Oh, I wish I were....

Dear friends,                                                                   

My parents are gone but the fun memories linger.  We took them to the Henry Ford Museum and here’s a cute shot of them, with Rob, in front of the Oscar Meyer Wiener mobile.  Remember that?  Everybody sing:
 “Oh, I wish I were an Oscar Meyer wiener!  That is what I’d truly like to be-e-ee!” 
You’ll be singing that all day, won’t you?

You’re welcome.

I told you that whenever they come to visit, I give my mom a project or two to do for me.  

Truth is though; I’m really doing HER a favor. 
I am only trying to keep her skills from going rusty.
After all, if she doesn’t do for me, she might not do at all.

Am I a good daughter, or what?!

First she made the cute cart bag, which I just used again this weekend:

But her big project was a slipcover for my stitching chair. 
I found the perfect (almost perfect, the color wasn’t right but I knew Momma could fix that)  little chair at an estate sale. 
It wasn’t too tall for my low basement walls, it had low arms and I could sit cross legged in it, if I wanted to.   The last day of the estate sale is when I wandered in. 
I walked through the house and said to the cashier/workers:
“You know that gold chair in the living room that nobody wants?” 
They laughed, said they did and immediately asked if I wanted to buy it.  “Hmmm, I don’t know” I said in my best non-committal voice. “I was thinking you guys could pay me to carry it out for you!”  They laughed again and then said how about $50.  This was only a $10 reduction from their current ½ off price of $60 so I said “How about $40?” and they said “Deal!”  I don’t know… they seemed pretty excited about it.  They probably thought, “Sucker!”  we’d have given her $5 to take it outta here.  Oh well, I was pleased.  It was a well made chair, pretty comfortable and just the size I needed for my room. 

 I knew my momma could fix it.  And, she did.  Here’s the before and after:

Before:

After:

Didn’t she do a great job?  I wanted a feminine slipcover and she did an amazing job!  It looks so pretty in my craft room and now I don’t cringe when I go in there.  Thanks so much, Mom.  You are the best!  Of course now, I see that my floor and door needs repainting.        
                                                                                                     
Where’d I put the painters tape and paint???

Rob's gonna need 'em.
Tee Hee Hee!

I’m going to start my next project as soon as I finish the little one I chose to work on after the A&E sampler.  This is a Goode Huswife chart called Tulip Garden (I think... I'm too lazy to go downstairs and look to be certain). 

 I am stitching it over one, with the called for DMC threads, on WDW Straw, 30 count.  There’s a companion piece with a colonial woman looking over the opposite shoulder so I think they’ll look great framed individually, but facing each other.  I’ll do her eventually but for now, after the 1/1 on the A&E piece, and this one, I need a break.

This is my next project from Sampler and Antique Needlework Quarterly.  I’m sure you’ll all recognize it: Susan Rambo.  When this issue first came out, I loved the colors and that hasn’t changed.  I think the greens are so pretty!   I’ll be stitching her on 35 count Lakeside, Vintage something or other with DMC threads (I think).  I’ve pulled the DMC colors, as you can see, but may change some of them as I go.  Who knows! 
I plan to start her as soon as I finish the Tulip Garden Piece.

Finally, here are a few of the goodies I found this weekend and last (to include the old scissors in the Tulip Garden pic):

Loved this old Pimento cheese box - if she'd had more, I'd have bought them.  I think this was maybe $2.

How about this pretty heart shaped mold (the big one).  

I'll use it as a valentine's display.

The two smaller tins, I already had.

I think this was $3.

And finally, my favorite find of the weekend:

More ornaments for my vintage collection.  I LOVE these vintage, glass ornaments and have a ton of them but can't pass them up when I see them for a good price.  

These are from Poland and they were only $10 for the box!  

Of course, originally, I think the whole box sold for 39 cents.  

Those days are long gone!

No matter, I was tickled.

Shall I add them to this tree?

Or to the feather tree with pink ornaments?

Maybe a few on both!

 Merry Christmas in July!

   

I hope you found some treasures this weekend and that you have a cozy chair to stitch to your heart's content.

Be well,

Peace,

Terri