Wishing you a blessed Thanksgiving!

 

O Infinite Father, I'm grateful to Thee

      For the moon and the stars and deep rolling sea;

      For beauties of nature, where e'er they may be...

For the handclasp of friends, so firm and so true;

      For sunrise and sunset and glistening dew;

      The fleecy white clouds and the Heavens, so blue;

      For these wonderful gifts, dear Lord, I thank you!

~Gertrude T. Buckingham, "My Song of Thanksgiving"

There's is comfort in hand stitching

 

the hours away, slowly in the late afternoon.

Do you agree?

Even when you are tired........or things may be heavy 

on your mind ........or heart.......

the stitches of colorful floss and the time

you have to say a prayer or sort out

the day's stress, while you stitch,  

come through in such a beautiful way. 

Summer set lip to earth's bosom bare,

And left the flushed print in a poppy there:

Like a yawn of fire from the grass it came,

And the fanning wind puffed it to flapping flame...

Francis Thompson

Wishing you comfort and peacefulness 

as you stitch the day away. 

With the end of the year and the holiday season upon us

I have spent these days going through my fabrics

and cutting out new dinner napkins.

The present dinner napkins are looking very tired and worn.

With the help of my vintage sewing machine, 

and my supervisor, Taboo, watching over me,

I am able to quickly get the linens sewn and 

finished in a day. 

Hand stitching these would have taken forever.

However, I do like to hand stitch a decorative blanket stitch on my napkins.

They look prettier and the stitching keeps the edges lasting longer.

I managed to get a good amount of table napkins to last

for the year.

They are perfect for mix and match 

either on new dishes

or with a table set with vintage dishes.

Vintage plates seem to go with any fabric chosen

for a napkin.

I also crocheted new dishcloths........these

get very tired after a while of dish scrubbing.

It is also a great way to use up all of my scrap yarn.

Wanting to try something new, 

I crocheted, soft, cotton wash cloths

These will be perfect with a pretty bar of soap 

tucked into a basket for a gift for a friend.

However.......

 I think I am at the phase in life where

gift giving is not important.

I would rather have a chat/visit, 

an email to catch up, over a gift any day.

Sharing and catching up with friends  over a table set with pretty dishes and linens

and the warmth of friendship

just says 

"Come, Sit, Stay"