Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Picked these up for a song!

I picked up these two embroidered pieces for just a song at a thrift store.  It was my lucky day!


A sweet daisy pillowcase.  And this darling tablecloth with a teapot in one corner and cream and sugar in another.



I have completed two more squares for my little sampler. A teapot and a bluebird.



And yes, you were all correct with your guesses for my last post.   It was a house in a tornado.  Can't be from Kansas without including that in my sampler can I? 
Be sure to stop in and see what the other 50+ participants are doing with their samplers at 39 Squares.  Everyone is so creative!

By yesterday afternoon almost all of our snow had melted.  Only a few patches like this remained:


And today's rain made even those disappear.   Once again snow free!   I love rainy days.  I may be the only person on the planet who does, but they make me relax.  I want to curl up on the couch with my kitties and a good book.    

Speaking of books, I am supposed to choose the next read for our book club that meets next week.  I'm open for suggestions.   What good books have you read lately?

24 comments:

  1. Love the pillowcases!! How lucky for you to find these :)

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  2. Those are wonderful embroidered treasures! Your embridered squarea are very sweet and imaginative.


    I am reading the novel "Brooklyn" by Colm Toibin. It takes place in Ireland and America in the 1950's -- an immigrant's story. It came highly recommended.

    There has also been a lot of buzz about the novel "The Help," but I haven't read that as yet

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  3. I love the house in the tornado! And the little mushroom! Nice pillowcase, too. My grandmother used to make those.

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  4. I love the embroidered pieces you found.
    Your sampler is wonderful. I found a book at the thrift store today from 1979 titled Complete Guide to Needlework (for $1.00). It is a Reader's Digest book and has complete instructions for all the embroidery stitches, knitting, crocheting, macrame, rug making...you name it! I have embroidered in the past but I thought this would be a great resource to get me back on the right track with embroidering again. I'll keep you posted on how it goes.
    Jane

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  5. Lucky you! Those embroidered pieces are super sweet, especially the one with the teapots.

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  6. Have always loved embroidered pillow cases. In the spring I pile pillows in embroidered cases on my spare bed just to look at them. Your little squares are turning out so cute. Can't help you much with current novel trends as I tend to read second hand books tht friends pass on to me.

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  7. Oh I adore the daisy pillowcase. Your sample squares are swoon worthy!

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  8. Your little squares are turning out very well, aren't they? I like the teapot - goes with your newest thrifty find!
    I'm enjoying anything by Jane Gardam right now but also love Philippa Gregory - The Other Bolyn Girl, The Constant Princess etc

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  9. Love the embroidery pieces you found. The are really well done and in such great condition. Way to go! Your squares are looking wonderful. Neat project! Thanks for visiting and commenting on my Bluebonnets today....Sue

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  10. Love the vintage linens, especially the teapot. But, I love your embroidery even more, you are so talented.

    Jeanette Wall's newest book, 'Half Broke Horses' (Memoir/fiction), was just as good as 'The Glass Castle'. Other top picks, 'Cutting for Stone', 'Lark & Termite', 'The Forgotten Garden, A Novel', 'Love Walked In', 'Benny & Shrimp', 'Those Who Save Us', 'Sarah's Key', 'The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie' and "The Post Mistress". I would be happy to tell you more about any of these.

    I have a bunch of other suggestions, depending on what you like. Does your book club theme the food and drinks to the book?

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  11. Enjoyed your post from today, Gayle! Good finds for you with the embroidered pieces. They both are so pretty, but my favorite was the tablecloth!

    Congratulations on new squares completed!

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  12. Your treasures are really great!
    Love the tablecloth.

    Melinda

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  13. A adore finding old linens that someone lovingly created. It reminds me of buried treasure or money found in an old purse. Your finds are fantastic. Surely we've seen the last of the snow!

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  14. Great finds for you today!!! I love those !! Ever wonder why do WE live in Kansas if there is snow in March????????? All better now and I don't mind rain at all....The sampler squares are looking great...keep it up!!!

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  15. I love rainy days too. Sleep in and read a book.

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  16. Great finds! I LOVE rainy days too! Occasionally, that it. Yesterday was a good one. Slow and steady. I was away from home all day, but I like to curl up with a good book on those type of days. As far as a good book, one of my book clubs just read "Olive Kitteridge" by Elizabeth Strout. We talked and talked about it. Lots to discuss. I'm now reading "The Shadow of the Wind" by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. Both book clubs picked it for April, so I got lucky! It sounds really good.

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  17. oh, look at that little teapot! love its sweet rose!!! your squares are wonderful.

    xo
    elyse

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  18. Love thrifty finds! Yesterday I just picked up a large old frame to use as a photography prop for just $3.

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  19. Your squares are coming along really nicely! I'm having a great time with mine too, but haven't picked it up in several days. I must get back at it! :)

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  20. Did you get them locally, or send away to another state for them?!?! They're beautiful.

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  21. Your new squares are really lovely!

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  22. I can only imagine the heart-pounding head rush from finding hand embroidered linens while thrifting. Ain't it the best?

    Dawn

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  23. Oh, and I'm so rooting for Crystal.

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  24. Thanks for stopping by my blog. You were so lucky to find those sweet linens at a thrift store. I never have such luck. Your stitching is pretty too. Happy Blessed Easter.

    karen

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