'Call The Midwife' & a Vintage Lace Book filled with Nuns & Holy Metals

 



 

 Greetings Friends!
Look what I've been doing...
I've been making another one of my fabulous, if I do say so
myself, Vintage Fabric & Lace Books.
 



 This book is filled with Nuns, Vintage Holy Metals,
Rosaries & Words of Inspiration...

 

 

 with my inspiration coming from one of my
favorite shows, 'Call The Midwife'.

 

 

 I absolutely ADORE the Sisters in this show!

Not being Catholic, I've never known a

nun except for those I've read about or

seen on TV or in the movies.

 

 

 They have always been a mystery to me...

 

 

but through the characters on the show, I've come to feel

they are my family, my friends. They are filled with

Grace & Kindness, but also Fragility & Strength.

 

 

 These characters are so beautifully written, that
I laugh & cry with them every Sunday...
LOVING each second of it.

 

 

In homage to my favorite Sister's at the Nonnatus House...

 

 

 I created a book that I hope will be worthy of them.

 

 

For Sister Julienne,

 

 

Sister Evangelina,

 

 

& Sister Monica Joan...

 

 

for Nurse Jenny,

 

 

Nurse Chummy

 

 

Nurse Trixie

 

 

& all the other fabulous characters that fill this series...

 

 

you have touched me & I ADORE you!

You can see this handmade, one of a kind book

for sale in my etsy shop.

 

XOXO

vintagesusie



A Vintage Mother's Day Wish

 

 

 “A mother is the truest friend we have,

when trials heavy and sudden fall upon us;

 

 

when adversity takes the place of prosperity;

when friends desert us;
 

when trouble thickens around us,

still will she cling to us,

 

and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels

to dissipate the clouds of darkness,

 

 

and cause peace to return to our hearts.”

 

...Washington Irving.

 

 

To all the Women of the world...

to those who are  Mother's & to those who've helped Mother,

 

 

for the Sweet shoulder's you've given us to cry on &

the Strong shoulder's you've given us to lean...

 

 

to Grandmother's, Aunt's, Sister's, Daughter's & Friends

who believe, "It Takes A Village"...

 

I wish for you a Joyous Mother's Day filled with Smiling Faces,

Gratitude & the Knowledge that your Contribution to

raising a child has truly Changed the World!!

 

Happy Mother's Day Sweet Friends & I hope your day is

Filled With LOVE!!!

 

XOXO

vintagesusie



Sister's & Vintage Matching Dresses...LOVE

 

 

Greetings Friends...

I hope you all had a lovely Springtime Holiday, we most

certainly did! The end of April is always packed full

of events with Easter & birthdays, but I LOVE

all the Celebrations & it gave me a chance to

gather some lovely images of vintage

sister's in Matching Dresses.

 

 

I LOVE these sister's & their outfits. Look at the subtle

little differences between the older sister's dress & the

younger one's...a little more off the shoulders, a

little longer & a lovely necklace surrounds

her neck, Gorgeous!

 

 

How adorable are these sweet sisters? They're much

younger, but their dear little matching

dresses are sew perfect.

 

 

I love the little embellishment of zig-zagged fabric around

the shoulders, cuffs & hem. I would guess that most of

these dresses were made by Mommy's. When buying

fabric, it just makes sense that it would be less

expensive to make a couple in the same style

then two totally different designs.

 

 

The dresses, necklaces, bloomers, shoes & hair are all

matching on these girls...I imagine Mommy saying

"Take her hand Sissy", as the older one grabs the

hand of the smaller one, looking not all too

happy for having to do so.

 

 

These outfits are lovely, the jackets trimmed in velvet

on the collar & the cuffs & the beautiful full front

panel of velvet on the skirt. I wonder what color

they are, do you think they were black?

 

I don't...I picture them as being a deep, sapphire blue &

look how sweetly the younger one takes her

big sister's arm.

 

 

Aweeee...this one is sooooo cute. These girls are literally

less then a year apart, don't you think! I love her little

arm around her sister's shoulder, precious.

