Back home from Thanksgiving holiday break and thinking about being out of the traffic and home, safe, keeping warm.
Getting ready to start a new school week and wondering how it got to be December already.
If you have a doily or a piece of fine crochet, openwork, mounting it on a pillow is a good way to display it.
I thought this was a good follow-on to my post of my grandmother’s afghan and quilt yesterday.
Downstairs, I have some samplers she made which I’ll post another time.
I sewed this antimacassar onto the pillow top with tiny stitches all around. Click on the word to read about the origin.
Photographed at my sister’s place in NYC. I don’t remember but it looks like we used extra upholstery fabric to make the pillow itself.
If you want to read a new crochet blog, my blogging friend Stef just started it (you read her comments on this blog perhaps) Click the link
This may be an example of tapestry crochet but I am sure a reader will set me straight.
Fabulous way to display such a treasure
Beautiful, such a treasure.
That is a great idea. Unfortunately I don’t have those treasures. And they are treasures.
Last Christmas I had my grandmother’s crocheted pieces framed and gave them to family members as keepsakes. Pillow is a good idea, too.
What a beautiful piece. I’m confident my creations will be nowhere near that intricate – but I absolutely appreciate your support of my new blog! 🙂 Many thanks kind Ruth!
That’s such a beautiful piece, Ruth, and you created a great way to display and preserve it.
Hello! Coming back after a long hiatus from blog-peeking! Sending love! 🙂
Have missed you Carla. Hope all is well with you.
Thanks for the visit and kind words.
And the pillow is beautiful!