embroidery – Ruth E. Hendricks

Crewel Throwback Thursday

I stitched this Little Red Schoolhouse Paragon Crewel Embroidery Kit 0624 in the late 1970’s.

My memory is I got the kit by sending in Campbell’s Soup labels.

My crewel-embroidery-on-linen period.

Someone is selling a completed one for $124. Framed.

But you can still buy this vintage kit on Etsy or EBay for anywhere from $12 to $40

Scroll down to read the description of this item

Does the hall ceiling light look like a sun or moon ?😂

Here’s the kit description. Who knew? Spark conversation and /or admiration?

“Delve into the charm of yesteryear with this exquisite Vintage Crewel Embroidery piece featuring The Little Red Schoolhouse. A testament to the timeless artistry of the 1970s, this handmade creation embodies the intricate beauty of crewel work, bringing a touch of nostalgia to any space it adorns. Crafted with care, each stitch tells a story, capturing the essence of a bygone era’s educational scene. Ideal for educators, artists, or collectors, this embroidery is not just a decorative item but a piece of history that can spark conversation and admiration. Whether it’s displayed in a teacher’s office or showcased in a living room, it’s sure to be a unique and treasured addition.”

September 24, 2025 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: crewel, crewel embroidery, embroidery, photography, postaday, schoolhouse, vintage 15 Comments

Silent Sunday

My paternal Grandmother’s embroidery. Wishing my friend Vincie a Happy Birthday today

March 9, 2025 by Ruth Categories: Photography, silent SundayTags: embroidery, friendship, grandmother, photography, postaday, sampler 17 Comments

My Grandmother Taught Me Huck Embroidery

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

February 26, 2025February 27, 2025 by Ruth Categories: Crafts, Photography, Throwback ThursdayTags: childhood, crafts, embroidery, grandmother, Huck embroidery, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday, Swedish weaving, Throwback Thursday 22 Comments

Vintage Crazy Quilt Question in Stitches

I bought this Kentucky in the 1980’s

May 12, 2023 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: cotton, crazy quilt, embroidery, fabric, Kentucky, mother, photography, postaday, quilt, silk, vintage 11 Comments

Silent Sunday

Thanks Laura for sending a photo of the picture at your home

Embroidery (no beads) at my friends home

The beaded art holy pictures and embroidery are stitched with loving hands and passion by my DIL’s Grandmother in Kyiv.

February 26, 2022 by Ruth Categories: Art, PhotographyTags: art, beaded art, BVM, DIL, embroidery, family, grandmother, holy pictures, Kyiv, silent Sunday 16 Comments

Vintage Embroidery by my Grandmother

My father’s mother, the one who taught me to knit, stitched this saying I have on my wall.

Being covered in glass, the photo is tricky.

March 9, 2021 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: antique, embroidery, friendship, grandmother, photography, postaday, vintage 15 Comments

Embroidered Acorn Card

My sister sent this elegant card for Thanksgiving.

It looks so pretty with the little stitches in shiny threads.

Thanks, Mary.

November 30, 2020 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: acorn, embroidery, family, greeting card, mail, Papyrus, photography, postaday, sister, stitches, thanksgiving 15 Comments

Beloved Duo Since 1969

My sister Mary embroidered this Bert and Ernie pillow when Mark was little. So at least forty some years ago. I found it while going through a big basket of pillows on the third floor. Their faces make me think of Rubber Ducky and Doing the Pigeon.

I’m partial to Ernie. Do you have a favorite? I’ve a knitting pattern for an Ernie sweater but who would wear it?

“Their names are believed to have been drawn from those of two minor characters in the Frank Capra film It’s A Wonderful Life.

According to A&E’s Biography, Bert and Ernie were… the only Muppets to appear in the Sesame Street pilot episode,screen tested to a number of families in July 1969.” -Wikipedia

Jim Henson Exhibit last year at COSI in Columbus Ohio **Blog post last year**
First episode Sesame Street date: November 10, 1969

June 15, 2020 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: Bert and Ernie, childhood, crewel work, embroidery, friendship, It’s a Wonderful Life, photography, postaday, Sesame Street, television, yarn 15 Comments

Snippet of Lace and a Tiny Flower Tattoo

My sister gave me this vintage apron years ago.

It’s a conversation piece. I don’t know who made it.

Most of my aprons hang inside the pantry door and aren’t vintage. That will be another post.

This half apron is fun to wear when hostessing,

Just lift up the skirt of the dress for the unexpected.

A bit of lace and an embroidered flower. The fabric of the midriff is worn and there is a hole right where the navel would be. Maybe it is one of a kind?

And of course it it all trimmed with good old rick- rack.

Vintage_Apron_Close-Up OoooooLaLa

January 8, 2018 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: apron, cooking, embroidery, entertaining, fashion, flower, fun, humor, kitchen, lace, photography, postaday, rick-rack, sewing, vintage, vintage apron 20 Comments

Bringing Baskets to be Blessed

April 16, 2017April 16, 2017 by Ruth Categories: Photography, TravelTags: basket, cathedral, church, Easter, easter basket, embroidery, photography, postaday, Zagreb Croatia 2 Comments

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