 

 

And of course, there are always the twins,

 

 

or triplets or a mother & her 2 daughters?

This picture confuses me. lol

 

 

But this is my very favorite...five little stair stepped daughters

all in matching dresses, all holding their hands together in

front of them, even the baby. How did Mama do that?

 

The older girls have a peek-a-boo sleeve, while the three younger

girls sleeves are edged in white. I ADORE them, their necklaces

& curls, their hands & dresses, oh & their faces too...perfect!

 

Hope you enjoyed this little post. Maybe you have a sister that you

wore matching dresses with. Maybe you have twin girls that you put

in matching dresses for their special pictures. Life has changed

so much, but it's lovely to think in many ways, in the ways

of Mother's & Daughter's, things are still very much

the same, that makes me smile!

 

XOXO

vintagesusie



A Repost...Civil War Linen & Lace Book

Hi Friends!!!

Did you know I've been having a love affair?

A love affair with vintage lace, fabric, buttons & bows that is.

I thought I'd show you another one of my Linen
& Lace Fabric Books & I've made this
one just for me...

 

Children of the Civil War.

I adore old tintypes, they always catch my eye, but it's the

images of children that I can't resist. Dressed in their

finest, little girls wearing beads around their necks,

there is often a hint of sadness in their eyes.

This little one is down right MAD,

with her off the shoulders, fine damask dress. 

Loving history the way I do & loving genealogy, it has been a

revelation to me to find that on nearly all sides of my family tree,

I have grandfathers & uncles that fought in the Civil War. 

They are equally divided by the North & South. In my family,

it is completely regional. The ones who lived in Illinois &

Ohio fought for in the Union Army, while those that

lived in Virginia, fought for the Confederacy.

In question was the equality of human beings,

the rights of man & the basic principal that this nation

was founded on...that ALL MEN are created EQUAL.

A nation divided...

a family divided.

I added a little envelope to each one of my books,

filled with tiny treasures.

In my book I have an antique handkerchief
& a picture of an old tintype of a little girl & her doll.

And I have copies of 2 letters sent to my Aunt Catharine

informing her of the death of her husband, my

Great~Great~Great Uncle James Knight,

from disease contracted while fighting

for the Union Army in 1862.

James & his brothers, Joseph & Thomas, joined
Company 'F' 123rd Illinois Infantry on September 6th 1862.
Both Joseph & Thomas returned from the war in 1865,
while James died in November of 1862, only
2 months after his enlistment. 

"Woodsonville, KY Jan 14 1862

Mrs Night

I sit down to in form you of the death of James Night

he died her this morning about 6 oclock. I will send

his knapsack to you. I have nothing to tile about him

for he was a stranger to me he will be buried her to

day nothing more

J J Goudnay"

"January 17th, 1862

Mrs Knight,

I thout this evning that I woud write you a few lines 

witch I thout of doing good while a go.

you have had to her the sad nues of the departire

of you husbman. I know will inform you that I was

at the same Hosptel but was in another room. he

hadent ben well for som time. I went to the hosptel

about the same time. I did as soon as I got abel I

went to see him and talk with him. he was very 

 joley but at his write mind. I ask him if he thout he

would git well and he sed he didn't know. he was

witing to die he had a good bed and evy thing he

wonted to eat. he was cered for and as well taken

cer of as cood be but you must recolebt that we

must all die sooner or later. I suspect that James

is at peas he sed that he was wiling to go. he

didnt say eny thing about wonting to be sent home.

we had a nise plane cofen made and he was berade

very desend. I think if I was in you place that I wodent

go to the trobel of moving him for he is at rest.

To Cathing Knight

From Samuel C Blankenbecker"

In the 1860 census, Samuel Blakenbecker was 17 & lived

with his parents on a farm neighboring my Aunt & Uncle.

James was 32 when he died & Catharine was left with

7 children to raise on her own. 

With this sweet little fabric book, I honor my own American Story.

There is an American Story in each of us, I can't wait

to find out more about mine!!

XOXO

vintagesusie