I have been blogging since this past February—not a very long time really. Over these six months however, I have made some truly wonderful blogging friends. One of them, Mary Wood, who lives in Australia, is a regular commenter on my posts. We have corresponded through email and have developed a blogging friendship. I have learned that she has a mother who lives in Scotland, a lovely daughter named Beth who also is interested in quilting, and an astounding 33 grandchildren (not all Beth’s!!). You may recall that Mary was the winner of my Return to Sender leftover blocks awhile back. Imagine my surprise when I came home the other day, and found a package waiting for me that had come all the way from Australia, with Mary’s return address on it! Nothing makes me happier than getting good mail, and when the good mail is a present, I am just about beside myself with excitement. I tore open the package, and inside I found SIX pieces of vintage linens!!!! I will show pictures of the entire contents of the package so you all can see what a lucky person I am to be blessed with such a thoughtful friend.
I truly honor the women who made these lovely things and salute my friend’s beautiful gesture.
Thank you Mary!
The photo above shows an embroidered dresser scarf, with flowers and ribbon. Amazingly, the back of this piece is hard to tell from the front, due to the careful and perfect embroidery stitching! You can also see a crocheted edge hankie and part of a little square doily.
This is a close up of another dresser scarf embroidered with a basket of flowers on a pale yellow background. There are additional little flowers scattered here and there all over the piece. The crocheted piece in the upper right is more of the little square doily.
Close up of the detail on this beautifully cross stitched napkin.
Exquisite embroidery and crochet work on a sweet little hankie.
Close up of small white doily and larger ecru piece with raised blossoms in the center.
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What beautiful mail you received Nicole. You brought back memories of my Nana’s and my mum’s doiley’s and dresser scarves. Those are so pretty, lucky you.
Wow! You are so lucky.
Beautiful! I love old linens! What a good friend you have!
What a wonderful friend to send you such a lovely gift. I really like the beige doily!
beautiful gifts – quilters are definitely special people.
I’m crazy about vintage linens, and these are some great ones. What a sweet thing for Mary to do.
What beautiful treasures. A very sweet thing for Mary to do for you.
Wow – that is a really nice gift! Those linens are beautiful. Quite a treasure.
Oh Nicole – thank you SO much for sharing your wonderful gifts! I love vintage linens, and have a small collection of them, so I never tire of looking at them.
What a wonderful friend you have in Mary, too!
What a wonderful surprise package. Mary is a true friend to cherish.
Beautiful – what a flood of memories those beauties bring. Enjoy!
What a lovely gift, they are beuatiful, thanks for sharing with us.
Im glad everyone likes your gift you are a special person i hope you get years of enjoyment out of them.friends always
mary.
What a wonderful package. Aren’t blogging friends great?
What a nice surprise. It makes you feel good to know that someone was happy with what you gave them huh?? That is such a nice present. Those are real treasures for sure.
Oh My! What a wonderful surprise this had to be for you. I adore them all, but especially the little hankie with the pastel bouquet. It looks so delicate. xoxo
Oh My! What a wonderful surprise this had to be for you. I adore them all, but especially the little hankie with the pastel bouquet. It looks so delicate. xoxo
How nice of her to send these. The work on them is just lovely. Lucky you!
Oh these little treasures are SO incredibly sweet! How nice of Mary! And you, Nicole, deserve to receive this generous act of kindness because you are such a sweetheart!
Thank you for sharing them with us.
xo,
Kim