ANTIQUE LINEN AND LACE

A very exciting parcel
arrived last week!!
When I saw the Honolulu postmark

my heart skipped a beat....

Recently I ordered a bundle of estate linen and lace
from Just Lilla.

It included Cluny lace, Reticella, both bobbin and needle lace

and Swiss eyelet lace - all pre 1940.....

just look at this beautiful label - I love Lilla's eye for detail
Inside the bag were these treasures......

Old linen and lace from France and Belgium....

I ask you what more could a girl want....

My favourite piece - a very fine, delicate doilly and

I wonder whose clever hands made it

Thank you Lilla - as always I'm more than delighted
with my purchase from you!

To see more of Lilla's artistic creations visit her etsy here.

Show and tell!!!

At last I've taken some photos of my journal!

Remember a few weeks back I told you about Carole's on-line Journal Class.

It has been such an enjoyable class of learning the basic

techniques of making a journal.

I've found the process very therapeutic and relaxing!!!

Just what I needed having retired in April!

It involved some sewing, so I was re-united with my

sewing machine after a long absence!!

I also got to splash paint, tea and coffee about with gay abandon!!

This is the first of three signatures (pages that make up a book).

Surprise, surprise it has a French theme!!!!!

More to come - sometime soon!

Have a wonderful week dear friends!

A Walk in the Park

It's been a gloomy Sunday here downunder.

Our spirits needed a lift so........

we went for a walk and LOOK what we

found and picked along the way..

after encountering these 89 steps!!

PHEW can you hear me puffing!!

Do have a wonderful relaxing Sunday everyone.

Take care.