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Friday, 9 August 2013

More sewing treasures.

Several years ago I found this lovely pink sewing box in Garden Grove Oregon.


The decals are lovely.


The inside is in very good condition, along with the spool holders.


Another beauty I found was in Needles California, where Snoopy's brother Spike lives...remember Peanuts cartoon strip by Charles Schultz?


The lid was missing but all the guarantee and instructions were there.


Love the turquoise cord and the water spritzer.


A pretty pink lady.


Her body comes off.


She is a thread holder and has space for pins or even a pin cushion in the middle. I think the idea is that you let the thread come though the upper opening and just pulled if you wanted some more. I got her in Port Townsend Washington.


This I got from my grandfather. They lived in Regina before moving to Vancouver. The outside advertised Drope and Hosie General Insurance Agents in Regina Saskatchewan.


It dispenses straight pins. You load them inside sharp side down and then press the smaller round cylinder. The pin appears at the little hole much safer than a pin box. Unfortunately it won't work with the large yellow head pins so popular now.


Another lovely treasure is this embroidered pin cushion.


These tortoise shell sock knitting needles were my great grandmother's. the metal ones were also hers love the mitten covers for the ends.


My aunt gave me these knitting needles in the wooden holder and said they were also my great grandmother's.


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Saturday, 6 July 2013

Canada Day revisited, a sunny walk and some trip treasures.

A local company called Que Pasa made some Canada tortilla chips, fun eh?


On July 1st the sky was blue, the breeze lovely and temperature records broke.


The roses were wilting in the heat.


Welcome to my complex.


Canada flags.


Our gazebo decked out for the celebration.


Today was another warm, breezy sunny day.


The hollyhocks are in full display.


The scent is amazing.


These blossoms remind me of Halloween...candy corn.


A bit closer view.


Beautiful blossoms.


One of my travel treasures.


I love turquoise and black with a touch of white.


See the sticker? $3.00 and the funds went towards a pet rescue.


A folding wooden carpenters ruler, I've always wanted on.


A wooden sewing basket.


It has a little ledge across to hold bobbins and things. I'm keeping my Primitive Gathering Block of the Week in it to take to sit and stitches.


Block number one finished. The word charity is to be penned in over the right stem, but I'm not sure if I want to do it yet. I'll wait and see what other words are chosen.


The freebie block is also done. They both need to be trimmed down.


Here's hoping the next mailing comes this week. They posted the first block along with threads to get you started. Now they will bundle four at a time to help cut down on postal charges. I love this consideration to out of country customers.
Stay tuned for more blocks and another quick trip to a quilt show.
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