Oh The Things You Can Do With Doilies

August 12, 2010

Oh The Things You Can Make With Doilies

On January 31, 2010 I blogged about the doilie curtain I made for my bedroom window.
Last week I finished the other curtain.
(The photo of it is at the very end of this blog).



The first curtain.




Both curtains were made from this beautiful French linen sheet.
It was a birthday gift from a best girlfriend, seven years ago.
I have been saving it for the perfect project.
I'm so happy I used it for my bedroom curtains because I see it everyday.
It's a lovely piece of fabric and it reminds me of friendship.



This hand embroidered monogram takes my breath away.
I aspire to monogram this perfect one day.
I would love everything in my home to be monogrammed.



There wasn't enough linen fabric to make two curtains.
I was super lucky to find this tablecloth complete another whole curtain.
I found this vintage linen tablecloth at my local antique mall for 7$.



Most of these doilies were found at the same antique mall. ($1 - $2)
Some were from my Grandma Billie and some were from my Great-Grandma Johnson. (My mom's grandma).

The table cloth and sheet are measured to sew together.

I kept the crocheted hem on the tablecloth.

The linen piece was hand bound before sewing it to the tablecloth.

The first AB curtain was also hand bound to finish the edge.

Have I mentioned that I love hand binding?

The window covering before.

After.
(I learned that a photo taken with back light doesn't turn out so great).

I do like the shadows the back light creates.

Oh, the things you can make with doilies.

A Parade, Cemetery and Elvis

August 9, 2010

A Parade, Cemetery and Elvis

Last week was incredibly busy and I am very far behind on my blog.
I am going to set a goal to blog every other day and to blog in the morning instead of 11:00 at night.

Yesterday we drove to Wendover, Nevada where Utahns go to get their gambling fix.



There are two roadside stops that you should see on the way to Wendover.
Wendover, Nevada is about 130 miles west of Salt Lake City.

The kids and I had never been there.




Metaphor: The Tree of Utah ; built and paid for by Swedish artist Karl Momen from 1982 - 1986.

95 miles west of Salt Lake City.


This is an awesome and weird sculpture that suddenly appears in the desert.
A trio of other travelers also stopped.
They were from Turin, Italy and Newcastle, England.
We were all equally at awe with this sculpture in the desert.

The colors are brilliant.

The sky and sculpture seem one piece.

The last time Chris visited the Tree of Utah there wasn't a fence around it.

Chris, Oliver and Freya are standing in front of a fallen 'leaf' from the tree.

For more info about Three Tree of Utah, click this link.

www.roadtripamerica.com/roadside/Metaphor-The-Tree-of-Utah.htm

Another 'leaf' fallen from the tree.

Ten miles before you get to Wendover you should stop at the Bonneville Salt Flats.

Millions of years ago one-third of Utah was covered by Bonneville Lake.

The Great Salt Lake and the Bonneville Salt Flats are remnants of that lake.

The Salt Flats.

The salt flats are so flat you can see the curvature of the earth.

Land speed records are set here.

And Hollywood movies; Independance Day and Pirates of the Caribbean #3

My handsome husband.

A long train in the distance.

We found a few geocaches in Wendover but I forgot to take photo's.

Wendover Will.

A desert summer storm moves in.

Oliver at the gate of Wendover Cemetery.
What looks like a ciggy in Oliver's mouth is actually a sucker.

When you Geocache you visit a lot of cemeteries.

Our family really likes cemeteries.

Wendover Cemetery is the most interesting cemetery I have visited.
It over looks the entire valley and the graves were very personalized.

It had a very reverent and loved feel.

Marble, cement and grass carpet plots.

There were nine benches in the small cemetery.

Fast and nearly invisible lizards ran around and atop of the graves.

It was the first time Oliver and Freya had seen a lizard in its natural habitat.

Blue bench.

Nearly all of the grave were constructed with materials that could be readily found in town.

Much love, creativity, thought and ingenuity went into the design of each plot.

Bright blue was a common color and it looked brilliant against the desert back ground.

These plants looked like something from War of the Worlds.

You can learn so much history about a city just by visiting the town cemetery.

Mary and me.

The most strange plants.

Geocache at the cemetery.

A wonderful Sunday family outing.

Freya' photo of Oliver.

Oliver studying music.

Wednesday August 4, 2010

On Wednesday Freya fractured her wrist by jumping off a trampoline.

The big boys were jumping off so Freya had to too.

Oliver read to her until she fell asleep Thursday afternoon.

Oliver is the kindest human being I have ever met.

The 'arms' I've made for her over the years have come in quite handy for keeping the brace clean.

Thursday we have an appointment with an Orthopedic doctor.

I really hope she won't need a cast.

My dad, nieces, Oliver and Freya watch the Midvale Harvets Day parade.

The parade route come down our street every year.

By the end of the parade the kids zippy bags were full of candy.

Election year always means lots of candy.

My dad + float.

There were festivities and bands at our park all day.

Elvis is a friend from Jr. and high school.

Shane Martin aka Elvis.

Shane would preform as Elvis at all the school assemblies.

It was nice to chat him up and remember good times from 24 plus years ago.

It was fun to see him perform and nice to know that his passion for Elvis is alive.

Elvis lives!

Lastly....

I am taking some time off from my sewing machine.

I love hand sewing and these finger puppets are quick, fun, easy and awesome to make.

Cheers to a brand new week!