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the owl and the pussy-cat . . . from Count it *all* JOY!

The Owl and the Pussy-Cat went to sea
In a beautiful pea-green boat:
They took some honey, and plenty of

money
Wrapped up in a five-pound note.
The Owl looked up to the stars above,
And sang to a small guitar,
"O lovely Pussy, O Pussy, my love,
What a beautiful Pussy you are,
You are,
You are!
What a beautiful Pussy you are!"

Pussy said to the Owl, "You elegant fowl,
How charmingly sweet you sing!
Oh! let us be married; too long we have

tarried,
But what shall we do for a ring?"
They sailed away, for a ...

added by Denise :) 5 years, 9 months ago. under ancestry , cat , family , history , owl , photo , poetry , pussy-cat

Happy New Year! from Quilt & Textile Collections

We are pleased to announce the first in our Jewelry of the Month series: Golden Amour. This jewelry project uses paper piecing which in England and America is sometimes called English Paper Piecing. It really should be known as Italian paper piecing, since this oldest known example of this technique is an Italian pillow known as the Impruneta Cushion which dates from the 15th century.If you’d like to join us on the Jewelry of the Month journey and make your own version of this necklace, bracelet, or earrings, then check out our YouTube video to see instructions. Or ...

added 5 years, 9 months ago. under history

A Piece of… History The day has finally arrived! I may... from Living Water Quilter

A Piece of… History

The day has finally arrived! I may reveal the secret bundle of gift-wrapped “surprise” fabric I received from Island Batik! My surprise fabric is Speakeasy, a collection available December 2019.

Tada! Brick-by-Brick, a new quilt design featuring Speakeasy.

Brick-by-Brick, is a reminder to keep a link to the past and it’s a quilt designed for the Island Batik A Piece of Blog Hop. Brick-by-brick we can remove history from our view or we can preserve it.

NOTE: Island Batik provided the fabric for Brick-by-Brick.

Brick-by-Brick is photographed in front of the Janney-Marshall building (click to ...

added 5 years, 11 months ago. under blog hop , fabric , fredericksburg , history , island batik , island batik ambassador , island batik designer , livingwaterquilter , livinh20quilter , quilt designer , sew , speakeasy

The McHenry Historical Crazy Quilt Block 19 from Kitty and Me Designs

This not a great photo but I've complete block #19 of my McHenry Historical Crazy Quilt:

I finished it yesterday and it was rather cloudy and dreary so the colors are a bit off.

This is the Methodist church on Main and Center St. in McHenry, Illinois. The original Methodist church was on Elm St. This is the 2nd church. It was built in 1859.

I couldn't locate a vintage photo of it so I grabbed a screenshot from Google Earth and "oldened" it in Photoshop. It took me awhile to age the photo. There are electric lines ...

added by Pamela Kellogg 5 years, 11 months ago. under crazy quilt , crazy quilting , history , mchenry illinois

McHenry Crazy Quilt Update from Kitty and Me Designs

I've been working on blocks for the McHenry Historical Crazy Quilt. I started this project a few years ago:

I have 15 blocks completed with at least another 25 to go. Click on the image to see it close up.

The blocks are 9 inch squares. The photos are (mostly) antique pictures of old buildings in the City Of McHenry where I live. In a few cases, old photos just don't exist so I grab screenshots from Google Earth and then "olden" them myself in photoshop.

The blocks are pieced entirely by hand on a cotton foundation. The ...

added by Pamela Kellogg 5 years, 12 months ago. under crazy quilt , history , mchenry illinois , victorian

9/11 from Stash Overflow

On 9/11/2001 I was a federal employee at Social Security Headquarters (a large complex of 8 buildings) in Baltimore County, Maryland. Shortly before 9:30 a.m., as I was pulling into a parking space, I heard that a second plane had hit the World Trade Center. I thought they were talking about small planes, not commercial passenger jets. I remember thinking that two planes was weird. I hurried into the building to sign in and get to my 9:30 meeting.

The woman who sat next to me called in to say she couldn’t get to ...

added by Barbara 6 years, 1 month ago. under family , history , uncategorized (Comments)

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