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When it was my birthday six months ago, a very dear friend who enjoys photography as much as I do, and knows that I collect beautiful and vintage pieces, gave me a wonderful selection of antique ribbons, buttons, buckles, lace and other fine notions. She also gave me three follow up tins of similar delightful gifts for Christmas.
Those wonderful gifts are what has inspired me to create this series of "Embroider my World" images featuring my vintage bobbin collection. In this case, the wonderfully delicate net baric embroidered with minute blue and pale pink sequins I bought yesterday from a shop that specialises in luxurious and unusual fabrics. I could hardly wait to use it! The fabric was manufactured in Milan. I have accessorised them on a 1930s embroidered tablecloth with two Dewhurst's Sylko Peach Rose reels of cotton which dates from between 1938 and 1954 and a small Edwardian cotton reel of soft Kingfisher Blue made by J. P. Coats.
Belle Vue Mill, commonly known as Dewhurst’s, was built by Thomas Dewhurst in 1828. It opened in 1829 as John Dewhurst & Sons and was one of Skipton’s largest spinning and weaving mills. The mill’s position next to the Leeds Liverpool Canal meant that raw cotton could be shipped in by boats from Liverpool. Finished goods would then be sent back the same way ready for distribution. Coal to power the machine’s steam engines was also delivered by barge. In 1897 Dewhurst’s was bought by the English Sewing Cotton Co. It continued to produce Sylko, one of the mill’s most famous products. It was produced in over 500 colours and sold throughout the world. Sylko cottons are still available at haberdashers today.
In 1802 James Coats set up a weaving business in Paisley. In 1826 he opened a cotton mill at Ferguslie to produce his own thread and, when he retired in 1830, his sons, James & Peter, took up the business under the name of J. & P. Coats. In 1952 J. & P. Coats and the Clark Thread Co. merged to become Coats & Clark's. Today, the business is known as the Coats Group.
We saw lots of doors in Marrakech with remnants of different coloured threads attached to the handles or other bits of door furniture. Once attached several strands are spun together to create a thicker single strand, like the twists of embroidary thread you find in your local habadashers.
A northbound gets an "Approach Slow" at South Deshler as a northbound train K172 waits in the east siding, K447 waits in the west siding and yet another southbound shows at North Deshler.
A car traverses the "Needles Eye Tunnel" in Custer State Park, South Dakota. The tunnel measures 8' 9" wide and 9' 8" tall. The headlight flairs were enhanced using the Sunrays tool in Luminar AI.
My fave color. :o)
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©Christine A. Owens 9.1.18
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Smile on Saturday, crazy couples.
Great little thread catchers to have near a sewing machine or craft area. I made these in hopes of having a few less threads hanging onto me.
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This is my next daily picture for my 365 project.
Thank god it Friday - what a busy day in Muich, glad to be at home again.
Wish you all a great Friday evening and a cool weekend.
Captured with a Nikon Df and a Nikkor AF-S 58mm Æ’1:1.4, post processed in Lightroom using VSCO Film.
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The second collection from ~Cat~ (wetcat flux/Rie silverfall) and yours truly is finally here. These last two collection are all about the refuge we find through art in RL and SL.
Today we present to you the Threaded Wonders collection. About the smoothness embroidery art can bring to your life. First and Second.
This collection is made of two packs and of course a fatpack is available at a discount.
Everything is available in both PBR and non PBR versions.
💜 Crafting Pack with animations and poses embodied for this collection only. The pack includes: Groups desk and rocking chair with props with 4 bento animations and 4 static poses with pop up props. The pack also includes the table and the rocking chair in decor only and Embroidery in the making needle and thread.
💜 Decor Pack with different Hoops, Treasure Jar, Treasure Box, Ready Embroidery of two kinds, Scissors open and closed, Threads of different kinds and colours and Table Lamp
💜 Fatpack includes everything at a nice discount.
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We were at a fabric store when I noticed this display of thread. I just can't resist patterns, particularly when there is some form of variation which only accentuates the repetition. Here, it's the colors and the missing spools which really sells the rank and file configuration.
I set this up on my glass table. Since my lovely Bella came to live with me 2 weeks ago, photography is more of a challenge. Just after taking this photo:
Some autumn colors in thread.
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©Christine A. Owens 9.1.18
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I really appreciate your comments and faves. I'm not a hoarder of contacts, but enjoy real-life, honest people. You are much more likely to get my comments and faves in return if you fit the latter description. Just sayin. :oD
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expressionsbychristine.blogspot.com/</a
Small treasures.
Most of these are wooden spools. My favourite is the small spool of "service khaki", it's only an inch high.
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da anni ormai sostengo la mia teoria sul filo invisibile che lega determinate persone.
è difficile per quante cose possano accedere, che questo filo si spezzi…
il pensiero di una l'azione dell'altro o viceversa oppure solamente pensieri che si intrecciano con le nuvole di un cielo che è sempre lo stesso.
Se un capo è teso dall'altra parte si sente…
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vintage spools from of my great-grandma's. They are varying shades of green, and I often wonder what she was trying to match to buy all these slightly different colors. Those wooden spools are so much more lovely than the plastic spools today.
The radio gets real talkative here.
Loaded Ethanol bound for Watson is in the process of securing it's train at West Daggett, as the conductor is relaying train info to the Dispatcher, while over on main track one fifteen thousand tons of grain from Red Oak, Iowa in route to Hughson, California, hits up the router for instructions going into Barstow. The train closest to the camera was another tied down train waiting to get a spot in the harbor as traffic for LBCT holds main three at the coyote crossing with another train parked ahead of it right behind me.
Just a typical day in the Desert.