The child’s toy washing machine was cute and sweet. It was a mini version of mom’s old wringer washing machine, but this one had logo of a little cartoon figure holding a tennis racket. With…
Category: Sewing
I was recently browsing the furniture space at an auction house, something I do pretty often because I usually spot such lovely antique pieces. I don’t buy, I just admire. I’m amazed at the awesome furnishings…
How old fashioned a notion about a woman’s worth, but once it was seen as a fact sanctioned by society and accepted by some women themselves. I see the tangible expressions of that axiom on the…
Looking for objects of love
Posted in Dolls, Ephemera/Paper/Documents, jewelry, Photos, and Sewing
Young people in every generation think they were the first to discover love and romance when they get that first-time-all-is-right-with-the-world feeling. As they mature, they realize that they weren’t the first. People have been loving and living…
There was a time when I sewed some of my own clothes. It worked out well, especially because I could make slacks that reached beyond my ankles – no more high-water pants – and didn’t…
A slew of antique sewing boxes
Posted in collectibles, and Sewing
As I turned the corner into another section of a new auction house I was previewing, a well-lighted case caught hold of me. From where I stood, I could make out small spools of thread and…
The auctioneer looked closely at the framed piece he had just retrieved from the top of the glass case and then held it up high. It was tatting from 1822, he eagerly announced. Right, I…
I instantly fell in love with the small framed needlepoint of the little girl. She lay there on the auction table, her eyes looking to the left. I assumed she was Native American by the…
There was a time when some girls stitched designs on sheets, pillowcases and tablecloths for their dowries. These could be either simple or intricate designs on household items they’d take with them into their marriage.…