Welcome back for Vintage Thingys Thursday!!
Today I have a few items to share from my embroidery stash.
As I have mentioned before, I come from a long line of pack rats. I'm so very glad that my Great Aunt Pearl was a pack-rat.
Here are some of her patterns. Most of her patterns in my collection appear to be from the 40's and are all mail order.
Some have never even been opened!
She had oodles of booklets too. Dusty but pristine!
Here's one I did last night when I should have been sleeping ;)
Often a bonus sheet of embroidery would be sent with her order. Here's one with a piece of felt "in your favorite color." The sheet includes directions to make an embroidered lapel pin.
And here's a cutie that Aunt P had started by transferring the pattern onto the felt. I used the thread that was wrapped in the folded paper and Voila! I have a cute new pin to wear.
For more wonderful Vintage thingys head over to our sweet hostess, Suzanne's blog, ColoradoLady.
I had a lovely great aunt too! Those patterns are a treasure, and your pin is a cutie!
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh..what treasures you have. How wonderful.I loved the embroidery patterns..and the books on how to do crepe paper flowers is just too cool. My sister and I used to make crepe paper flowers..they were really pretty. Hope you have a happy VTT..and a great weekend.
ReplyDeleteCute stuff! I keep telling my family it pays to be a pack rat, but they still don't believe me. By the way, congratulations on being a winner on Sew Mama Sew!
ReplyDeletesuper cute pin and very interesting patterns! thanks for sharing and happy vTT
ReplyDeleteThe booklets about crepe paper flowers made me wonder whether they still make crepe paper. The thing I remember most about crepe paper was how color dissolved in water.
ReplyDeleteOh! I love vintage tranfers. Great post. Happy VTT.
ReplyDeleteThese patterns are fabulous! I have just started to do embroidery and I love quirky patterns!!! These would be a blast to play with! I'll have to see if I can find some around here!
ReplyDeleteYou really have a vintage collection of those patterns. What wonderful things to keep and share with the younger generation.
ReplyDeleteThese are great! I love the ones on making crepe paper flowers, those are really interesting. What a wonderful collection you have and wonderful that they were saved. Have a great VTT.
ReplyDeleteoH these are so fun! They remind me of the pictures my g-grandma used to stitch back in the day.
ReplyDeletei love old patterns! i love that crepe paper flower one!!
ReplyDeletelovely stuff!
ReplyDeleteJeepers! Those are magnificent! I love the little pin; how adorable!
ReplyDeleteSweet little pin and such a neat array of things to embroider on those!
ReplyDeletei love your booklets..the designs are gorgeous!!..love that sweet little kitty pin :)
ReplyDeleteYour Great Aunt Pearl needed to meet my Aunt Lois!!! They would have great pack-rat stories to share with each other!!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat great old patterns you have! That pin turned out so cute! My grandmother's name was Pearl. It was also Helmi which I found out means Pearl in Finnish. I have name my bear Helmi after my grandmother. Hope you had a great Thursday. I am so glad it is Friday now. On to the weekend!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely collection! I need to get back to embroidery again. Thanks for the inspiration.
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