Sunday, May 15, 2011

How Tweet It Is!

Tweet, Tweet!




Upon returning from Vacation, I was promptly hit with a horrible sinus infection which kept me down the remainder of the week.  This past week we made another trip, this time to West Texas
to see my Mom, finish up things at her house and
get it on the market.

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While packing up her home in March, we came across old embroidery work on pillow cases and tea towels which were damaged with time.  My sister  took some of them home, cut out the embroidery work and   framed  them  in a collage.  Some were embroidered by  her Mother and some by Good Friends.


A pillow topper done by her Mother and was in her childhood home was also framed!


Another find was a handkerchief that had been autographed by some of our Mom’s Grammar  School and Church friends, then embroidered by her when she was a child.
  
She was pleased with these new objects d’art,  is happy in her new home, making new friends and enjoying her new surroundings.   She is as happy as a Lark.  And why not when she can witness this outside the window of the Dining Room in her building.

These guys are really skittish, and all “flew the coop” as soon as I came around the corner of the building to shoot them
….with Camera,  not Gun.

Stubbornly, they would not return until after I had retreated into the building.  Not wanting them to completely escape, I shot them through the window.



How tweet!
…Until next time,  Honey
Linking to:
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42 comments:

  1. How tweet indeed! What a lovely idea for your mum's embroidered pieces. I'll be looking at old bits and bobs with a different eye now.

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  2. Great tweeters! Love all the hand me downs! I am sure they will be handed down for some time to come.
    Hugs- Tete

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  3. Framing the embroidery pieces was genius...I know your mom must love having them in her room!!!

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  4. How tweet indeed!
    I can see why your mom would love watching those birdies *winks* And I think that's a wonderful idea to frame the various embroidery pieces from the old linens! Glad you're back and feeling better. Vanna

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  5. SO cute... the birdies AND the framed pieces ! such a cool idea. im thinking my mum needs some help too ... :S
    have a great week
    ~laura x

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  6. What a wonderful use for those beautiful pieces of embroidery! Perfect!

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  7. I love how those pieces turned out and how wonderful for your mom to have things she loves on display! I must remember this as my grandmother-in-law also embroidered some pillowcases for us when we married. However they don't match our bedroom but would look great in a frame somewhere else in the house!

    Hope you are feeling better!

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  8. I adore mourning doves! You're so lucky to see so many together. I never see more than two at a time, and haven't seen any in a while. Good shots!
    Brenda

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  9. The embroidery pieces are fabuous heirlooms. How wonderful to frame them. The birds are wonderful, and so fun to watch. Glad your mom is happy in her new surroundings. Hugs, marty

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  10. Love the embroidered pieces. Wish I had that talent! My friend collects and lectures on the very early American samplers....so interesting.
    I have a renewed love for them now that she enlightened me on the subject! So much fun to see these and th mourning doves feasting together too.
    Hope this finds you feeling better.
    xx
    Alison

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  11. Love those wonderful pieces framed. What a great way to protect and save them. Hope you feel better soon.

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  12. I cannot imagine how much seed they must consume. The needlework is lovely and so important to save♥

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  13. How sweet (tweet)...your mom will really enjoy watching and listening to their lovely call. I know I would ~ the little snippets of the embroidery is just a wonderful touch ;-)

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  14. The embroidery collage is just great! What a treasure for your mom to have.
    Terrific bird shots through the window!

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  15. Definately TWEET! Love birds and boy did you see alot of them! Beautiful collage, so many pretty stitchings!!!

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  16. I'm loving the embroidered peices framed.. A GREAT idea for tattered old peices to have a new life... Thanks for the idea..hmmmm
    xo jeanne.
    http://beeskneesbungalow.blogspot.com/

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  17. Very sweet! Those pictures came out really good through a window!

    Thanks for visiting my blog and your lovely comment. : )

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  18. How tweet!! Loved how you rescued the embroidery for art! Hope you're feeling better!
    xo Cathy

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  19. I found you while blog hopping & I am really glad I did!!! LOVED the photos in this post. The birds & the ideas of the framed embroidery. And I went down to see other posts with the photo of the sunset taking my breath away. I was sooooooooo glad to find you. I'll be back.
    Charlene

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  20. Oh I FORGOT... to tell you I am another Texas blogger! Live in the DFW area. Charlene

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  21. How tweet! What a wonderful sight to see as you look out the window. The embroidery works are lovely too...Christine

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  22. Oh, the doves are so pretty! We have lots of them at our house and I just adore their cooing!
    Those embroidered pieces are so pretty and how smart of your sister to cut them up and frame the pieces! Hope you're feeling better and thank you for popping in to see me.
    Be a sweetie,
    Shelia ;)

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  23. Love her idea...they look outstanding!!! So good to have you at my PARTY:)

    Blessings,
    Linda

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  24. What a great idea to frame the embroidered pieces...much better than folded in a drawer somewhere. Now she can really enjoy them :) Chat soon, Laurel

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  25. You take wonderful pictures! And what a great way to display the embroidery. The one of the signatures embroidered is amazing. I would never have the patience to do something like that.

    And thank you for leaving a nice note on my blog. Glad you enjoyed the vintage photographs!

    Emily
    lovelybeasts.blogspot.com

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  26. And I forgot to mention I'm following you now! Hope you follow me too :)

    Emily

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  27. What a great way to highlight memories and needlework. I love that the frames are overlapped too. Thanks for stopping by and for your kind comment.

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  28. Love the photo of the birds! We are from West Texas and it was funny to see the windmills on the internet!

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  29. Framing those treasures was genius. They are too beautiful to be stuck in a drawer, I can only imagine the memories that were stirred. Man alive you have some hungry friends that visit. What gorgeous shots you got. hugs ~lynne~

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  30. Love what you and your sister did with the linens for your mom.
    Also love the morning doves, they make the most beautiful noises.
    Thanks for sharing.
    Michele

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  31. I love all of the embroidered art. Especially the little autograph one. Its Sooo sweet and pretty. You did great capturing the birds. Yes...so tweet. I love anything birds.

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  32. So glad you saved your Mom's treasures, think of all the hours of work put into them! What a wonderful view she has, those birds must entertain for hours.

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  33. I adore that hankie framed. What a sweet idea! Thanks for your visit. Hurry, take a breath and get baking!

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  34. How lovely that they've put bird feeders up where everyone can enjoy them. Sweet pictures!

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  35. love seeing your birds, i never get those, fun to see what others get.

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  36. My grandmother had embroidered kitchen towels too. I have some of her emboidered pillow cases and I love using them. Reminds me of staying at her house when I was a little girl. Salvaging all the embroidery is just wonderful! Your photos of the birds at the feeders are great. I love watching the birds at our feeders too. Constant source of entertainment!

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  37. I love your bird houses. From where I sit every day, I watch the birds at my bird house. Gives me such joy!

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  38. What a neat post~ love those birdhouses and all those feathered friends! The pillow topper is wonderful too~ thanks for sharing this at FNF this week! Welcome back! :)

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  39. Wonderful ideas for preserving the needlework pieces. They will be enjoyed for generations.

    Great bird captures. Love the one in flight.

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  40. What a wonderful way to preserve the embroidery! Thank you for sharing the sweet birdies!

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  41. Love the framed embroidary, what a great way to revive lost treasures. I have a whole bunch of cross stitch that I did years ago to optimistacly make a quilt with that would look great frame like that. Thanks for sharing.

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  42. What wonderful treasures! It is so fun catching up on all of your posts and hearing what you have been up to (not fun about the sinus infection though!). Thanks so much for linking up and being such a special friend to us at the Picket Fence! :-)
    Vanessa

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