Jabara Hand Embroidery for Friday

Friday's Find

 

These lovely linen towels have beautiful handwork

on the bottom edge.

 

 

 

I can still see the pencil markings of the pattern

on the top towel pictured above.

 

This lucky find still has the original tags!

 

 

"Portuguese Hand Embroidery"

for

Benj. M. Jabara & Sons

 

 (Back and Front of Tag)

 

These towels sold soon after posting

in my Etsy shop

Wings of the Morning

 

 

On a more personal note --

 

 

My family and I have embarked on our school year adventure.  This year we're returning to homeschooling after four years at a private school.  This transition is going to take some time for us all.  I know that many of you are also homeschooling.  Any words of wisdom you would like to share? 

 

Enjoy your weekend.

 

 

Amy

 

 

Irish Linen for Friday

Every Friday I try to post

a vintage find.

These silky table runners

are both still marked

with their original stickers.

The sticker reads

"All Linen"

"Made in Ireland"

The pulled thread border decoration

sets off the nicely mitered corners.

They both are 17 inches in width.

One reaches 34 inches in length,

while the other reaches 42 inches. 

When I obtain these unused

linens, I often wonder why their

previous owners never used them.

It usually only takes a few minutes

for me to remember how many

unused items reside in my own house

to let such ponderings vanish.

These linen runners are now available

in my Etsy Shop

Wings of the Morning.

Please stop by if you are interested.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Amy

Bedside Caddy from Vintage Pillow Case

Using only the straight stitch on your sewing machine and a vintage pillowcase you can make a sweet bedside caddy.

Are you ready to begin?



1.  Choose a standard vintage pillowcase with an all-over floral motif.  Launder and press.  (Estate sales, thrifts stores, and Goodwill all have great vintage pillowcases that have long ago lost their matching sheets.  You can also check with Grandma.  The back of her linen closet may yield some long lost beauties.  Etsy and Ebay also sell vintage pillowcases, but the sellers will charge you several dollars per case.)

2.  Fold long sides together forming a long rectangle.  Pin along the edges.  Sew a 1/4" seam around all four edges.

3.  Choose your favorite vintage image cropping and/or sizing to no more than 3 X 5 inches.  Print the image onto June Tailor's Quick Fuse Iron-on Ink-jet Fabric sheets following the manufacturer's instructions.  You can borrow my image below.  (This is one of my relatives.)  The other caddy samples that you will see in my photographs use images from Sandy Babb's at Quill Cottage  and Karen at the Graphics Fairy.



4.  Cut out the image and iron onto a coordinating piece of non-fraying fabric such as fleece, felt, wool, or flannel.  Use pinking sheers to cut around the fabric leaving about a 1/2" border outside of the vintage image.

5.  Use Scotch Blue Painter's Tape (It's wonderful for marking fabric!) to mark a 7" square at the top of what was the opening of the pillowcase.  You will build your vintage collage in the 7" square.

6.  Attach the vintage image to the 7" square by taking 3 strands of embroidery thread and sewing a free hand running stitch around the border fabric.

7.  Embellish with bits of crochet, old buttons, charms, lace, and ribbons.

8.  Fold the 7" collage pocket up wrong sides together.  Slip stitch the outside edges.  Remove the bottom Painter's Tape.

9.  Straight stitch along the edge of the remaining Painter's Tape to form the two pockets needed for the caddy.  Remove the Painter's Tape.  Last minute embellishments can still be added.

10.  Slide the long flat part of the pillowcase between your mattress and box springs to secure your caddy.

You are only limited by your imagination!

 

Amy

"The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying,

Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love:"

Jeremiah 31:3