a vintage recipe and pot holder

Happy Saturday! 

Just wanted to stop in to share a sweet vintage recipe and a pot holder I just finished! 

One of the vintage pot holder books I have has some tasty and interesting recipes that I thought would be fun to share with you. Each recipe has pot holders to go with them, and these sweet appliquéd fruit ones are so cute! The recipe is for "Iced Fruit Soup", which I have never heard of before, but sounds like the perfect treat for a warm spring or summer day!

Well, I just finished this shabby rose pot holder and adore how sweet it turned out! And, I just listed it in my shoppe! I am also happy to do custom orders, so if you would like this pretty pot holder in your favorite colors, just email me and I would love to customize one for you! 
Thank you all so much for your sweet comments on the pink rose and patchwork pot holders! ♥ I have a long list of crochet pot holders to try, so I hope you don't mind seeing them all! ;) I am off to work on a new quilt and embroidery project that I look forward to sharing with you next week!

Wishing you a lovely and crafty weekend! 

a lovely finish

Hope that your week has started off wonderfully!

Well, over the weekend I finished the rose pot holder, and love how pretty it came out! I really enjoyed the process of figuring out the pattern and would say the only hard part was trying to count the chain lengths that were partially hidden by stitches, but it all seemed to work out! 

The scalloped edging is the sweetest and I really adore the shape! It reminds me of a star, and I even thought this would be cute in red, white, and blue for the 4th of July or in some pretty summery oranges and yellows!

When I started the back, I wasn't sure if I wanted to do the same as the vintage pot holder pattern I was following or keep it all cream. I ended up adding the pink, but for next time will only do the cream because I don't really like how you can see it come through the top part, but it is still pretty. And, I have started another one so that I can make some adjustments, and try to write down the pattern. These may even appear in my shoppe as made-to-order, too! ;)

 After making those sweet patchwork baby bibs, I was inspired to make a couple new pot holders for my kitchen. I love being able to practice my patchwork skills as I have always struggled with getting the corners to match perfectly, but I think I am finally improving! 

I went to some thrift stores and the shelves were quite bare of treasures to bring home. Maybe this week! Do you have any sweet plans or crafty adventures this week? 
 Wishing you a beautiful and creative week sweet friends!!

vintage pot holders

One of my favorite vintage treasures to collect are crocheted pot holders. Oh, how these lovelies make me smile and warm up inside! I love how they bring such handmade prettiness and color to my home. I adore the rose ones most, and have been wanting to try to make them ever since I started crocheting. 

So, I started collecting vintage pot holder pattern books to learn how all those sweet ladies made them. This one was my latest find, and I just love the graphics. Wish I could have bought it for 10 cents! 

All these pot holders are so delicately crocheted with the smallest of colorful threads and hooks. 

Are you the Queen of the Kitchen? I love this window scene pot holder. Too cute! 

The rose ones are always so beautiful! 

I made it my goal this year to try my hand at making some, and I can tell you that I have been so intimidated by that No. 7 size hook and size 10 thread, but...

I finally started one, and I am actually loving it! It took a little bit to get used of the hook and thread, but so far so good. I had to learn how to make a cluster for the leaves, which was confusing at first, but I finally got it. So, I am off to add the creamy white stitches. I have a feeling that these might become a little addicting to make. I can already imagine all the pretty different colors to make them in!

Wishing you a day full of sweetness!!

a little red, white, and blue

 Happy Monday! 

Over the weekend I was into decorating for the 4th of July, and came up with a new little patriotic quilt block for my front door wreath. 

 I just love when ideas come to me in the middle of the night, and they actually work out! I am going to leave this block with the rough edges for my wreath, but was thinking how sweet it would look as a pillow or mini wall quilt. I will be putting together a little tutorial for the block later in the week if you would be interested in making one. So many possibilities, and easy to sew together!

 I adore roses, and I am always keeping my eye out for crocheted potholders, and aprons with pretty roses. I was happy to come home with these lovelies.

 Some of my favorite colors together, pink and green! 

 I have been wanting to make some of my own, and finally bought the yarn and a couple of vintage crochet books for the patterns. We'll see how well I do, the patterns are a little intimadating. Have you ever made these before? And, I know that it was well worn by some wonderful lady. 

 The shape is so elegant, and I can't wait to wear it in the kitchen or in my craft room! 

Two more grannie blocks, and only 4 more to go! If I get time I might finish them up this week, but knowing me I'll get distracted with something else. ;)

Wishing you a beautiful and crafty week!