tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7580784877583104334.post7415617365670555464..comments2024-02-13T14:31:01.475+00:00Comments on Linda Kemshall: Quilting, sketchbooks and found treasuresLinda Kemshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05575184486327210185noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7580784877583104334.post-87170128043375293902013-05-15T12:14:03.927+01:002013-05-15T12:14:03.927+01:00Hi Jen - I bet I'd want that cabinet too if I ...Hi Jen - I bet I'd want that cabinet too if I saw it. It's dangerous enough collecting masses of tiny sewing tools without having to find space for furniture!<br /><br />Hi Jeannie - Glad you like the Lana threads. I'm adding hand quilting to one of my new quilts for the SiX and Friends summer exhibition in Llanidloes with them right now. Lovely aren't they!Linda Kemshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05575184486327210185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7580784877583104334.post-16869262688498942972013-05-15T02:41:08.900+01:002013-05-15T02:41:08.900+01:00As always, an inspiring post. The needlecase is a ...As always, an inspiring post. The needlecase is a treasure and so appropriate for your collection box. I love the monoprints and sketchbook pages. I can't express how much I love the Lana threads I bought from you. They are like stitching with butter. :)Jeanniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11367949314724875797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7580784877583104334.post-50123504621454392492013-05-14T00:55:19.517+01:002013-05-14T00:55:19.517+01:00I love the needle case, Linda! The tailor's su...I love the needle case, Linda! The tailor's supplies store (very 19th century) where I buy a lot of my needles, pins, interfacings etc. has an Abel Morrell wooden display chest, which I must admit I do covet. Jen Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14966878079678137637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7580784877583104334.post-38793853301626359602013-05-13T19:53:25.938+01:002013-05-13T19:53:25.938+01:00Ooh...I do know the sore body feeling after a day ...Ooh...I do know the sore body feeling after a day in the garden...but isn't it wonderful to see all the results of the hard yakker? I just love your sketchbooks...very inspirational. I don't have the drawing ability...but one of our 14 year old grandsons has and is willing to help his granny. He drew a whimsical picture of my donkeys for me...we discussed changes...a few days later he began the alterations and I was astonished that he didn't need the original. He said it was in his head...oh to have the ability....Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09203184557769077085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7580784877583104334.post-78935621378889803062013-05-13T17:12:35.028+01:002013-05-13T17:12:35.028+01:00The needlecases don't have a great monetary va...The needlecases don't have a great monetary value although I did find a number of them listed for sale online. I collect objects connected with sewing. I especially like thimbles and I love to imagine who they belonged to and what kind of work the owners made. I hope you make good use of your mother in law's box of bits and bobs! My mother in law never stitched a thing in her life - she's 85 now and recently gave me her button box. She raised 5 children and obviously saved every button from all of the cast off clothes. Very laudable I'm sure but she never actually re used any of them!Linda Kemshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05575184486327210185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7580784877583104334.post-62442022469195837982013-05-12T19:04:48.859+01:002013-05-12T19:04:48.859+01:00Your photo of the 'Cross Fox' needle case ...Your photo of the 'Cross Fox' needle case made me go searching in a box of old sewing materials I inherited from my mother in law - a great stitcher and maker of her own clothes before and after the Second World War. There it was - the Cross Fox in amongst all sorts of other little notions - books of needles, old cotton reels and press studs. I never considered they might have some value as bygones.Charlton Stitcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03052815242463837033noreply@blogger.com