29 April 2012

Monogram laundry.....

Back in the day before front-loading,

high efficiency washers…



linen maids and laundresses for the royals,

along with the common folk,



would go down to the river together for washdays.



Linens of fine fabrics were displayed

for all to see while drying.



To prevent any mix-ups of yours or mine…

families began marking them with stitching to

represent their household...

monogramming


MHM

it all comes out in the wash




it's just embroidery, have fun with it!



19 April 2012

Caution! Objects in mirror…..


are closer than they appear


waving hi from the highways


be back soon...




it's just embroidery, have fun with it!


12 April 2012

bolts and threads.....


eye bolt


a screw with a loop on one end

and

threads on the other end


hardware shopping as related to embroidery




it's just embroidery, have fun with it!



09 April 2012

speeding threads.....

the needles are zipping along at 800-spm


 spm...stitches per minute

Wonder what that would be in miles per hour?



speeding ticket??



it's just embroidery, have fun with it!


05 April 2012

dyed or deviled.....


Excuse me???




*no chickens were harmed while chasing
them down to get a photo 

and the neighbors are probably still laughing...




it's just embroidery, have fun with it!



01 April 2012

generally seeing stars…..


star magnolia

Dwight D. Eisenhower

34th President of the United States


star magnolia

wore red pajamas...

with the five gold stars of a general
embroidered on the collar


"Hitch your wagon to a star."
Ralph Waldo Emerson


Any stars embroidered on your pj's?



it's just embroidery, have fun with it!