The nicest goodies arrived in the mail! The incredibly gifted and kind Melissa sent these wonderful things to me. I had the supreme good fortune of winning her give away. Do you see the amazing peice of vintage lace she sent me? Oh, this brought a huge sigh of delight!
Melissa had already read this book so she offered it up for a give away. I am so pleased to be reading it.
Perhaps I should start to feel a bit guilty of winning so many give aways? The truth is I do feel a tad guilty about it, but I couldn't help but enter. Everything Melissa makes is delightful. She and I share a love of vintage textiles, especially embroidery. If you haven't already seen the baby shoes she makes then you are missing out. She salvages the most beautiful hand embroideries and gives them new life as shoes for wee tots.
This little pouch has such fine embroidery on it and was such a delightful surprise! Thank you Melissa for the amazing package!
You might be curious as to the little creatures peeking at the pretty things from Melissa? My grandmother made this baby quilt for my father, must be over 70 years old.
My grandmother gave it to my mom when we were children and mom passed it on to me when my first was born.
It has faded and is a bit frayed in places from use and love. How nice it is to think of my dear Grandma Louise, as we called her, sitting and hand stitching all those tiny stitches.
This pooch really is cute. I like how they broke up the pink, blue and green with some splashes of color on some of the embroidery. It would have been neat to know how the colors looked when new.
Wishing you a nice and hopefully creative weekend.
It is so beautiful and so modern looking, the design could be from a trendy up to the minute magazine. It is very pretty and what a lovely thing to pass on.
Love
Lyn
xxx
Posted by: lyn | June 11, 2010 at 10:04 PM
lucky you ,enjoy your weekend
Posted by: kaylovesvintage | June 11, 2010 at 10:22 PM
OMG such a lovely package! Thank you so much for sharing your loveliness with us! I have that wonderful Handmade Market place book too and it's wonderful ~ i am enjoying every page! Have a lovely merry happy weekend and love to you!
Posted by: Jacqueline | June 12, 2010 at 12:17 PM
Well, you are lucky! What lovely treats.
And that baby quilt is a true treasure -- just beautiful. You must feel wrapped up in your granny's love when you use it.
Blessings,
G
Posted by: Firefly | June 12, 2010 at 04:14 PM
How wonderful that you now have the quilt that was made for your father by your grandmother. What a touching piece of handmade inheritance!
Posted by: Xue | June 12, 2010 at 08:12 PM
How wonderful that you now have your father's baby quilt. What a touching piece of handmade inheritance!
Posted by: Xue | June 12, 2010 at 08:13 PM
The quilt is beyond beautiful, each little animal stitched with the utmost love. I gift to treasure forever. My family left Chile when I was a child with nothing but the clothes we were wearing and 2 small wooden lamps, handmade by my grandfather that my mother hand carried on the plane. Seeing your quilt made me think about how heartbroken my mother must have been to leave so much behind. I loved this post for how it made me reflect on something that had been buried for a long, long time.
Posted by: The Muse of The Day | June 13, 2010 at 04:56 AM
What a charming package from Melissa. Her crafts are always so delicately beautiful. Wonderful heirloom in you fathers baby quilt. Lucky you!!
Posted by: Yvette | June 13, 2010 at 07:01 PM
such beautiful posts lately as always. I find them all so inspiring. Thank you.
Posted by: joy | June 13, 2010 at 09:31 PM
The quilt is so beautiful, a treasure of the utmost importance, all those stitches of love and the memories, what a lovely thing to own.
Posted by: Rebecca | June 16, 2010 at 12:35 PM
You always get such great gifts!
Posted by: sheree | June 18, 2010 at 09:54 AM
Sweet package, and what a beautiful quilt. That is a delightful family heirloom.
Posted by: perches | June 18, 2010 at 03:42 PM