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Tea Time Fun With Granddaughters 23 Aug 2013 | 08:13 am
I took my Granddaughters out to Tea! It was a cute little Tea Shop in Covington, Louisiana. The English Tea Room. Then they came home to visit me. I had never heard of Crayon Art. But I love it....
Cute Little Sewing Shop 17 Aug 2013 | 06:33 pm
I happened on this store in Puducah late on my last day, unfortunately. The owner was a very nice and interesting lady. And I could have taken some hand classes from her during my stay....had I only...
Eleanor Burns Quilts and The National Quilt Museum 15 Aug 2013 | 07:41 am
I can just see a little Smocked Dress with any of these fabrics, smocked in floss using this color combo. I am in love with these color combinations!! We went to an Eleanor Burns Quilt in A Day shop...
Cool Museum and Sunflowers! 11 Aug 2013 | 10:12 pm
I love eyelet embroidery!! We went to a cool museum in Puducah, Ky The eyelets were stitched on this little cloth used as the sheet for a Dolls Bed. The hand stitched quilt was the cover for the be...
Old Smocked Baby Gown 10 Aug 2013 | 05:35 am
I really, really liked this pretty smocked Baby Gown The tag said this was a Christening Gown. I could not imagine that it would have been used as such but the dealer told me she knew for a fact it ...
Antique Stores Along the Way 8 Aug 2013 | 11:46 pm
This is an old Gown. Not well constructed but I liked the design. We stopped at quite a few Antique Stores along the way. Me, always looking for Linens and Baby Clothes. We stopped in a town and t...
Iowa - Quilts and Pie 6 Aug 2013 | 10:40 pm
I love subtle stitching. Like tone on tone embroidery. The back of this quilt is like that. The fabric is one piece but a design emerges from the quilting stitches (which are really just a type of...
Iowa Vacation - Quilt and Shortbread 5 Aug 2013 | 07:41 pm
Old quilts have been in abundance on this trip. Have they always been everywhere I look? Am I just noticing them now? This is such a nice place to sit and read or stitch. And watch the goings on i...
Amish Friendship Quilt 3 Aug 2013 | 03:52 am
I should have listened better....but this is kinda what I was told about the Friendship Quilts. The girl would pick out the fabric colors. Then she would send blocks to her friends along with floss...
Amish Quilt - Embroidered 30 Jul 2013 | 08:18 pm
This Quilt in progress is just beautiful! One thing I found as I traveled through cornfields is that Quilts are the form of needlework most women have in common in rural areas. The dotted lines ar...
