What a lovely day
To have needle and thread in hand
Weaving tiny stitches across the fabric land.
What a lovely day
To Stitch the day away
Stitching love and happiness
Needle and thread at play. - M. V.
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Hip Hip Hooray!!!!🎉🥳🧵
Happy Thread the Needle Day!
Isn't it exciting ? A day dedicated so we can sit back and enjoy needle and thread- Like we need another excuse. Hee! Hee! 😃😂
Have you decided how you are going to celebrate?
Well, last year I celebrated the day with giving you a tour of my Great Grandma Annie's antique sewing basket.
I even shared a wee stitch called Grandma Annie's Sewing Basket in memory of her. Though I never met her , she is still near and dear to my heart.🤗
Great Grandma Annie had all kinds of things in her sewing basket . Some of which was unexpected. Hmm I wonder what that could be? If you would like to revisit that post just click on the link above the photo. ⬆
What did Grandma Annie like to sew? Well, I imagine everything, but I do have one of her quilts which I shared last year . Click here to read more about Grandma Annie's Quilt .
This year I decided to take a tour of my Nanny's sewing box. She was the daughter of Annie. My Nanny was an amazing doll maker. Here are a couple that she made years ago along with her sewing box.
Nanny's sewing room was an extra bedroom nicknamed "The Junk Room". Though she named it The Junk Room, it was a glorious room to me and my sister.
Nanny's sewing machine sat on an antique dresser. On the dresser was a velvet pincushion that Nanny made; she attached it to a small jar. She was a thrifty gal.
Inside the jar are still little pieces of "cut out felt mittens" and Nanny's pattern that she used to make bookmarks. These are close to 40 years old.
Now let's get down to the nitty gritty as to what was in her box. I always like sneaking a peek into sewing boxes. I think only someone who sews would understand.
Inside Nanny's sewing box was an ash tray, spools of thread, pencils, needle books and such.
A brown paper bag, needle threaders, bobbins and small pouches...
I got tickled when I saw that Nanny stored her buttons in a Farm Pride Dinner Roll bag from Red Food. Dinner Rolls were $.59 back then. Wish they were that cheap now. Don't you?
That's the end of the tour of my Nanny's sewing box. She has separate box for all her threads. We may tour it some other day. You know I can oooh and aaah over threads any day. Lol.
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| My Nanny hung the moon in my eyes. She was a hoot !- Always joking and a constant chatterbox. I miss and love her so. |
Do you know what else today is?
Yes!!! Tomato Tuesday!
You want to see my newest stitch?
This is Sew Stitch Tomato Pinkeep - just a big ole' tomato pincushion. Nothing fancy for this gal.
Last night, I finished stitching it, and I even got it FFOd.😲😃
I added thrifted yarn which I twisted as a trim.
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| Sewing on the twisted yarn trim. Pins help me keep the yarn in place as I whip stitch it down. |
I add 3 buttons to the upper corner. I was going to add the buttons using my gourd pins, but alas I could not find them. I guarantee they are somewhere sitting in plain sight staring right at me, and I will find them soon. But for now I am happy with the buttons as is.
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If you are interested in stitching this piece, just grab , the images. For printing tips, refer to the post Tips for Printing which has loads of tips from my sweet friends.
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NOTE: I did not chart this, but I added small stitch lines one stitch along the edge of the white stitches.
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| I added stitch lines along the edge of the white. |
Alright, Sweeties. Have you picked up your needle and thread yet ? I sure hope so . Have a wonderful day stitching the day away and ...
As always...
Happy quilting and stitching, ya'll
Melisa
My soul is fed with needle and thread.
Dedicated to Great Grandma Annie, my Nanny and to my dear sister, Amy. Love and miss you., Amo ❤❤❤
