Mom, as I've mentioned before is a rather private person so my writing yet another post about her handiwork will probably not please her. However, she is a very skilled craftsperson as the following will illustrate. So at the risk of invading her privacy further I will continue to share her work. Money was tight when I was first starting out married life so the idea of spending on items that were only used one month or less a year seemed ridiculous to me (or maybe it was just me being tight). Mom came to the rescue. She would do sewing, painting, macrame, knitting and cross stitching of Xmas items. I'll show a sample of things she made over the years here; more will be revealed in future holiday posts. Much of what Mom made came with this label attached: Name has been abbreviated to protect the reticent My carolers Mom and her brother teamed up on this project some time ago. My Uncle did the woodwork using a jigsaw to cut out t...
Getting it together one stitch at a time.