Liss was a collector of fabric and notions, table covers, lace, all sewing and needlework fixings. She combined them in many wonderful ways.
She hand embroidered each sugar, rice and flour sack shown here and added loop hangers so they could be displayed.
I have not visited this collection for several years. Liss worked on these sacks in the 1980's and early 1990's and wanted to have them displayed in a gallery. Her dream was not realized.
Each stitch of embroidery floss on the Grain, Sugar and Rice printed and logo marked sacks is true to the original pattern as are the colours chosen.
Having fallen in love with grain sack stripes I was thrilled to find the embroidered Loblaw grain sack repurposed into a vintage towel roll for the kitchen.
Thank you for visiting.
This is the header I made from these wonderful embroidered sacks.
PS: I will get these out of storage and take close-ups in a future post.
This is the header I made from these wonderful embroidered sacks.
PS: I will get these out of storage and take close-ups in a future post.
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Monday
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Thursday
Love of Home, Life on Lakeshore Drive, Pieced Patterns, Finding Silver Pennies, DIY Showoff, Rustic and Refined
Monday
Dwellings The Heart Of Your Home, Made In A Day, Coatal Charm, Smiling Sally Blue Monday, Lavender Cottage, Cozy Little House, A Stroll Through Life, Home Stories A to Z, The Dedicated House,
Tuesday
My Own Home, Bella Rosa Antiques, The Enchanting Rose, Stone Cottage Adventures, Woman in Real Life, Fluster Buster, The Cookie Puzzle,
Wednesday
Have A Daily Cup of Mrs. Olson, I Gotta Create, From My Front Porch To Yours,
Thursday
I've been admiring these on your header and I had no idea they were embroidered. It's hard to tell from the photos. Amazing work!
ReplyDeleteThese are beautiful, and a real part of our domestic history. I hope you are able to keep the collection together, because someday someone will want them for a textile exhibit.
ReplyDeleteAmazing that she embroidered these. Are these hand embroidered or machine embroidered. Wonderful collection. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteI had to keep looking and read twice that you said these were all embroidered by hand. Amazing! So much work!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful talent your friend must have been! Amazing work! Thanks for sharing these on the Table It linky party! Follow you on Google+ too!
ReplyDeleteThese are amazing, Joy. As a collector (and dealer) of vintage linens, I would have a really hard time parting with any of them. I bet you really had fun pulling them out and working with them for this post. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteRita C at Panoply
These are wonderful . . . would make adorable kitchen curtains. I have been thinking about making some like these to hang under my kitchen sink. When we put in our new sink it was bigger than the past sink, so now I use curtains under it. At present I have red and white check, but flour sacks would be charming, don't you think?
ReplyDeleteHave a marvelous day and smile a lot!
Connie :)
Hi Joy,
ReplyDeleteYour MIL must have spent hours and hours working on these. I can only imagine the dedication.
Thanks for playing today.
Have a Beautiful Blue Monday!
Those are really clever!
ReplyDeleteDonna@GardensEyeView
and LivingFromHappiness
Very neat and colorful. Great idea for repurposing them.
ReplyDeleteWhat amazing pieces of embroidery! Your Mother in law was very talented. I wonder if you could have these pieces made into a quilt or a large wall hanging of some sort so they can be displayed year round? They are treasures!
ReplyDeleteI agree with Pondside. These should be on display. I can only imagine the amount of time and effort it took to embroider these. Amazing.
ReplyDeleteI have never seen anything like this before. How sweet of your to share this amazing work. It would be wonderful to find a way to display them. I'm a quilter and I liked your friend's idea.
ReplyDeleteWow, how neat! Thanks for sharing at Merry Monday, hope to see you again next week!
ReplyDeleteI love these and try to buy them when I can. Usually the ones I see are very faded though. What a nice collection!
ReplyDeleteThey are wonderful and the memories behind them make them extra special.
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh! I had no idea that they were embroidered. I thought they were vintage grain sacks. What amazing talent she had! Truly an amazing collection Joy! Thanks for sharing with SYC.
ReplyDeletehugs,
Jann
These are beautiful! What a treasure for you to have. Thank you for sharing at Snickerdoodle Sunday.
ReplyDeleteEach of the embroidered pieces is amazing. I am sorry your friend never realized her goal!
ReplyDeleteThanks for Sharing Your Cup!
What a fabulous piece of history, sweet Joy. Thank you so much for sharing with Roses of Inspiration. Forgive me for just now visiting...I have been away for the last 5 days :)
ReplyDeleteHugs and blessings to you!
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