Throwback Thursday
Yes I made the dress. It was white piqué. I didn’t remember the nose gay. I know I was fourth in line to march in as they lined us up by height for some odd reason.
It was a long time ago.
Cecile Rowley Caven
My Grandfather’s Sister Jessie
Jessie Margaret Van Sickle, born 1878 passed in 1904, my maternal Grandfather’s sister. She is his only sibling who made it to adulthood. She was studying the singing of opera from what I’ve heard.
“died of consumption” it says on the Find-A-Grave post.
Barely legible but I’m grateful for the pencil notes
Embroidering on the vertical threads of the fabric surface.
This towel was embroidered by me in 1966. It’s called Swedish Embroidery or Swedish Weaving too. My father’s mother, who taught me to knit, taught me this design to embellish a linen towel. I remembering pulling threads with a needle to fringe the bottom edge
I discovered you can still get the Huck Toweling Fabric or Kits to embroider the towels.
Here’s a Beginners Video if you want to try it.
An article from PieceWork Magazine says…
“The French know this embroidery technique as broderie suedoise (Swedish embroidery); Italian needleworkers refer to it as punto filza (running stitch). In Spain, the same type of needlework is bordado Yugoslavo (Yugoslavian embroidery) or punto de llama (flame stitch). Ponto oitinho (eight stitch) is the Portuguese name for a strictly pictorial version of the technique in which designs are composed of rows of figure-eight (twisted-loop) stitches. A similar type of Portuguese embroidery, ponto vagonite (vagonite refers to the ground fabric), employs all the traditional huck-embroidery stitches”
“Huck embroidery, sometimes called huck weaving or Swedish weaving, is a form of embroidery that blends a bit of surface embroidery with weaving. Its name comes from huck cloth, which is the most common material used for this style, and as its alternate name suggests, huck embroidery originated in Sweden”
Update 12:34 Thursday 2/27
Look what just found at the library
Throwback Thursday
Going through old photos you find things you’ve not seen before.
In the Internet Archive there was a notice that my father was class secretary and helped convene the 10th reunion.
Throwback Thursday Happy Halloween
Matthew as Davy Crockett, Mark a HS Letterman and Laura a witch and me-Grandma Wolf
Throwback Thursday 
My maternal grandfather Judd Dewitt Van Sickle Durand, Illinois
Born Sept 4,1887 Died-August 20, 1975
My friend Vincie and I were eating lunch at Totin’s Diner on Route 19. I had a breakfast at the counter just last Friday and enjoyed it. We were in the area and I said you’ve got to see this retro vibe. The boomerang design Formica top table , the red vinyl chrome chairs, the counter, the booths, the artwork and a classic checkerboard floor.
She ordered Liver and Onions and said it was very good. Had enough real mashed potatoes for a couple of meals.
Look what she spotted as she sat facing this direction. She encouraged me to photograph it for the blog. Good call.
The partial black and white picture to the right –24 Pro Bowls for a trio of Linebackers
