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For my easter tablesetting I used my brown transferware plates "Dover" and some creamware plates that I got at an antique store. Then I used handmade nests with chocolate robin eggs.
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"Ate hot pancake s in a br ight room
"Drank coffee, read the paper
''In a strange town , drove on,
singing
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—Gary Snyder
Bargello Tablesetting & Wall Hanging
Pieced by Anna Maendel
Making this crepe fabric bargello table setting of six placemats and a runner simultaneously solved two problems for me! First, in our house we are rich with the joy of having many young grandchildren regularly visiting and eating with us. Thus, making place mats with cotton material that required frequent washing, always led to disappointment because colours that started out bright and cheerful, quickly faded to blah. Secondly, many Hutterite dresses are made of crepe and satin fabric which is beautiful, vibrant, varied and richly hued, but what do you do with the left over pieces or with the dresses that don't fit anymore? This material doesn't wear out! I became tired of seeing this gorgeous, but useless material lying around, until I had a brainwave and realized I could solve both problems at once: Recycle this free source of fabric to make runners, placemats and wall hangings that never fade! To stick with the recycling goal, I refused to buy any extra material for these projects, and I had plenty to choose from, once word was out that I wanted these left-over pieces from other colonies. I challenged myself to use only those scraps and came up with these creations! I had a full range of dark to light dress material available as older women wear darker colours, Dienen the lighter ones, and very young Dindlen the lightest ones. No matter how often they are washed, they don't fade! Neither do the wall hangings.
However, it's tricky to work with slippery crepe and satin fabric! This problem can be alleviated with the use of spray starch which makes the material somewhat more manageable for sewing. Another bonus is that after working with crepe fabric, it's a great pleasure to return to sewing with good old non-slippery cotton again!
I like the spoon.
I'm sure if I could read the Chinese characters they'd educate me about the tea leaves featured in the pictures. As I can't recognize most of them, I'll just safely assume that.
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