tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265840800445269059.post6375080731039617441..comments2024-03-12T08:30:11.128-05:00Comments on Shakespeare's Peddler: It's What We DoTheresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06256135412273734149noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265840800445269059.post-48008058974208743382012-04-03T23:03:29.972-05:002012-04-03T23:03:29.972-05:00I have no idea where I got the name Karen when I w...I have no idea where I got the name Karen when I was typing my post here, Theresa. I think I need to get to bed. I knew I was tired, but not that tired. lol Anyway,, please forgive me, Theresa!Debbienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265840800445269059.post-27256646364290304802012-04-03T22:49:48.434-05:002012-04-03T22:49:48.434-05:00Karen, I often think the very same things about st...Karen, I often think the very same things about stitching that you have expressed here. I know that we can look at a piece that we have stitched and said," What a wonderful time in my life that was then." Or "That was a really dark time for me when I stitched this. I thought I would never make it." I only wish we could know what the stitcher was thinking and what was going on in that time of their life. It is indeed therepy to stitch when there is so much fast paced events all around us. As a woman who walked into the doctors' office I worked in at the time said, "This is my sanity," after I ask to see the stitching she had pulled out of her bag while waiting for her son. I know I can say the same and I will always remember her comment.Debbienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265840800445269059.post-36461651092775860422012-04-03T14:55:45.809-05:002012-04-03T14:55:45.809-05:00I wholeheartedly agree. I often think what will h...I wholeheartedly agree. I often think what will happen with all my treasures when I am gone. But, I stitch to calm my mind and bring a little quiet to my life. I think it links me somehow to the women/girls who came before and maybe those who will come after. I can't put expectations on what will be done with the pieces I complete, but hope my children will love them knowing that I invested a part of myself in them.Kerrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14469406506973354290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265840800445269059.post-91481395705555525412012-03-31T10:46:31.190-05:002012-03-31T10:46:31.190-05:00Great article~ I would love to be able to go back ...Great article~ I would love to be able to go back in history and talk to some of the girls that did these beautiful works of "hand". It seems strange to think they HAD to do this work as part of school, when we take each precious second we can spare to ENJOY our work. I thank them for the legacy they left us.Jo Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14409870317081567519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265840800445269059.post-85405774364677906242012-03-29T21:08:47.437-05:002012-03-29T21:08:47.437-05:00I love the new look! It looks "fresh."I love the new look! It looks "fresh."Gingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02154624432475587139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265840800445269059.post-55267933536409058452012-03-29T09:53:19.425-05:002012-03-29T09:53:19.425-05:00What a well written, expressed version of what so ...What a well written, expressed version of what so many of us believe and think as we stitch. I cannot get my hands on enough reading of these old items and this post just makes me want to study even more. We need to be sure and leave this legacy for the next generation and teach it to them as well. We aren't copycats so much as history stitchers and makers!C Reeder PhxAz https://www.blogger.com/profile/02771251904801484240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265840800445269059.post-12960751819613117602012-03-27T20:34:21.075-05:002012-03-27T20:34:21.075-05:00If those stitches could talk. My GF and have wonde...If those stitches could talk. My GF and have wondered aloud if any one will ogling our hand work as we do the samplers we see in antique stores and museums. We can only hope.P.J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14328252354433307370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265840800445269059.post-56552094214637965622012-03-27T20:01:33.628-05:002012-03-27T20:01:33.628-05:00Well said! I like to think that we are paying the ...Well said! I like to think that we are paying the greatest tribute we can by being copycats. I love your comment about what we use our needlework to say - so true.<br />WandaWandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03950566497869582216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265840800445269059.post-83767265983620006752012-03-27T19:30:21.681-05:002012-03-27T19:30:21.681-05:00I so enjoyed your post! I have antiques and often ...I so enjoyed your post! I have antiques and often wonder about the people who made or used them!Barbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16292519625560497199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265840800445269059.post-5409213090403471362012-03-27T15:06:50.064-05:002012-03-27T15:06:50.064-05:00What a great post! I like to think that someone w...What a great post! I like to think that someone will be looking at my work long after I am gone and saying, wow, the pieces that she created! LOL. I am always fascinated at the samplers, and that children of such a young age stitched something so grand, and by candlelight and whatnot, and in school! Fascinating that stitching has been around that long.Daniellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10264011735420763054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265840800445269059.post-68363837749854673752012-03-27T14:20:43.453-05:002012-03-27T14:20:43.453-05:00So thoughtful and lovely. My concern is that the ...So thoughtful and lovely. My concern is that the descendants may not hold onto them. I've had the discussion with my son, and he does value my love of the needle, but as we watched the sale of Ms. Ring's treasures, my heart pounded a little faster. Of course circumstances require this at times, but we only hope it isn't done frivolously.Charlene ♥ NChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09356543817696065946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265840800445269059.post-17760869146093896572012-03-27T14:04:23.089-05:002012-03-27T14:04:23.089-05:00I really enjoyed reading this post!
The colours ...I really enjoyed reading this post! <br /><br />The colours you are using on the sampler are just beautiful!Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17073567534248514127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265840800445269059.post-67363492808059339782012-03-27T12:11:09.850-05:002012-03-27T12:11:09.850-05:00A lovely post!A lovely post!Gingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02154624432475587139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265840800445269059.post-55845956192904001042012-03-27T11:04:13.537-05:002012-03-27T11:04:13.537-05:00I like the mucky colors much better. The old samp...I like the mucky colors much better. The old samplers are somewhat of a record with the stitcher's name and such, some times a verse of their beliefs. Today's samplers are created more for aesthetics and artistic design, with no story of the maker. Is it the personalization with young hands that draws us to the reproductions, and will beauties that lack that be as sought after in 200 years? I have no idea - just had a bunch of chocolate and I'm hyped.marlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05252451302831115791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265840800445269059.post-50857022146310078182012-03-27T10:22:01.894-05:002012-03-27T10:22:01.894-05:00Lovely and eloquent post, Theresa.Lovely and eloquent post, Theresa.Chocolates4Breakfast (Terri Malinovich)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13707920827509725199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265840800445269059.post-68406503260663766062012-03-27T09:41:30.438-05:002012-03-27T09:41:30.438-05:00What a beautiful post. I often wonder while stitc...What a beautiful post. I often wonder while stitching a reproduction sampler or holding an old quilt, what the person was going through in their life and how things were in their tme. My finished stitching pieces are often a reminder to me of what was going on in my life at the time I stitched them.<br />Our work really does become a part of us X by X.Daybakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00627514966923475305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265840800445269059.post-47299234474342266482012-03-27T09:28:42.680-05:002012-03-27T09:28:42.680-05:00Lovely post, Theresa. Really wonderful! :)Lovely post, Theresa. Really wonderful! :)Kristenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04394547512267611452noreply@blogger.com