I just mailed off Shirley Hall's bracelet to the next on the list and thought I would share some photos with you. Shirley's theme was sewing....remembering her mother's love and talent for sewing. It's been so fun being able to add our own memories to the bracelets. When Shirley wrote about her Mom and sewing, I immediately thought of the times watching my grandmother work away on her Singer treadle sewing machine when I was a kid. She could really make that thing sing! And what wonderful creations she would put together! We lived in California and she lived in Michigan but for a few weeks every other summer I got to spend time at their little cottage at Lake Odessa, MI. I loved walking to town to go to the Woolworth's to pick out some fabric for matching dresses she would make for myself and my cousins that would be visiting. We'd even get to sit at the Soda Fountain counter and have a coke...or maybe even a root beer float for a special treat!
Here's Shirley's bracelet and book -- almost half way done since we are going on month 6 :)
Isn't it cool?! The inside pages are pretty special too with lots of buttons, lace, and goodies sewn in....
and here is my page and charm....
My charm started with a metal bobbin from my Mom's old Singer -- do they even have metal bobbins anymore? Since Shirley wanted her bracelet to be mostly antique copper or gold, I added some old gold toned buttons from my grandmother's button box, a tiny gold pair of scissors charm, a 'made with love' copper heart, and a few jump rings with glass beads for some sparkle. I really like the way it turned out and how it looks on Shirley's bracelet. Hope she does too!
