Happy Halloween!

Gnome and elf and fairy,

Witch and ghost make merry

On this last of dear October's days.

Lettie C. Van Derveer, Halloween Happenings, 1921

 

Let your worries slip away with every  stitch.

                                    

 

For Giving.....

 

Whenever someone comes to visit......be it friends or family, 

I like to open my "linen drawer" that is in a space in an old Hoosier cabinet

in my kitchen and offer them an embroidered dishtowel and matching crochet dishcloth

that I have made to take back home with them. 

I have let my stash of give aways dwindle down and now I am in the process of making more applique, embroidered, and crocheted items to be able to give away.

I decided to make a simple applique towel with a teacup design

and then added some embroidered vine and an appliqued small "broderie perse " 

flower spray.

I added some embroidery to the teacups 

and stitched a simple edging to the towel and then crocheted a matching dishcloth.

I also like to add a cookbook for a special occasion.

I have added some pretty fabric on some of the dish towels.  I plan to 

embroider something in the middle of each. 

 I never have a steady flow of visitors, which gives me time to get a stash accumulated. 

Since covid....I have noticed that the giving of handmade gifts has grown  ........yet

some do not like to offer handmade........and some do not like receiving handmade .

I am thrilled with a handmade gift.  For me, it says, the gift came from the heart.

How about you?  What are your thoughts of giving or receiving handmade gifts?

I would love to hear!