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| miss wilma |
Posted - May 18 2009 : 09:55:46 AM
Went to Burlington yesterday found the wonderful quilt, a grain painted mule chest, and the squirrel cage, had a wonderful time with the girls and got to watch little Violet while Jonnie was shopping. Oh I found the little sewing machine for 35.00. Havent had time to researh it. Little August was 3 and a half mos old here. As you cansee he is a big boy
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| miss wilma |
Posted - May 21 2009 : 04:07:37 AM
Frannie you have got me right at the best time, I am cleaning out my sewing house if that is possible, Send me your address, do you have any use for old wooden thread spools, Sweetie you will kill me sure when you get your box, I have a stash put aside for Step, and one for Sandra, I have lots of ticking scraps, Just let me know what you are looking for mostly. Frannie just send me your phone no and I will call you, Love Ya Wilma
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| frannie |
Posted - May 20 2009 : 9:32:12 PM
hi miss wilma,
had my 5th of 6 chemos today so was away from home. at this hour dh is asleep and for once, i am the one awake, so i thought, i am gonna go take a peek at miss wilma's little man, and also at miss wilma's shop.
i had such a good time and your little man is adorable. i know you are having a great time with him.
i also have been really conjurin up some projects with old ticking, and somefeed sacks or old homespun, or linens, kinda on the order of the "scraps" that you sent me one of the times you sent me some treasures.
what i am thinking of is larger pieces, do you have any larger pieces for covering stools making pillows or even using for upholstering furniture pieces? i might also be able to combine them with some of my fabrics. i know ticking and such can be pricey but let me know and i will be able to tell if it would work for me.
thanks.
oops also, miss wilma, i know you are abusy woman, do this at your own convenience cause as ya know i am in no rush these days!
love
frannie in texas
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where no scrap is left behind
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| miss wilma |
Posted - May 20 2009 : 12:21:46 PM
So glad to hear from you Lainey we were all worried about you, we will be looking for you with bells on
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| Lainey |
Posted - May 20 2009 : 11:55:49 AM
He is beautiful Miss Wilma! I'm loving looking at the pics of all these precious babies! I hope you are doing well and I hope that I get to come and see you all in the fall.
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| miss wilma |
Posted - May 20 2009 : 08:15:25 AM
Good to hear from you to Sandra, yes the little violet belongs to Jonnie , she is so adorable and such a good little baby, ours can let out bellers as loud as he is big. I probably have fabrics, I have promised my old doll dress patterns to Step, am in the process of empting the sewing house, send me your address for fabric.Will be posting later on the things I am getting rid of. I know I have some good solids in cotton fabric for quilts. This will all be cheap, I am definately retiring except for my dolls and criters. Now if this is not a retiree I dont know how, I had an old fish tank here well I started to throw it in the dump, instead I filled it with dirt, put a bunch of fish worms in it and covered it with screen. Now just as soon as I can get time I am going FISHING
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| Sandra K. Licher |
Posted - May 20 2009 : 07:15:23 AM
Hello Miss Wilma....long time no hear from....I had some email/ISP problems for awhile, in fact Gabe from MJ's was terrific in helping me solve them...it was my ISP blocking anything and everything from MJ's....can you imagine!?!?!? It took a month to get them to admit it and then to fix it....but I digress!
Your grandson is just too cute....what a bundle of joy he must be. Congrats....they always say that Grandchildren are the reward for not killing your kids! LOL!
Is Violet the new baby that was born to one of our Farmgirls here and she had a posting on it with pictures from the hospital? It was right after that I had my email/ISP problems and I've been wondering how she and baby were.
I just finished my first beginners quilt class and LOVED it....I'm making quilts for my grandbabies and having a ball getting back into sewing and I was eyeing those quilt blocks you had....are there any left? I love the "old" fabrics especially from the 30's and there abouts. My relatives were all "career" women and never quilted or did any of that that I know of...I might be the first one! LOL!Good to hear from you and love your gardens! How's your neighbor doing? Tell her I said hello and hope you all have a great summer! Stay in touch!
Sam in AR..... "It's a great life if you don't weaken!"
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| FebruaryViolet |
Posted - May 20 2009 : 06:30:16 AM
yes, yes, yes!!!! I sooooo want this to happen! Frannie, if you could make it to Wilmas in the autumn, it would be a dream come true.
I am so happy to know that your Daddy made those toy trucks--what a special memory to have from him. We girls, we do love our daddy's, don't we? I think Justin is planning on making Violet a dollhouse--hopefully she will appreciate it! I didn't, I wanted to be OUTSIDE all day and didn't care for dollies.
Thanks Miss Wilma, for the nice compliments about Violet. I can't wait for she and little Brian to meet and roll around on the blanket in the sunshine. Lord, by that time, she'll probably be speaking in full sentences and spouting quantum physics!
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| miss wilma |
Posted - May 20 2009 : 06:28:04 AM
Janice he weighed 18 lbs and 15 oz Monday He is such a big boy We just gotta get Frannie up here
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| Miss Bee Haven |
Posted - May 20 2009 : 06:25:22 AM
Wilma - Little man almost made it to that twenty pound mark! :D
frannie - your dad's toys would be jewels in an antique toy museum. They are wonderful. And if you get to come to Wilma's in the fall, we'll come pick you up at the airport and take you to Wilma's!
