Sunday, October 11, 2009

Thrift shopping,

Oh how time passes by so quickly! before you know another week has started.

This mornig we went thriftshopping and found this,

rose

And a lovely book from 1957 with all kind of nice carpenter ideas,

hop hop paardje

(I don't think anyone is ever going to make a thing, but I love the 50s pictures!)

doughters hanging office

And who is making all thes lovely ideas...

doughters hanging office dad's making it 1957

Yes the handy father while smoking a pipe!

And since I'm not a carpenter I'll stick to do some quilting

started quilting

Have a good start of the week everyone,

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14 comments:

  1. kristinOctober 11, 2009 at 7:42 PM

    ahhh...vintage needlework. always a good find. i have quite a passion for them myself.

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  2. sewkalicoOctober 11, 2009 at 8:11 PM

    :-) That's a cute book! Love your quilt and your thrifted rose.

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  3. UnknownOctober 11, 2009 at 11:06 PM

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  4. RGOctober 12, 2009 at 3:47 AM

    Dear Heleen,
    Hi it's Robyn from the ornament swap.
    Would you please contact me? You email is set to no-reply. Thanks!!
    hugs Robyn xx
    daisyquilts at rocketmail dot com

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  5. AnonymousOctober 13, 2009 at 8:15 PM

    I love you needlepoint rose. I wonder what you plan to do with it!

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  6. Hi! My name is erica. Would you be my friend?October 13, 2009 at 11:43 PM

    The pipe is too funny! :)

    I hope you have a great week as well! :)

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  7. VictoriaOctober 14, 2009 at 2:06 AM

    Fun finds!

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  8. AnonymousOctober 14, 2009 at 11:37 AM

    Geweldig, die teksten bij dat bureau geval..

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  9. Nanette MerrillOctober 14, 2009 at 9:01 PM

    Heleen this is such a lovely quilt. Hand quilting it makes it a masterpiece. I love it.

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  10. A Spoonful Of SugarOctober 16, 2009 at 7:53 AM

    Your hand quilting looks lovely! It is such a relaxing past time.

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  11. The French BearOctober 17, 2009 at 3:10 PM

    Beautiful quilt as usual!!!! Love the rose, and since I am not a carpenter, I'll sew too!!!
    Hugs,
    MArgaret B

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  12. UnknownOctober 19, 2009 at 9:46 PM

    Great finds! I adore the needlework! Have a sweet day!

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  13. UnknownOctober 20, 2009 at 3:03 PM

    Heleene You must check out Joy'sThoughtsandThings on my side bar of my blog. Joy is a wonderful traditional American style quilter. Very simple patterns that turn out so lovely. I think you will enjoy visiting. E

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  14. EileenOctober 21, 2009 at 4:05 AM

    We definitely have the same tastes. :-) Love the busy father with the pipe.
    Your quilt looks so pretty in the hoop. Can't wait to see how you are quilting it.

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