Merry Christmas to One and All
Read the whole thing!!
Hugs,
Susie Rose
Subject: the Aussie Army
Life in the Australian Army...
Text of a letter from a kid from Eromanga to Mum and Dad. (For Those of
you not in the know, Eromanga is a small town, west of Quilpie in the
far south west
Hello to One and All! I currently have 2 pillows going right now. One is a
torchon trim thats justs over a 1 inch wide. The pillow got dumped by a couple
of kittens that scared the dickens out of themselves. It very tangled. I just
dont feel like dealing with the mess. The other is a torchon
Hello All! I don#39;t use a hook or wire. I use a beading needle with a short
length of thread. I put the needle through the bead letting about 2 inches of
thread hang out of the bead. Take the beading needle around the lace thread and
back through the bead, pulling a loop of the lace thread
Hello to One and All!
For a source for wool blankets look at army/navy surplus stores. You can
get wool blankets there. I one that I use alot is:
http://www.majorsurplus.com/Default.aspx
But look online for one in your area.
Susie Rose Up in the mountains outside of Las Vegas
Prayers,
Hello to One and All!
I really like these. I'm thinking...why can't I make one using wire, using
the drain trap as a form. Things that make you go h.
Susie Rose Up in the mountains outside of Las Vegas
Prayers, love and hugs go out to all who are in need.
My online store:
Hello to One and All!
With all the talk about hankerchiefs, I just started one for myself, in black
gold rayon. My cookie pillow is 20 inches across and the pricking is almost
11 inches square. I sit on my bed, my back propped up with pillows with the
lace pillow on my lap angled with a small
Hello to One and All!
I make a lot of bookmarks for gifts. I usually use the same weight and color
thread for the bookmarks. I wound several of what I call a Mother bobbins
with a lot of thread. When I'm ready to make another bookmark I attach an
empty bobbin at the end wind off some thread
Hello to One and All!
I've used the plastic bobbins on a regular basis. I currently have 50 each
of the black and brown. I had 100 of the white ones that I tea stained to
look more like ivory and they were all spangled the same. (I gave these as
a gift to a student.) My black ones I spangled
Hello to One and All!
BTW - I forgot to tell you that I came from humble beginnings in 1986. My
first pillow was made from a coffee can wrapped with wool and covered with
muslin. My bobbins - they were the old fashioned clothes pins. :-) When
there's a will, there's a way. LOL!
Susie Rose -
