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The World's Oldest WIP

One of my current projects is the decluttering of the house. And a major thorn in my side has been my sewing room. 

Yea. I won't post a picture ...yet. But I am making progress. Garbage has been going out. Decisions were made. Things went to the thrift store. 

I have been finding WIP's. Lots of WIP's. You know. Works In Progress. Those projects that were started and never finished. 

Enter this pillow. I embroidered it 40 years ago!! Forty!! 

I remember what a fun project it was. 

Candlewicking and so many embroidery stitches. I loved it. 

So why did I toss it into a tote and left it there for 40 years??? Ok ... maybe because I didn't know what I wanted to do with the back. 

I had run across a piece of vintage pillow ticking ... and BINGO! It was going to work!

So I quickly stitched that together and stuffed it. 

And it is ... DONE! DONE! STICK A FORK IN ME, IT'S DONE! 

Sorry .... I shouldn't have shouted. 😔

Now to get back to my knitting so it won't be an ancient WIP! 

Hopefully, next week I will do the sewing room reveal. Maybe. Organizing that could easily become the World's Oldest WIP.




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Michelle said…
That IS the perfect pillow ticking! Good for you for tackling those old WIPs.
October 15, 2021 at 11:19 AM
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April 29, 2022 at 12:00 PM
Annie said…
The pillow is beautiful - I love it. But the ticking on the back…that took me back to my childhood. All of the pillows in our house were encased with ticking that looked like this. When I saw the ticking, I thought of my grandmothers and my great grandmothers. I took my childhood pillow with me to my first apartment. At some point, many years later, I learned that the local dry cleaners would “clean” feather and down pillows. So I took my pillow to them. When I picked it up…the original ticking was gone. They had replaced it with a simple blue and white striped ticking. I stood there in the dry cleaners sobbing…why hadn’t they told me they would do that?? I asked if they still had the old ticking and no, they didn’t. It was like losing my grandmothers and great-grandmothers all over again. So…your ticking backed pillow is very precious!
October 24, 2024 at 9:10 PM
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