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Garage Sale Needlework
A Geeez whiz moment......caught a segment on HG-TV Tuesday night,
believe the program is titled Decorating Cents. Anyway.....the interior designer was using a piece of needlework that was once a lovely Elsa Williams needlework design sold in The Stitchery catalog during the late 70's or early 80's that was known as the Spanish Rider (I think)......a large piece of lovely linen to embroidered using Elsa Williams black wool yarn......I thought it was quite elegant and recall spending quite a few dollars on that kit back then......certainly lots more than five dollars! So here it is shown on national television and annouced as this lovely piece of hand embroidery picked up at a yard sale for "only" five dollars!!! The whole piece is then shown on screen.......then the next shot it has been cut up and made into two decorator pillows! Oh well......at least they appreciated the stitchery but the worse part is I STILL have that kit unfinished in a trunk full of such projects from my beginner stitching days......just seemed weird to see a once and still favored needlework project sold for five dollars completely finished and now cut up as a "cheap" decorator thrill! --- Lula http://www.woolydream.com Needlework Adventures |
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I'm with Cheryl. I may skip over to HG-TV and write them:
Needleworkers don't appreciate your cutting up time consuming and highly skilled work for a "trend" by designers who should know better. grin Dianne Lula wrote: A Geeez whiz moment......caught a segment on HG-TV Tuesday night, believe the program is titled Decorating Cents. Anyway.....the interior designer was using a piece of needlework that was once a lovely Elsa Williams needlework design sold in The Stitchery catalog during the late 70's or early 80's that was known as the Spanish Rider (I think)......a large piece of lovely linen to embroidered using Elsa Williams black wool yarn..... So here it is shown on national television and annouced as this lovely piece of hand embroidery picked up at a yard sale for "only" five dollars!!! The whole piece is then shown on screen.......then the next shot it has been cut up and made into two decorator pillows! |
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I agree with you both. I recently went to a huge rummage sale. At the end
of a three day sale, I walked into a tent looking for my mom. A worker says to me, take as many frames as you can carry for free! Imagine that! She starts handing me frames, one had a crewl kitchen piece inside. The worker says, just throw away the design, you have a nice frame there. I would NEVER throw away such a nice piece. It may be a little old fashioned because of the colors scheme, but throw out, NEVER! I am going to take it apart and clean the piece, it is dirty from the tent dust. And reframe it and hang it respectfully. Sadly, some people have no appreciation for needlework. |
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"Dianne Lewandowski" wrote in message
... I'm with Cheryl. I may skip over to HG-TV and write them: Needleworkers don't appreciate your cutting up time consuming and highly skilled work for a "trend" by designers who should know better. grin Dianne While you're writing, how about mentioning the nicely-bound books they cut in half, to make a fake bookcase, on one of the episodes I saw. Grrrrr! emerald |
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