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Post by JeannePhx on Feb 8, 2013 13:14:50 GMT -5
I had hoped to hear more from folks about memories of old family stuff, different types of lace, favorite doilies, collars, ANTIMACASSARS !!! JeriJet you asked about favorite family pieces. I come from a family of needleworkers...I've quilted for over 20 years, cross-stitched and done advanced needlework for over 30 years, and I crochet and knit occasionally too. Here's an apron my grandmother made for me in 1962 - with some cross-stitching and embroidery. I love that she commemorated the first manned space flight (Mercury 7) that was happening when she made it. Here's a piece of bobbin lace my aunt made. This is a set of dresser scarves my mom crocheted when she was only 10. And this is one of 2 tablecloths my mom and her mother crocheted for my mom & dad's wedding....they were for the tables holding the wedding cake and the guest book etc.
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Post by Brenda on Feb 8, 2013 16:19:44 GMT -5
Jeanne,
How very special that you have all of those old family pieces. Thank you for sharing.
Brenda
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Post by JeriJet on Feb 8, 2013 23:40:28 GMT -5
Thanks, Jeanne, nice assortment of pieces! When I was a little girl, it was very common to at least learn how to cross-stitch..... there were even children's "kits" you could buy in toy stores (silly little things!) which were very simple and even 5-year olds could do..... My mom was always doing all sorts of needlework, (in addition to crocheting)..... so, she taught my two sisters and me some embroidery stitches -- not only cross-stitch, but I also remember french knots, daisy loops, running stitches, etc... I often wonder if little girls do that anymore.... probably very few Needlepoint was beyond both Mom and me -- just couldn't keep the stitches even, which is key..... she also did something called Barjello (sp?) which required a special type of hard-to-find fabric and you threaded surface patterns onto it -- have never seen it anywhere but our house !!.... and she hooked a few rugs, something I always wanted to try but haven't -- and now my eyes are probably not good enough. Darn. She who hesitates......
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Post by JeannePhx on Feb 9, 2013 9:51:23 GMT -5
If there's a form of needlework I've probably tried it at one time or another JeriJet! What you referred to as 'barjello' is actually the pattern of the stitching - bargello is typically geometric repeating patterns. This type of needlework is also known as Swedish Weaving. I did this piece probably when I was 10-12 - the cloth was something we called 'huck toweling' and you remember correctly - the design is formed by weaving embroidery floss through the surface threads of the fabric.
And you would be amazed at the resurgence of crafting and forms of needlework that are popular again with young women - I think in part to blogging and online tutorials available. In the past year or two lots of young women are crocheting those granny square afghans that were popular in the 70's. OMG never thought I'd see those again!
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Post by JeriJet on Feb 9, 2013 11:11:52 GMT -5
Oh, wow, bargello!! Thanks for the pic.... Now I remember the term "huck" .... and Mom calling it Swedish embroidery!! Also remember now the geometric nature of the patterns. Much of it resembles American Indian works, at least Mom's did..... It was so neat that you didn't see the "stitches" from the back of the fabric....
My Dad told stories of learning to knit when a very young child -- to make "squares" which were then turned into blankets for our servicemen overseas in WWI. Hard to imagine little boys today doing something like that -- maybe other charitable stuff, but not knitting !!
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Post by ForeverWaltons on Feb 9, 2013 15:18:52 GMT -5
My Dad told stories of learning to knit when a very young child -- to make "squares" which were then turned into blankets for our servicemen overseas in WWI. Hard to imagine little boys today doing something like that -- maybe other charitable stuff, but not knitting !! My Uncle was born in 1930 & died in 1951 at 21 years old. He always had a bad heart & could not do anything physical. If he wasn't attending school then he was crocheting, whittling & doing photography. I have all of the beautiful dollies & such that he did plus a pair of pliers that he whittled out of wood. It is very tiny, about a half an inch long. They open & shut just like a real pair!! Plus I have his camera & some of his photography. Some of it was hand tinted by him. I love how they used to tint/color photos by hand back then. My Grandmother told me that it was very popular for boys to do needlework back in the 1920's & 1930's.
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