Comments on: Art with My Needle ~ Week 25 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2010/02/10/art-with-my-needle-week-25/ I am not a has-been. I am a will be. Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here we might as well dance Tue, 22 May 2012 21:45:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2010/02/10/art-with-my-needle-week-25/#comment-29644 Grannymar Fri, 12 Feb 2010 21:56:15 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=6483#comment-29644 goodnightgram, Red fabric always seems to suit smocking. With the regulation Peter Pan collar! goodnightgram, Red fabric always seems to suit smocking. With the regulation Peter Pan collar!

]]> By: goodnightgram http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2010/02/10/art-with-my-needle-week-25/#comment-29643 goodnightgram Fri, 12 Feb 2010 21:35:06 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=6483#comment-29643 Mom made ours for Christmas in plain red fabric with white stitching. Whew - could it be over 50 years ago already? That's a long train ride to the Land of Much Younger Days, eh? Mom made ours for Christmas in plain red fabric with white stitching. Whew - could it be over 50 years ago already? That’s a long train ride to the Land of Much Younger Days, eh?

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2010/02/10/art-with-my-needle-week-25/#comment-29626 Grannymar Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:53:02 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=6483#comment-29626 Magpie - I bet they are cosy in this weather. Magpie - I bet they are cosy in this weather.

]]> By: Magpie11 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2010/02/10/art-with-my-needle-week-25/#comment-29625 Magpie11 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:46:03 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=6483#comment-29625 I love my Viyella shirts when I can buy them...plain fronted of course! I love my Viyella shirts when I can buy them…plain fronted of course!

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2010/02/10/art-with-my-needle-week-25/#comment-29618 Grannymar Thu, 11 Feb 2010 09:35:28 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=6483#comment-29618 WWW - There was nothing to compare with smocked viyella. Elly remembers later dresses and tars them all with the one brush. She was only happy in jeans and jumpers. Conrad - My school day sewing was quite atrocious. I did all kinds of beautiful mile high stitches.... pity they were meant to be tiny. :( WWW - There was nothing to compare with smocked viyella. Elly remembers later dresses and tars them all with the one brush. She was only happy in jeans and jumpers.

Conrad - My school day sewing was quite atrocious. I did all kinds of beautiful mile high stitches…. pity they were meant to be tiny. :(

]]> By: Conrad http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2010/02/10/art-with-my-needle-week-25/#comment-29615 Conrad Thu, 11 Feb 2010 02:26:38 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=6483#comment-29615 Those <b>cretan</b> stitches sound pretty close to the way I sew! Those cretan stitches sound pretty close to the way I sew!

]]> By: wisewebwoman http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2010/02/10/art-with-my-needle-week-25/#comment-29614 wisewebwoman Thu, 11 Feb 2010 02:22:45 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=6483#comment-29614 You reminded me of Viyella, GM, smocked viyella: my beloved Auntie Daisy, whom I wrote about, would make them for me and make matching ones for her own daughter. Elly should have worn viyella, it never scratched! :-) Xo WWW You reminded me of Viyella, GM, smocked viyella: my beloved Auntie Daisy, whom I wrote about, would make them for me and make matching ones for her own daughter. Elly should have worn viyella, it never scratched! :-)
Xo
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]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2010/02/10/art-with-my-needle-week-25/#comment-29611 Grannymar Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:07:27 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=6483#comment-29611 Magpie - I didn't like that smell or indeed the feel of the natural unwashed wool. Brighid - Let them be comfortable or you will be reminded for life about the 'scratchy' dresses! Magpie - I didn’t like that smell or indeed the feel of the natural unwashed wool.

Brighid - Let them be comfortable or you will be reminded for life about the ’scratchy’ dresses!

]]> By: Brighid http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2010/02/10/art-with-my-needle-week-25/#comment-29610 Brighid Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:31:29 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=6483#comment-29610 The weather is not always nice here, so I often put a turtle neck and leggings under her dresses. Sort of a Hanna Andersson look. Two of my grandaughters are dress wearers, even with their cowboy boots. We're just a bunch of ranch babes, and I don't think I'd have it any other way. The weather is not always nice here, so I often put a turtle neck and leggings under her dresses. Sort of a Hanna Andersson look. Two of my grandaughters are dress wearers, even with their cowboy boots. We’re just a bunch of ranch babes, and I don’t think I’d have it any other way.

]]> By: Magpie11 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2010/02/10/art-with-my-needle-week-25/#comment-29609 Magpie11 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:01:51 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=6483#comment-29609 I like oiled pullovers, Herdwick wool by choice... amazing smell... can't be allergic to Lanolin though. As for awards for research...well no thanks as it so often improves my knowledge. I like oiled pullovers, Herdwick wool by choice… amazing smell… can’t be allergic to Lanolin though.

As for awards for research…well no thanks as it so often improves my knowledge.

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