Mum's thread books

(Day 11 of my blogpost a day challenge in August)

I'm still working my way through the bits and pieces from Mum's that ended up here at our place.

When she first got into embroidery many years ago, she started making thread books for her DMC threads.

They were one thing I wanted to keep (and use!) as they'd been her constant companion. There was always one or another out on the side table next to her lounge chair.

I finally decided where to put them, emptying out a drawer for them.

And I thought I'd photograph them before I put them away.

I think that this was the first one she made. I understand that she got the chart from an Embroiderers Conference in the 'Wonderful Wairarapa'.  

Full of threads —

For there is no friend like a sister to calm to strengthen to cheer to lift and to love.

(It's interesting, Mum wasn't known as being overly sentimental but she was not adverse to stitching sentimental prose.)

Three smaller ones - here she used the linen rather than upholstery fabric for the cover. Forever practical, my Mum.

Tied together with shoelaces!

And tucked into their new storage space - they fit perfectly.

(Now to find somewhere to put all the papers I pulled out of the drawer!!!!)

We're not sure what caused last night's power cut - it was off for a couple of hours. We recently bought a battery back up for our internet connection - usually when the power goes off, everything goes off. That was great last night but we decided to have an early night.

Today I had a hemming job to do for ED. I took a big breath and got them done and out of the way —

In the end, it wasn't too hard a job - the fabric was a little slinky and I wasn't sure how easy it would be to sew - not too bad - whew.

'til next time

happy stitches,

Raewyn

whoops

Tonight's blogpost has just been thwarted by a power outage!!!

Here's a photo I took first thing this morning-

'til next time,

happy stitches,

Raewyn

A splash of yellow —

— on a wet day.

From frosts to rain. We had a soggy day today, so once the animals were all fed and happy, I spent a day in The Palace. 

On a Sunday I ignore the bookwork/office duties so I had some of extra sewing time.

First of all I tackled a wee job that has been waiting...converting several of Olive's bassinet sheets into a cot sheet!

I'd cut up a length of poplin to make the bassinet sheets, and now it is one piece again!!

Then, under the supervision of two cats —

I made the August Rainbow Scrap Challenge block. 

(Whoops, swapped out the sunflower print)

I was amazed at how long it took me to find enough yellows for the block!

It was still raining this afternoon when the afternoon calf feeding marathon began again. Yesterday I (and Odie) started feeding the oldest 20 with the bike feeder out in the paddock —

They spent all day in their shed but braved the weather to wait for their dinner —

And once fed, they all disappeared back into the shed!

'til next time,

happy stitches,

Raewyn