Showing posts with label quilt. Show all posts
Showing posts with label quilt. Show all posts

Friday, February 10, 2012

a room with a view

Good day my fashionable friends! Here is something I've been wanting to show you for an age! It is my very own room. 
 
For my last birthday my wonderful and handsome brothers-in-law made for me this lovely wrought iron bed! Isn't it spectacular? It is just what I would wish a bed to be! 
My Darling eldest sister designed the bed and made me the feather down mattress and pillows! 
The most wonderful thing about them is that they are made out of my Great Grandmothers pillows and stuffed with the very same feathers too! Isn't that extraordinary? It makes it even more special!
All of it is so nicely made.
The mattress has piping around the edges and is tied in various places in the middle to keep it from becoming lumpy. She even made a bolster! 
I have not yet made the bed clothes for it, but to tell the truth, I was not ready to cover it up! I love the ticking and piping and the little wear spots! It makes it look so real and wonderful! 
I do, of course, have the quilt Olive made for me on it so it is nice and cozy.
However, I will (one day) make the sheets and covers for it. And it will be splendid! Oh, dear... I am sounding quite vain...
 I also have this nice bedside table also made by my Brother-in-law (although, he originally made it as a box and gave it to my family and I). Somehow it conveniently made it up to my room. *blushing quite guiltily*
 My room is quite nicely placed in a corner of my "seamstress's" room next to her "jungle". I like it quite a bit, although sometimes the plants drop their huge flowers right in the middle of my floor which makes for a lot of sweeping.
 I hope you've enjoyed seeing my room. One day I shall take some more photos and show you a few of my treasures!
Now, I am off to finish the sleeves on my 18th century dress! 
Auf Wiedersehen!
Emaline

Monday, August 9, 2010

A quilt for Emaline

Salutations Ladies! I wanted to show you the quilt my darling cousin Olive made for me last Christmas! (Isn't she amazing?) And yes... I know, I'm just now putting it on here.
I'm slow.
Isn't it beautiful? The fabrics are just gorgeous! On Christmas morning when I opened the package I was quite stunned. ;) Then after coming out of my first initial stunning, I (naturally) went into raptures...
Here is the back which she also pieced!
*sighs and puts hand to head to stop from swooning*
She tied it with cotton cording. Aren't those fabrics adorable?
It is so cozy too! She used cotton batting on the inside.
Thank you my dear Olive for such a lovely gift!
Here is a gift I received last Christmas from Miss Fiona! :)
She made these beautiful cards by hand and sent them to me in a package by post as she lives quite far away. Thank goodness for the postal service! It makes me feel a least a little bit closer.

Aren't they lovely! I haven't been able to bear parting with them. (I'm silly that way...) One day, I will need a card for something and I'll know just the perfect one to send! Thank you so much my sweet!
The sweet crocheted purse I got from my Mother for Christmas! Isn't it pretty? It has a beautiful pearl button for a closure and a long shoulder strap for keeping your hands vacant. And the cards just happened to be the right size to fit inside so that is wear I've been keeping them safe. :)
Thank you Marmee!
I hope everyone is enjoying their summer! I'm posting about Christmas.. ha ha! But that's ok because I am enjoying myself. I hope you have enjoyed reading or looking at this post as much as me. Ha ha! I love hearing your comments, questions and thoughts on our blog, so please do leave one if you feel so inclined.. Thank you!
And Thank you to all of our followers! It makes me feel happy that we can in some way share a little bit of our world with you and maybe even inspire or just make you smile. Thanks again!
I hope everyone has a glorious day in God's beautiful world!
xo
- Miss Emaline