Merry Christmas Paint Book Whitman Publishing, 1941 Drawings by JLS
Countdown to Christmas – 2 Days
Merry Christmas Paint Book Whitman Publishing, 1941 Drawings by JLS Click on the images to enlarge these two-page illustrations.
Countdown to Christmas – 3 Days
Merry Christmas Paint Book Whitman Publishing, 1941 Drawings by JLS
Countdown to Christmas – 4 Days
Merry Christmas Paint Book Whitman Publishing, 1941 Drawings by JLS
Countdown to Christmas – 5 Days
Merry Christmas Paint Book Whitman Publishing, 1941 Drawings by JLS
Countdown to Christmas – 6 Days
Merry Christmas Paint Book Whitman Publishing, 1941 Drawings by JLS
Countdown to Christmas – 7 Days
Merry Christmas Paint Book Whitman Publishing, 1941 Drawings by JLS
Countdown to Christmas – 8 Days
Merry Christmas Paint Book Whitman Publishing, 1941 Drawings by JLS
Countdown to Christmas – 9 Days
Merry Christmas Paint Book Whitman Publishing, 1941 Drawings by JLS
Countdown to Christmas – 10 Days
Merry Christmas Paint Book Whitman Publishing, 1941 Drawings by JLS
Embroidered Christmas Stocking — Woodland Animals
I decided to take my own advice and make a stocking using Lois Lenski’s illustrations from Christmas Stories. One tree design and a few other elements were used for the embroidery; the animals and the name were tinted with colored pencils. I just noticed in the photo that my squirrel looks like he’s leaning backwards — oh well. The main fabric is an…
December Apron Winner
Thank you so much for all your nice comments on the December apron giveaway. The winner this month is commenter #15, Sharrie. Next month I’m going to make a more subdued apron. I recently saw this photo on ebay, and it reminded me of my husband. Gordon is a wonderful cook, and does almost all…
Antique Embroidery Designs — Poinsettias and Holly
Newspaper patterns from the early 1900s were usually designed to be stitched on linens and garments that nobody uses anymore, but I still love finding and restoring these old patterns. The designs themselves are beautiful, and I feel they can look modern in the right setting. Sometimes I’ll stitch a whole pattern, but when I…
December Apron Giveaway
Today is the six year anniversary of my blog, so it’s fitting that there should be a giveaway. This month I’m offering an apron for those of you who celebrate Christmas. I am very fond of the “apron with an apron” style, and for this hostess apron I used a piece of vintage ornament fabric as the…
Christmas Stories, Lois Lenski
If you’re anything like me, you’re looking at these adorable Lenski illustrations and thinking they would make wonderful embroideries. I would love to stitch any of the horizontal patterns on the yoke of a little girl’s dress or maybe on the bottom of an apron — curve and enlarge the design and you could embroider or appliqué a tree skirt….