I took my front room curtains down. I had blue toile curtains and I've had them for about 10 years I think. They were cumbersome to open and every thing was so dark when the were closed. It is time for a change. (If you look closely you can see the Christmas lights that are still on the tree on the left).
These are my grandmother's curtains that have been in a box since she passed away in 1993. They are gorgeous French embroidery on voile. My grandmother worked in the drapery department in Z.C.M.I. for years. These curtains were hung in her apartment on 50 East 5th South (a building that has long since been torn down) and so I remember them from the 60's.
I've decided that this is the year I'm no longer saving things to be passed down. My kids don't have any memories with these curtains, I do. So I'm going to live with them and see them everyday. Which is what I should have done a long time ago. If the sun shines on them - I'm not going to fret. I'm going to enjoy the filtered sunlight just like my grandmother did.
My kids can make some of their own memories with these curtains at my house. I'm anxious for my daughter to come over and help me hang them.
I'm working on the binding for this quilt we tied Christmas eve. (See the whole quilt in my previous post) I found a piece of drapery fabric (coincidence?) for the binding that has all the colors of the blocks in the quilt except for the lavender. I had just the right amount of this backing fabric with bunnies on it. This little quilt is so happy, I don't know if I can donate it as planned. I want to keep it.
I finished another quilt but it needs a label and I don't have a picture of it.
Next time. . . Robin
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