</div>
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