Stormy Friday

Goodmorning!
It's about to pour buckets here in Western Mass. That's a frequent occurrence here in June. I found some great "old" patterns in my stash last night. Dolls, bears you name it, I have it. Some go back to 1993
when I was doing home parties with my friend Vanessa. She painted folk art primitive style and I did
dried flower wreaths and arrangements and dolls, snowmen, angels, santas. Do you remember the vacuum cleaner covers? I was laughing at some of the things that were "hot" in the eighties and nineties. I
remember candlewicking was popular. I did pillows and a marriage sampler. I have a floorcloth that I did in a class. Wow, the classes I went to. Tinpunching, basket weaving, pierced lampshades, painting and I can't remember anything else right now but I know there was more. Surprising to me was that I really didn't start making bears right away. I was a little intimidated I guess. I have the ones that I bought from 1989-on. I took a really cute bear into the birthing room I had when I has having Ashley. He was my "focal point" from Lamaze classes. It worked, too. Having her was really a breeze and I remember the midwife asking me "see you next year" and I told her "I'll be here". Unfortunately, I couldn't have any more children. But I could have birthed lots more babies! Anyway, I digress...
I said in an earlier post that I was uploading pictures to the blog. I haven't found the cord I need
and the memory chip is missing from the camera, otherwise I could just pop the clip in my laptop. I'm going to take pictures of some of the old bears, too. I have quite a few vintage composition Patsy dolls but they are all undressed except for one. I have some vintage baby clothes that I hope will fit at least 1 or 2 dolls. The dresses are the common white batiste type with exquisite sewing details. I'm really getting into the hand sewn needlework techniques. Google eBooks has tons of old needlework books that are all in the public domain. I love reading these books. They range in date from the late 1700's to the 1920's. After that, you take a chance that they are still copyrighted. I see lots of ideas and things to make. The instructions are very limited. They were written at a time when ladies knew how to sew and it is assumed that you know what to do. The terminology is sometimes
unknown in today's time. So I use Wikipedia and most of the time I find the word.
I've been concentrating on learning HTML and code so that I can do additions to my blog myself. I like it so much that I'm going to school online to learn web design.
Well, this is quite enough for today I think. I'll feed the birds and change their water, pick more peony blossoms (they have exploded on this plant) before it really rains. If I come across any good
items from other blogs, I'll post them here as I usually do when I think you might like them.
Warm Regards,
Susan

Another Great Technique For Inspiration

Here is yet another great tip from Deanna Rio from her blog It's Just Me.
Also,check out her June 15, 2011 post for a really pretty makeover on a
Butler's Tray table.Click the link below to go to "French Pizza Board".


It's Just Me: A Pottery Barn Inspired Pizza Board for $0.25

Hillcrest Home Prims: A GIVEAWAY!!!

Tricia at Hillcrest Home Prims is having a "surprise" giveaway. Click below for details.
Warm Regards,
Susan

Hillcrest Home Prims: A GIVEAWAY!!!

Rusty Rooster Vintage: Make it rusty paint technique

Here's the link to the rusting technique that I mentioned in the previous post:

Rusty Rooster Vintage: Make it rusty paint technique
Warm Regards,
Susan

Joggles Newsletter

The current Joggles Newsletter just arrived in my inbox.
It's full of new books, items and of course the Spring Into Summer sale is still going on with a
13% discount on your total order. They even carry the spray paint used in the rusting technique I posted a few days ago (see older posts). Just go to www.joggles.com.
Something for all crafters.
Have a great day.
Susan