My mother is going through a lot of things with the thought of selling her house and my sister and I are helping. We have come across so many things that bring back many memories. We are also taking items to second hand stores, keeping some things we can use or want to save, or disposing of them in other manners, as dictated by their use or sentimental value. But some things are a surprise.
Somewhere, probably some garage sale, my mother found this box of miscellaneous laces. I took it first to see if there was anything I might want and them I’ll give it to my sister. She does a lot of sewing and can probably use most of them. I like lace but have no need for nearly this much. But I found some interesting things while looking through the box.
I don’t crochet myself, but I’m pretty sure that’s handmade crochet mixed in with the machine-made lace.
It looks like the lace is attached to the blue ribbon, but it’s not. I haven’t unwrapped any of them so I don’t know how much is there. But a lot of work and time are wrapped around these pieces of cardboard.
There was also some tatting in the box.
There are 54 inches of the red, single-shuttle tatting, maybe made for an insert? The doily is 7 1/2 inches across with a material center of 3 inches across. The picture makes it look very stained, but it is still damp from a quick blocking done so I could see what it looks like. The doily center seems a bit too big for the tatting, but if properly blocked it might be better.
I don’t know if my mom knew about the tatting or not, but I doubt it. She would have mentioned it to me I’m sure. A nice surprise to find it.
I also found the earring wires that Marie sent me! They were on different earrings than I thought they were, and if they had been a snake I would have been bitten several times while looking for them.
These are my Angle Wing pattern made in Lizbeth Metallic #HN20325 Gem Stone. These are bigger earrings than I usually wear and the color does not show up well with my hair color. But they were fun to do, so why not? And the earring wires make it easy to change out with other things.
It’s fun finding things you weren’t looking for. And in those you are.
Glad you found your earwires. The lace is beautiful, I’m glad your mom kept it.
Its amazing what you find when turning out a mothers house, I have been there and done it, its where I found the tatted doily that is over a hundred years old, there’s was so much embroidery and cloths I just throw it all in the washing machine without thinking, it all came out clean and the cloth was in perfect condition.
I hope your sister enjoys the lace, I found some I had forgotten about when in lockdown I did a biut of clearing out.
Hope your mother enjoys her new home