Vintage paper cut work of two birds in a lovely round wooden frame.......
Tins and French coat hooks....
Naive embroidery picture.....
"No matter where I serve my guests
It seems they like my kitchen best"
Spot the embroidered lobster in the top right hand corner and the clock on the shelf showing 5pm....time for tea!
An unusual sampler done by Elizabeth Cornock in 1935 aged a mere 70 years old...
On a piece of fine unbleached linen.....
Little stitched vignettes.... flowers, trees, a windmill and a Spring chicken with a verse underneath.....
Obviously her eyesight was still good enough to manage these tiny stitches.......I wonder how old she was when she did her first sampler?
Born in 1865 when samplers were a popular gauge of a young girls ability to sew and were often done at school....she might have been as young as 10 years old.
Over the last few days, I have been busy making, sewing and painting for this weekend's
Easter Gift Fair
Three floors of Art, Craft, Gift and Food in the Grandstand Exhibition Halls of The Racecourse, Hexham, Northumberland. With spectacular views over three counties on a fine day.....so fingers crossed for sunshine and clear skies this weekend.
Everything packed in boxes ( smugly organised for a change....usually it is all last minute, throwing things into the car the night before! )
And bags printed and adorned with a simple, torn strip of fabric ribbon.....
Hope you all have a lovely weekend whatever you decide to do....
Finally a big thank you to those who leave lovely comments on my blog and another big thank you to all my new followers.... x
Julie x