Sunday Duds and the Antique Market

  Hi everyone! How was your sermon yesterday? How was your afternoon? We are here to tell you how our day went. In the morning we attended our church services.Then we headed out to Allegan(about 25 minutes away from us) for the monthly summer antique show! Sara (From "A Very Berry Day") and her brother Nathan also came along with us.    :-)      We took photos to share with you of all the most interesting finds at the booths. But first, here is Cassie's outfit from yesterday morn'.   (Cassie had to put on all her garb from Sunday so we could take the pictures...we ran out of sunlight last eve!)   

 

          Skirt:thrift store $4  Slip:Made by me $2  Shoes:thrift store $3  Shirt:Sam's Club clearance $4
                                                 Vest:Goodwill $3      Shawl::thrift store $3

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         We had such a nice day yesterday even though it has been fairly cold and rainy.
       In these pictures you can kind of see Cassie's hair style for the day...It is a unique updo that we plan on doing a tutorial about within these next few days. :)

                                              Sara and I posing by a "Schwinn Twinn" bike...

                                    An old telegraph receiver and sender, a first for us to see!

                                                          A beautiful purple oil lamp...

                                 As it says on the tag, A HANDMADE HAMMER!

                                         A restored hand-topped quilt...  Love the fabrics!

                                          A complete set of stamps,probably early 1900's.

 (Sorry for the distant photo) An old carny wagon,they were USING  it to make popcorn!

 A well-used wooden bowl. (Notice the copper strips to cover and repair cracks)

               A two foot tall geode! ............ ^Cassie is inspecting some over-priced hair pins. ;P

Here I (Bekah) am in an $80 dollar cowboy hat that I payed.....*Drum roll please*..... ten bucks for at the end of the sale!    YAY!    (You see in previous photo I came to the market wearing my worn-out felt barn hat and left with the hat of my dreams!)                     We also purchased the following........

           From left: 40's postal cards, enamel bowl with measurements inside, rag rug fabric balls, hair pins, and over twenty of these ladies magazines from the 1860's! We are really looking forward to reading through them!

                                           Flour sack fabric rolled into rag-rug balls.

 Cassie was very happy to find these hair pins for a much more reasonable price! :)

          
                            And this cute little garden fencing that we put up this afternoon.

     This is our favorite cover of one of the magazines So precious! :)
                                                                                            

 An end~note: During the day,we had several people comment on our very conservative and modest apparel. (*Most people first come up to us to ask if we are Amish or Mormon -though there are a lot of differences between the two- then, when we tell them we are not, they are even more interested...*)  One very nice woman told us,"It's so nice to see young women with beautiful smiles. Don't let anyone wreck you."    Another christian couple came up to Cassie to ask us if we were Amish or...?  We talked to them for quite a while. They were from Detroit and stated quite bluntly that the rates of appropriately dressing ladies is at an all-time low. They said they were very encouraged to see us dressing so modestly of our own accord.

So keep it up all of you Timothy 2:9 girls!!!!   We do make a difference!   These are always times that 1st Samuel 16:7  comes into play...  I do know that it doesn't particularly matter what you wear, for the fate of your soul, to God... Just like if you were a thief your whole life and repented after hearing of God's salvation on your deathbed, you can still get into Heaven but if you had heard the Word earlier in life,would you not have changed your course??        Yes it is true that God looks at the heart and man at the outward but, can't you turn that around? Man looks at your appearance,sees you are different than the World,and gives YOU the chance to share your heart.     
   
                                How was your Lord's day ?
                                           Were you out with friends and family ?
                                                                                    
                                    
                                                                                                                 ~Rebekah
                                                                                                         

Sewing / / Restoring Quilts

Hi everyone! Today I thought I would share a project that I have been wanting to work on for a while now.

 That is, restoring this quilt. I had been wanting to find some tattered up quilts just for practicing on and of
course the finishing product!  So I was very happy when I found this one at a local thrift store for just $5!
The actual sewing looks to have been done in the 60's but most of the fabric is (we are guessing) to be from the 30's up to the early 60's! There is for sure some flower sack fabric mixed in. Such a fun unique piece!

            

      So, what started me thinking about doing some quilt restoring is this article from a Mary Jane's farm magazine back from 2009 that my aunt gave me.

                                               So I chose the area that I wanted to work on.

                        Then tried to choose fabric that would blend in well with the rest of it.
                                                                        And ironed it.

               Then I measured a remaining same sized square to get the correct size for my piece.

                  So as you can see, it is about 3.5" so I made it a 4"x4" square so that I would have
                                                               enough fabric for the hem.

               Then went back to the iron to fold down all four edges in a very tiny seam allowance.

                  So now we get to sew! :)  Start by putting right sides together and pinning to only the other square that you will be sewing your new square to.

                                           Choose your color of thread and thread your needle.
                                      I also put on an embroidery hoop around my working area.

                                              

                                                 Then start sewing across the first pinned side.
            Then once you are done with that side, take off embroidery hoop and pin your next side.

                                                             ^It should look like this^
                             Sew across that side..........do the same with the next (3rd.) side.
                                                               It will be a little lumpy.:)

                                      Now you can see how nice your 3 sides look all in place!

 So this was the most difficult part. Just do a simple loop stitch closing up that last side by taking the folded down edges together in the inside.

                                                                          You did it!
Now, what would have made this find even better is if it had top stitching to follow.But it does not have any so I just did a simple star over my square.

                                                              From corner to corner

                                            

                                                                         And done!
                                                          I love how the star turned out!

                                         So  this was fairly simple, just thought I would share it!
                 Saturdays are my usual sewing days so keep checking in! I will try to share them! :)
                       I thought that I would share a few pictures of these buttons that I received from my aunt.

                              Aren't they so fabulous?! They are mostly still on their original cards!  :)

                                   These will be so fun to work with! What shall I make? hmmm..

                                      These cards are my favorite! So pretty!
                                                          (note the 10cent price in the corner)
                                           

             How do you think that I did for my first time ?
                   Have you done any quilting/restoring ?
                           Have any comments on how to restore quilts ?
                                    Have you found any vintage treasures lately ?
                                 

                                                                                                       Blessings, Cassie