Vintage Tablecloth

Monday I spent the night at my mom's. We started talking about embroidery and she showed me some vintage linens she had. Some of them were printed for embroidery and had been started and some hadn't. She gave me all of them and I am so excited! (Thanks, ma!)

I started one of them the other night while Adam and I were plowing our way through the first season of Downton Abbey on Netflix. I wish we had noticed season one was only 7 episodes - then we might not have watched 4 in a row one night and then the last 3 another. Oh well!

Anyway, here is what I have started on one of the tablecloths. Adam says the colors are very "foodie" and I'm not totally sure what that means.




Good thing it got chilly out again. The tablecloth is linen and it gets a little warm on your lap when you work on it!

Happy Spring! Spring Jams

The first day of spring is probably one of my favorite days of the year. Even when we aren't quite as lucky with the weather I still love it. Spring is my fave! I love seeing everything come back to life, I love that little chill that still in the air from winter, I love love love seeing crocuses and tulips pop up everywhere annnnd my birthday is in spring!

I know that technically, it just started but here are some jams that I've been loving on the sunny days!

A new fave:

An older fave:

We got to see these guys a few weeks ago, thanks to our pal Justin, and they were so damn good! Go see them, if you can:

Well, I think I am going to go crack the window a little bit more before this streak of warm days returns to the less warm regular spring temps!

Free crochet pattern over at Daycraft

Pssst! Guys! Check out this pattern over at my new blog. (new as in for the business I'm starting, not new as in I'm quitting this one. But more on that in another post!) Just click on the image!