Farmgirl Sister #50
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'Br.Dave Gardner' |
| miss wilma |
Posted - May 20 2009 : 04:16:55 AM
No Jeannie that is how the cages are made, a candle mold tapers to the end these are the same size all the way, the metal is just like the candle mold tin
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| jpbluesky |
Posted - May 20 2009 : 04:13:20 AM
Miss Wilma I thought they looked like candle molds too! Do you think they were? Wow!
P.S. were there any ladybug droppings in it??? :)
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| miss wilma |
Posted - May 19 2009 : 6:58:38 PM
I sure would have liked to have met him , and sounds like the kindest person. I enjoy seeing art work. No wonder you are such a special person.I to feel rich in having good parents
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| frannie |
Posted - May 19 2009 : 6:49:27 PM
well, of course you know, we all felt very rich having him as our dad. when he retired he use to make wooden toys and drop them off anonymously at people front porches. he got such a kick out of doing that. he was a very dear fellow.
love
frannie in texas
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where no scrap is left behind
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| miss wilma |
Posted - May 19 2009 : 6:30:03 PM
Oh Frannie do you ever wonder if he knew how rich he could have been, If there have ever been collector toys you have them
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| frannie |
Posted - May 19 2009 : 6:13:54 PM
miss wilma, i am ever hopeful that i will be able to make the trip to your wonderful home in the fall.
i am glad you like my little bunny truck.
we always had homemade toys and this truck is actually one of the ones my dad made for the grandchildren.
when my sister and i were little we had wooden jeeps, and doll houses and many of my friends asked my dad to make them jeeps, even when we got to be adults.
here is a pic of everyones favoriet, a woody station wagon. he made this really i think in the late 40s before they even had my sister or me.
now it lives in my dusty house, a chore that i guess i have given up since the breast cancer.
love
frannie in texas
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where no scrap is left behind
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| miss wilma |
Posted - May 19 2009 : 4:12:25 PM
So good to hear from you Frannie, I am telling you she is a little doll an exact replica of Jonnie. Brian and Ashley took little man for his 4 month ck up yesterday he weighed 18lbs and 15 oz. He is a big boy, not so fat just long and big boned. Little Violet is just like a little doll you want to hold and I have never in my life seen a baby that little or young do so much jabbering. She is such a good baby to. Little man can show off his lungs at times. Frannie you take real good care of yourself and we are planning on your being here for your crowning for Queen For The Day. I love your old truck with the bunnies, I found a neat old wagon and an old doll suit case full of old doll clothes this week end. I Love you Miss Wilma
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| frannie |
Posted - May 19 2009 : 3:21:29 PM
hey miss wilma good to hear from ya here. wish i could have been with ya to hold little violet. i tried to look at your grandson, but my computer is sorta fritzin. i will try again.
love
frannie in texas
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where no scrap is left behind
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| Miss Bee Haven |
Posted - May 19 2009 : 12:49:01 PM
Now we just need to trap a squirrel to put in there! :)
Farmgirl Sister #50
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'Br.Dave Gardner' |
| miss wilma |
Posted - May 19 2009 : 12:46:52 PM
No its an early one, the spokes in the wheel are like the metal in the old candle molds
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| jpbluesky |
Posted - May 19 2009 : 12:04:23 PM
Squirrel cage! I thought it was an animal cage, but I would have chosen another rodent! It looks like old metal, but made recently. That was an unusual find!!!! Good eye.
I have another friend who can spot things like that, and she recently (outside of Atlanta in the country) came across a big old heavy strong box with the words Cripplegate Mining Company, Colorado and a date which I forget on it. The box alone weighs fifty pounds. It was used in the gold mines, and she researched it and found out it was very rare, too. I just love to hear her stories and read yours.
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| FebruaryViolet |
Posted - May 19 2009 : 08:07:34 AM
I'm packing up and coming down right now, Wilma. This day is for the birds! Seriously, I'd just love to leave this basement office and sit in the sun with you.
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| electricdunce |
Posted - May 19 2009 : 07:51:47 AM
What a wonderful glimpse of your adventures at the show! Your herb garden is beautiful, but oh that baby - what a cutie. Such a treat to see all the treasures you got.
Karin
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| miss wilma |
Posted - May 19 2009 : 07:50:35 AM
I wish you was here to Janice, I didnt realise how good it would smell when I did it. Gotta another project or to I am going to do with my old pumps
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| Miss Bee Haven |
Posted - May 19 2009 : 07:28:33 AM
Wish I could be sittin' in a chair in your sunny herb garden right about now, Wilma. It's such a pretty place. And all those great herb smells! ;)
Farmgirl Sister #50
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'Br.Dave Gardner' |
| miss wilma |
Posted - May 19 2009 : 05:08:46 AM
This is what happened Jeannie, when I first pulled in to Burlington I spotted this across from my booth. I knew what it was but had never seen one for sale, I went over and asked the price 250.00 I knew it was a good price but I thought I dont need to spend this, but knowing a good buy just overtook me. Well I carried back to my booth and Sterl asked me what I paid for it, When I told him he said well I think 50.00 would have been a good price. I came home and looked it up on google one price was 2499.99 another was 1500.oo, Now he doesnt want me to sell it . He really liked it but thought it was to high. It is a squirrel cage, they are rare, Yeah it is very old, is metal on a wooden board and dated 1891. The star cut outs make it unique, I have done sold the quilt.The mule chest has the original grain paint
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