White & cream linen & lace

There is something to be said about our Grandmothers home making

I remember mine using the most beautifully hand embroidered pieces

for the most ordinary everyday things.

Carving the roast on Sundays

A beautifully hand embroidered place mat was placed under the 

meat plate to stop the drips from soiling the table cloth

This meat plate is one of 3 I inherited from my mother

It is Royal Doulton

The cloth and meat fork and knife I bought thrifting

It is embroidered,white on white with a carving knife and fork

and a floral border at the top

Another white on white piece I have in the laundry

Note the beautiful satin stitch on the leaves,and the corded

shadow stitch.

Another on my jug and bowl in the bedroom

Flower baskets were popular like this one on a hand towel

I love cream linen too with the coffee coloured embroidery

and all the painstakingly stitched scalloped border on this 

tablecloth.

Set of cream napkins with the lacy corners

A collection of creamy doilies

My Grandmother used to crochet her lovely fine ones

although sadly these aren't hers.

Back to the ironing, I so love ironing all my linen pieces.

They get so creased in the linen dresser,so I occasionally 

take them out and launder them all again,a little job I enjoy.

I have a good sort through and sometimes part with a few,so that I can buy more. :)

I am visiting some lovely linky parties this week

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I hope you are enjoying your week

Happy Australia day to my Aussy friends

xx jeanetteann

A welcome cool breeze and roses

                                                     Ahhhhh, A little cooler at last

Opening the windows and letting in the cooler breeze

A little sewing completed

Cool enough to spend time in the garden

and being rewarded with a blush of pink

Collecting a pretty collection of bottles and vases

Arranging and rearranging them

Clustering them together

Mixing them with other rosie dishes

With a cherished loved one in a sparkly frame

I am so enjoying the cooler temps

I hope you are too or keeping warm if you live in a cold climate

Join me as I visit some lovely linky parties,

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Happy week

xx jeanetteann

Holidays and lucky finds

We had such a lovely holiday at Victor Harbour

on the South Coast of South Australia

It is the most beautifully relaxing place to go for a week or so.

The above picture is Granite Island which is a lovely place to walk, or ride on the horse carriage

across the bridge.  Here you can view the fairy penguins.

This is the view from our Sun room window of the beach house

This is The Bluff,which one can climb. We didn't do that this time,

but have in the past. It's not too hard going.

We walked almost all the way to it this time.

The Inman River,just a few minutes walk from the house.

So peaceful

The tide out

John (hubby) enjoying the peace.

Annnnnd,you might know I couldn't come back without 

having visited a few charity and second hand shops

I got these beautiful sparkly depression glass plate and dish for $2 each

Then I saw the pair at the weekly market for $25

I also got 2 dolls for $2 each and 7 willow pattern saucers $1 each

I had the rest of the dinner set and needed them 

When I visited Bella's Rose Cottage blog

Bella had the very same  glass plates..

She had placed a beautiful frosted candle holder with a tea light

inside,on them and they just sparkled beautifully,so I had to have them for that price.

I am visiting some nice linky parties this week

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Now getting ready to face 40celcius plus temps this week

Not nice, but hey it will let me catch up on some sewing.

Oh, and lucky,the garden was fine. I had thought it wouldn't have 

survived while we were away without water,but it did.

I was especially worried about the roses,but they are as tough as old boots.

Stay warm my Northern friends and in Aus Keep Cool

xx jeanetteann

Still de cluttering after Christmas

I am still clearing and tidying and making things.

Picked a lovely bunch of roses from the garden before the terrible

wind we have been getting,tore them apart.

I bought some new roses last year,this is a David Austin Teasing Georgia

I so love it's soft colour and fragrance. It's a gentle climber.

I'm really looking forward to it covering the arch.

Mantle piece in the dining room. Some faux flowers

mixed with some dried ones

More silk roses on the sitting room sideboard

Sitting room mantle,looking bare after all it's Christmas decor

Serenity,the porcelain doll my daughter Kerry Lee made

I think I must have moved the camera, it's a bit blurred

Dressing table mirror

I made the bag from a silk print and scraps of vintage lace

Heirloom Vintage Christening Gown,it's over 100 yrs old

Some cushions I made for the chair in our bedroom

Mantle in the bedroom

Little porcelain doll Kerry Lee made again and I dressed

She is so pretty,such a delicate face

And lastly Lavinia taking pride of place on the bedroom mantle

I hope you've started the New Year with a clear head

I love to start off changing and reorganizing 

It feels so good

Joining my lovely linky parties this week

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Happy tidying

xx jeanetteann