tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8612255949290013608.post649881841338727451..comments2024-01-10T05:26:18.695-05:00Comments on Moments With Mother Culture®: Out of Unpromising MaterialsKaren Andreolahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12135239838790568639noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8612255949290013608.post-18465314573615168722012-02-06T06:45:44.062-05:002012-02-06T06:45:44.062-05:00Your chair mat is lovely and suits your chair so w...Your chair mat is lovely and suits your chair so well. I really like your outfit also especially your cardi.<br />Blessings Gailgailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11474172270399240621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8612255949290013608.post-71222040616119993372012-02-02T21:22:57.494-05:002012-02-02T21:22:57.494-05:00There is nothing like 'elegant economy'. ...There is nothing like 'elegant economy'. Here in the cottage, I tend to hoard every scrap I can...someday I tell myself, but fabric is something that is just too precious to discard!<br /><br />You look really pretty in your monochromatic outfit :-) The shoes are truly very nice...<br /><br />Thank you for sharing your rug hooking today. <br /><br />Mariamariahttp://amomentinmyday.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8612255949290013608.post-1407774753223114862012-02-02T18:38:23.906-05:002012-02-02T18:38:23.906-05:00I love the way it looks on that chair!
I watch qu...I love the way it looks on that chair!<br /><br />I watch quite a few cooking shows (off and on) and I always love to watch Lydia's Italy and Jacques Pepin. <br /><br />They both came out of war torn Europe and even in their cooking today, they don't throw away anything!<br /><br />I just found Pocketful of Pinecones at Goodwill. I'd sent my copy to my daughter (and the sequel was a gift later) so I'm looking forward very much to re-reading it. It's a lovely book.Brenda@CoffeeTeaBookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02719695370857675146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8612255949290013608.post-54599077111356826582012-02-01T12:11:03.920-05:002012-02-01T12:11:03.920-05:00Having just now found time this morning over coffe...Having just now found time this morning over coffee to read this post (as well as all the comments), I want to say how thankful I am to you, Karen, and your readers for validating my habits of reading more than one book at a time and of working on more than one project at a time.<br /><br />I ordered Lessons at Blackberry Inn and look forward to curling up by my wood stove in my favorite chair this weekend to do a little reading. (I heartily agree with Vintage Wasp's request.)<br /><br />Your project turned out beautifully, by the way. Thanks for sharing!<br /><br />Blessings,<br /><br />LisaLisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14760735212107263086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8612255949290013608.post-44135942290893249492012-01-31T18:48:34.024-05:002012-01-31T18:48:34.024-05:00Ladies,
Thank you for your compliments.
It is so...Ladies,<br />Thank you for your compliments. <br /><br />It is so lovely to hear, too, a request for a sequel to my home education stories. <br /><br />"Elegant economy" - that decidedly feminine phrase from Elizabeth Gaskell's "Cranford" - has stuck with me, too. <br /><br />I'd like to look into "Claire's Gift." My list of looking-intos is getting longer. <br /><br />Your blog friend,<br />Karen A.Karen Andreolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12135239838790568639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8612255949290013608.post-77168944911221128672012-01-31T18:35:29.406-05:002012-01-31T18:35:29.406-05:00Dear Karen,
Your chair pad turned out very well! ...Dear Karen,<br /><br />Your chair pad turned out very well! Thank you for validating my "need" for rescuing all the wool and denim discards at the thrift store where we volunteer~ they'll come in handy someday! :)<br /><br />Long live good old-fashioned elegant economy.<br /><br />Love and blessings,<br /><br />MarquetaMarqueta (Mar-kee-ta) G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13471332103238738458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8612255949290013608.post-68929600441132238322012-01-31T15:26:47.921-05:002012-01-31T15:26:47.921-05:00Your chair mat is lovely. You did a great job! Tha...Your chair mat is lovely. You did a great job! Thank you for continuing to post. <br /><br />I have a skirt very much like that and wear it often.<br /><br />Please consider writing more in the series of Pocketful of Pinecones and Blackberry Inn. I'm just enchanted with your characters and learn a lot about teaching and homemaking.Farrahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00884648840608072747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8612255949290013608.post-29601862020935130382012-01-31T14:25:22.181-05:002012-01-31T14:25:22.181-05:00Okay Karen, you now have me googling wool rug hook...Okay Karen, you now have me googling wool rug hooking! <br />This is something I might have possibly done in a more modified form in the past, distant past. Your chair pad with the shepherdess and sheep have made a good notch in my brain. I am thinking it would speak peace to any lady-of the-house as her eyes rested upon it when she walked it by throughout her busy day.Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09710910366858293660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8612255949290013608.post-39434594556884342802012-01-31T13:53:39.597-05:002012-01-31T13:53:39.597-05:00It turned out beautifully!
