Commentüs on: Sewing box http://blogginginparis.com/2006/11/21/sewing-box/ The way I was, the way I am Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:42:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: joared http://blogginginparis.com/2006/11/21/sewing-box/#comment-1634 joared Thu, 23 Nov 2006 10:08:03 +0000 http://blogginginparis.wordpress.com/2006/11/21/sewing-box/#comment-1634 My niece has the old treadle sewing machine that was my mothers, along with the silver thimble she always used. I could never get use to using a thimble. I have a cedar chest filled with quilts she made in her young days before she became legally blind. Also, have tops for quilts that have never been quilted. Yes, I, too, gravitated away from sewing many years ago. I admire them, but have never done quilts. Buffy at "Arrrgh!!!" has an interesting quilt as the home page of her blog. My niece has the old treadle sewing machine that was my mothers, along with the silver thimble she always used. I could never get use to using a thimble.

I have a cedar chest filled with quilts she made in her young days before she became legally blind. Also, have tops for quilts that have never been quilted.

Yes, I, too, gravitated away from sewing many years ago. I admire them, but have never done quilts.

Buffy at “Arrrgh!!!” has an interesting quilt as the home page of her blog.

]]> By: Terri http://blogginginparis.com/2006/11/21/sewing-box/#comment-1633 Terri Thu, 23 Nov 2006 00:58:07 +0000 http://blogginginparis.wordpress.com/2006/11/21/sewing-box/#comment-1633 It's obvious that sewing box holds many precious memories for your friend. When my mother passed away...I was quite surprised to find a beautiful tin I'd bought her at Fouchet in Paris, that had been filled with cookies, and now contained every single postcard I'd ever sent her from Paris. I had no idea she'd saved them. So I can relate to you finding those poems. It’s obvious that sewing box holds many precious memories for your friend.
When my mother passed away…I was quite surprised to find a beautiful tin I’d bought her at Fouchet in Paris, that had been filled with cookies, and now contained every single postcard I’d ever sent her from Paris. I had no idea she’d saved them. So I can relate to you finding those poems.

]]> By: naomi dagen bloom http://blogginginparis.com/2006/11/21/sewing-box/#comment-1632 naomi dagen bloom Wed, 22 Nov 2006 18:46:50 +0000 http://blogginginparis.wordpress.com/2006/11/21/sewing-box/#comment-1632 more remarkable photos, claude. i loved the close-up of hands sewing. forwarding this to a younger friend who quilts; know these will delight her too. realize that i've missed some other enticing recent posts. in spite of your claims otherwise, you cook! and elegantly. more remarkable photos, claude. i loved the close-up of hands sewing. forwarding this to a younger friend who quilts; know these will delight her too.

realize that i’ve missed some other enticing recent posts. in spite of your claims otherwise, you cook! and elegantly.

]]> By: Joy http://blogginginparis.com/2006/11/21/sewing-box/#comment-1631 Joy Wed, 22 Nov 2006 17:03:10 +0000 http://blogginginparis.wordpress.com/2006/11/21/sewing-box/#comment-1631 My mother never had a sewing basket, but my paternal grandmother did. I remember seeing it all the time as a kid. I loved all the needles, threads and other paraphernalia she kept in it. My grandmother was an avid crocheter and made the most beautiful lace tableclothes and such. I have a little sewing basket, but I'm really not a sewer other than embroidery. I must have been pretty impressed with my grandmother's work since I love crocheting and knitting so much. My mother never had a sewing basket, but my paternal grandmother did. I remember seeing it all the time as a kid. I loved all the needles, threads and other paraphernalia she kept in it. My grandmother was an avid crocheter and made the most beautiful lace tableclothes and such. I have a little sewing basket, but I’m really not a sewer other than embroidery. I must have been pretty impressed with my grandmother’s work since I love crocheting and knitting so much.

]]> By: Maria http://blogginginparis.com/2006/11/21/sewing-box/#comment-1630 Maria Wed, 22 Nov 2006 03:21:42 +0000 http://blogginginparis.wordpress.com/2006/11/21/sewing-box/#comment-1630 I remember my mother making quilts for all her grandchildren. My daughter-in-law was sweet enough to display my son's on their bed. It meant much to me and to my memory of my mother's sewing. I remember my mother making quilts for all her grandchildren. My daughter-in-law was sweet enough to display my son’s on their bed. It meant much to me and to my memory of my mother’s sewing.

]]> By: kenju http://blogginginparis.com/2006/11/21/sewing-box/#comment-1629 kenju Tue, 21 Nov 2006 22:48:48 +0000 http://blogginginparis.wordpress.com/2006/11/21/sewing-box/#comment-1629 I have all my mother's sewing stuff too, and that box is a veritable antique treasure-trove of needles, and thread and labels and buttons. I love to look through it all. I have all my mother’s sewing stuff too, and that box is a veritable antique treasure-trove of needles, and thread and labels and buttons. I love to look through it all.

]]> By: tut-tut http://blogginginparis.com/2006/11/21/sewing-box/#comment-1628 tut-tut Tue, 21 Nov 2006 20:09:47 +0000 http://blogginginparis.wordpress.com/2006/11/21/sewing-box/#comment-1628 I have my mother's sewing/quilting chest; it took me a year after she died to go into it. These boxes are powerful stirrers of emotions. I have my mother’s sewing/quilting chest; it took me a year after she died to go into it. These boxes are powerful stirrers of emotions.

]]> By: Peggy http://blogginginparis.com/2006/11/21/sewing-box/#comment-1627 Peggy Tue, 21 Nov 2006 16:59:11 +0000 http://blogginginparis.wordpress.com/2006/11/21/sewing-box/#comment-1627 We mothers save the most sentimental things. Our Christmas trees here at our house are saved from being the colour themed perfection that I admire in the department stores by the inclusion of years and years of child-made Christmas decorations. My husband has every Father's day card ever made for him in a stack in his bedside table. He says it will be the first thing he'll save if there is a fire. We mothers save the most sentimental things. Our Christmas trees here at our house are saved from being the colour themed perfection that I admire in the department stores by the inclusion of years and years of child-made Christmas decorations. My husband has every Father’s day card ever made for him in a stack in his bedside table. He says it will be the first thing he’ll save if there is a fire.

]]> By: goldenlucy http://blogginginparis.com/2006/11/21/sewing-box/#comment-1626 goldenlucy Tue, 21 Nov 2006 15:30:01 +0000 http://blogginginparis.wordpress.com/2006/11/21/sewing-box/#comment-1626 Thinking of you every single day darling Claude. Much love to you! Thinking of you every single day darling Claude. Much love to you!

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