I just finished the candlewicking on a 14 inch pillow cover. There was not quite enough thread in the kit so a few of the colonial knots are done in a slightly different color.
This kit even came with the pillow cover all put together and a zipper in back. Pretty fancy!
And it only cost me 95 cents! Back before retirement I used to pick up kits like this at the thrift store thinking I would work on them when I retired. Four years into retirement I guess the time to work on these things is now. They make nice summer project when it is too hot to hand quilt. There's another 95 cent Candlewick pillow cover waiting for some embroidery. I'll probably skip the lace on it because it is that scratchy and stiff type of old lace I don't like. I plan to make some pillow forms out of muslin and batting scraps when I have all of these embroideries finished.
This week I finished five more flowers for Grandmother's Flower Garden. That makes 23 flowers out of the target of 30. I inherited 15 blocks and the parts to make 15 more
This is another thrift store find. It included the stamped cross stitch dresser scarf/table runner and needle but no lace like the card said. I'm sure I can find some here in my crazy quilting supplies. I have plenty of embroidery thread so no problem there. This is about the extent of the cross stitch I can do anymore because my eyesight is failing and it has never been that good. The stamped embroidery reminds me of my grandmother who taught me how to embroider on a stamped cloth and also on gingham.
I will use this as a buffet topper or pie safe topper when finished. I do love roses!
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The table scarf is so pretty! My mom started me embroidering on a table scarf, it was a shower gift for my oldest sister. She still has it after 57 years of marriage. You don't see candlewicking very much anymore. These will be great pillows, happy stitching!
My grandmother did a lot of stamped cross stitch. Our wedding gift from her has acorns and oak leaves cross stitched onto it. Your thrift store finds make great slow stitching projects!
Great job on the thrift store finds!
You were very clever to start planning for stitching in retirement! Such lovely projects... I especially think the stamped dresser runner will be beautiful!
Thanks for linking up to Slow Sunday Stitching!
I buy unopened kits at thrift stores and estate sales, too. I have fancied doing interesting crafty things with the fabric -- the good kits are linen.
Have I done so? Nope. But when I run out of quilting inspiration I'll be all set. Glad to see that Fran's hexie garden is blooming!
I'm stitching on a 95 cent thrift store pattern too--but it wasn't a kit! I always look for crafty stitchy things at thrift stores.
Your stitchery is looking very pretty. And a zippered back already made, wow!
Thank you so VERY much for your post! All your projects are lovely and reminded me of many I've started, but not completed (soon though) as well as some I've worked on in the past. I'm so utterly grateful for your candle wicking project. I enjoy stitching on tea towels and my daughter gifted me some grey ones. I wasn't sure which color to use and then you go and post this wonderful candlewicking project! I was thrilled when I saw it! Thank you so very much!
Great thrift store finds and projects! Happy stitching!
Those Grandmother's Flower Garden blocks look so cheery. That will make a delightful quilt. I have so many small needlework projects that never got started, I don't need to look for thrift shop kits.
Pat
Very pretty projects! I love doing candlewicking and have even made a lovely candlewick quilt, that was a big project. It's nice and easy and always looks wonderful.
I love the candelwicking that you did. It is so pretty. The dresser scarf is great also. You might want to try a magnafier to aide your cross-stitching. I currently use drug store readers for 14 and 18 count stitching, but I have a clip-on magnafier for smaller stitching that I find very helpful. There are so many other types that you might prefer. I love that you found these kits at thrift stores over the years. Your hexie flowers are very pretty too.
I used to love candle wicking embroidery and did a lot of it maybe 40 years ago. I had forgotten about it and your post sure brought back memories. Now I want to do some again. Your pillow is lovely.
Beautiful hand work, I love it, it reminds me of my aunts and my grandmother and other women their age, the unsung heroes of life!
I get so tired of the force feeding of doom and gloom and evil by the msm.
I know there were and are decent people who did their best ( and are doing their best) in a quiet way to make the world a better place because I saw them and they were good to me and everyone else around them.
Thank you for sharing!
How clever of you to pick these up at a thrift store. They are great for these hot summer days. My grandmother taught me to embroider on gingham, too.
That cross stitch item sure reminds me of what the old 5 and Dime variety stores used to carry.
I love the cross-stitch table runner. My grandmother taught me on the pre-stamped runners and pillowcases. I still have some of the transfers to iron onto runners.
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