I drank a cup of ginger tea while on the glider, the old glider we found out in the woods years ago and dragged back to paint. It has been returned to gliding ever since, what it was created to do.The afternoon's sun was as a balm, affecting me in soul and body with its gift. Reminding me once again how each and every day is a gift to be enjoyed in its uniqueness.
I have received many magazine subscriptions through the years and I have several containers of magazines to prove it. Let's just say I have a difficult time trashing old magazines. Currently, we receive magazine subscriptions to World, Our State, and Bee Culture; I have all but stopped the others except for one particular magazine, my personal favorite, Piecework. I love reading its informative articles about the art and history of handiwork around the world.
So on this day after my long walk, I was overjoyed to see the newest issue had been delivered right to my mailbox, and I had a moment to relax before beginning dinner.
An article on buttonholes especially piqued my interest since I actually do make my own buttonholes by hand and I would very much like to master this skill. This issue includes a buttonhole sampler you can make yourself. I am thinking perhaps I can convince my sewing group to take this on for a future project...
"I was thinking my stars that I'd learned to make nice buttonholes"
L. M.Alcott, Little Women
1 comment:
ha! I love the Little Women quote. I did a knitted buttonhole sampler several years ago, and now I can't remember which one I liked the best. I wonder if I could find it, I usually save my swatches. How nice to hear that you rescued an old glider. And Wow! The cover of your Piecework, that knitted piece is so lovely.
I'm looking forward to warmer days this week. :)
Karen
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