I love home keeping an...It turned out beautifully!<br /><br />I love home keeping and domestic arts - beautifying my home, using things we have on hand, repurposing...this is what our ancestors did!<br /><br />Really good post Karen!<br /><br />DeannaDeanna Rabe - Creekside Cottage Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16133684514103206137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8612255949290013608.post-38312502034791983902012-01-31T11:38:08.492-05:002012-01-31T11:38:08.492-05:00The idea of using what we have on hand has been ou...The idea of using what we have on hand has been out of popular fashion for a good while it seems. My grandmother, great aunts, and great-grandmother made quilts. They never purchased new materials for these quilts. While in my 20's, I was introduced to another family who made quilts regularly. However, they would go to the store and purchase all new coordinating fabrics for each quilt. <br /><br />I still dream away many enjoyable moments looking at my family's old quilts remembering Bertsie's dress, Tommie's housecoat, Gennie's jacket, my mother's dress...<br /><br />I have learned to also enjoy the more coordinated beauty of a quilt made from all new fabrics chosen specially for the project. There is certainly room for both kinds in our world today.<br /><br />Margaret Thatcher's The Path to Power, an autobiography about her earlier years, encourages my stunted frugality and ingenuity. She was a girl during the Second World War. The experiences of folks who lived through that time period give a whole new meaning to re-cycling. I mended a tear in a sheet several times over because of her!<br /><br />Our weather has been unseasonably warm lately. I've been taking a coat along only because it's January. My mother drilled it into my head that one should never leave the house in winter without a coat, though recently it's been left in the back seat of the car!<br /><br />I'm still working on my son's Aran sweater. The back is finished. The front is just begun.<br /><br />SusanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8612255949290013608.post-12245099325550752432012-01-31T10:31:27.459-05:002012-01-31T10:31:27.459-05:00Shall I admit that my red geranium is faux? I move...Shall I admit that my red geranium is faux? I move it from room to room. My eldest daughter is the one with the indoor green thumb. I passed along my plants to her during our last household move and they've become "jungle corners" in her house. <br /><br />I also like to mingle small projects with long-term ones. <br /><br />"Always keep three books going" isn't Charlotte Mason's phrase exactly but does follow the spirit of what she endorsed. I unearthed it twenty years ago while researching old articles in Charlotte Mason's "Parents' Review" magazine. I make reference to it in "A Charlotte Mason Companion" It's an easy-to-remember suggestion isn't it? It would indeed make a good upcoming blog post. <br /><br />Clark Shoes are my favorite. Because I hold onto shoes for years I look for styles that are retro. These look 1940s to me. If the skirt were more form-fitting and less A-line the outfit would be more like something Helen would wear on the BBC "All Creatures Great and Small." <br /><br />I enjoyed our chat at the kitchen table while I waited for a sweet potato pie to be done in the oven. Now that it's done other chores call. <br /><br />Thank you Ladies,<br />Karen A.Karen Andreolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12135239838790568639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8612255949290013608.post-11902077674470104762012-01-31T09:20:08.955-05:002012-01-31T09:20:08.955-05:00Your finished project is so pretty. It lends a fee...Your finished project is so pretty. It lends a feeling of contentment to me as I read your posting.I too have multiple projects underway,that way I am never bored. We women have the honor of making a home out of very little sometimes.My 5 geranium plants I keep over year to year make me smile each time I quench their thirst.They will look so pretty on my "stoop" this Summer.To be content with small means...What a blessing it is to be a Home Maker.Karen, thank-you much for the encouragement you lend to "the ladies at home"...Dawn E. BrownDawn E. Brownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8612255949290013608.post-5551529317621746662012-01-31T03:07:47.867-05:002012-01-31T03:07:47.867-05:00How lovely it turned out!! :) Your shoes are so cu...How lovely it turned out!! :) Your shoes are so cute! I hope to read Larkrise to Candleford soon...it's been on my to-read list for awhile.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11291951073853426272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8612255949290013608.post-46005975551381369472012-01-31T01:49:12.977-05:002012-01-31T01:49:12.977-05:00Have your read "Claire's Gift" by Ma...Have your read "Claire's Gift" by Maxine Trottier? I think that you would find delight in it. :) Thank you for your warm and enjoyable words.Jessicanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8612255949290013608.post-4624992663418639912012-01-31T00:17:20.160-05:002012-01-31T00:17:20.160-05:00Dear Karen:
Thank you so much for the little lesso...Dear Karen:<br />Thank you so much for the little lesson on rag rug making, it was so interesting. And I dearly love your new hooked cushion - it is so sweet and looks just perfect in the chair. How fun to anticipate new projects! Finally, let me say how lovely your winter outfit is - I do so love those shoes and would love to know where to purchase a pair of my own!<br />Happy days to you - <br />Teresaseashoreknitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07313444169419481891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8612255949290013608.post-52906782683415901472012-01-30T19:37:37.961-05:002012-01-30T19:37:37.961-05:00I've frequently followed your (or is it CM'...I've frequently followed your (or is it CM's?) admonition to have three books going at one time. For ex. right at the moment I am reading a cozy English mystery, a self-help book, and a somewhat slow-going book of philosophy. I hadn't thought about applying the same idea to handwork, although I usually have some knitted socks on the needles (for knitting on the go) and a bigger at-home project. Perhaps I will consider adding in an "immediate gratification" project such as colorful ornaments or glass jar covers, etc. I usually keep those as a "reward" for finishing longer projects, but they could be a nice refresher, as well.<br /><br />Karen, do you happen to have a blog entry on the topic of having three books going at a time? <br /><br />Thank you very much for sharing your life, your home, your thoughts, and experiences with us.Laurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17750635529779468395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8612255949290013608.post-2289903162667527542012-01-30T19:13:18.076-05:002012-01-30T19:13:18.076-05:00Dear Karen,
Your project turned out beautiful! I...Dear Karen,<br /><br />Your project turned out beautiful! I tend to enjoy the projects with an end close at hand. I often have several small projects going on at the same time, as well as books too!<br /><br />Your geranium in the window looks so pretty, my sweet hubby bought me some pretty pink tulips...a touch a spring for the house.<br /><br />You look very beautiful in your outfit, perfect for cooler weather.<br /><br />Blessings!<br />~NadineNadinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09975125019581254008noreply@blogger.com