My Old Faded Rose

The other day I stopped in at the Cinnamon Stick (Spice Cupboard Blog) and bought a couple more of the old hangers I bought a few months ago.  I used one of the old hangers I had to hang a lighter weight quilt and hang it on a nail board in my living - and I have a bunch of quilts stored away and folded up so thought I would get a few more to hang some more.  I decided to take pics of the quilts and quilt wall hangings I have in my house - so this is just a little tour...

Living Room:

This quilt I bought this past summer at a yard sale for $5...

This Bear Claw quilt was made by my Mom.  It hangs down behind the tv cabinet (the quilt was hung years before I had the bigger TV cabinet.

I have an old lady in the corner of the living room - this is my lap quilt made by my Mom with an applique of a Moose on it and then the top one is actually a table runner - just do not have anywhere to put it right now...

Another lap (or twin bed) quilt made by my Mother - used one of the hangers to hang it...

A quilt mantle scarf...again made by my Mother...

Love this one and fits perfectly atop this old sewing table - this table has the sewing machine taken out and has a thick piece of black marble to make a table top - just had to cover that up!  Again, made by my Mom

This is a star wall hanging...yep you guessed it - my Mom made it!  (I didn't realize how faded it was until I took the pic - I know the colors are bit more muted and a little different than my photo's show but this is actually fading.  This side of the living room gets quite a bit of sun....hmmm wonder what it's doing to my hooked rugs in this area!  Eh gads!)   

This is another table topper on top of the old wash stand...yep - my Mom again....

This is a wall hanging gifted me by the extremely talented Lori of Homespun Prims.  I was so touched when this showed up in the mail for no special reason at all.  Lori is generous person and wonderful hooker and stitcher and seamstress - the fabrics in this hanging are so cool.

Okay - not sure if I missed any in the living room, but now moving into the Dining Room:

This is on a little bench with my twig tree - just a table topper - made by my Mom...

This is one of the first little wall hangings I got from my Mom probably over 20 years ago - Flying geese...

One the buffet table - another one made by my Mom

This is one I had for years too made by my Mom (again) - this is atop the huge hutch so you really don't see it.

This was gifted me by Bren - another generous, talented and wonderful friend I have met online!

And another wall hanging gifted to me for no other reason than she wanted to!  Jacque  is another of those wonderful generous souls that I have met online and she is so talented - do check out her blog - she's always creating wonderful quilts, aprons and whatnots - and she has a very handsome dog to boot! 

Now on to the bathroom.  Let me just tell you this powder room isn't me -this is the only room in the house we haven't re-done (you think we would have in the past 14 years we lived here - it's too "pretty" for me - it's a green color (the one that was popular in the 90's) and has half paint and half wallpaper - the wallpaper is a green ticking (i do like that) but the border between the paint and the wallpaper is pink roses.  Like I said very 90's - anyway - one of these days I will get an idea for what I want to do and do it - right now it's decorated in cats.  Here's a table topper - again made by my Mom - that i just threw over the back of the toilet...

A small "pretty" log cabin wall hanging - made by my Mom...

Okay - not really a quilt - a cross stitch piece made about 20 years ago by me that my Mom framed with fabric and did some hand quilting on...

On to the entrance way/hallway... I have mostly cross stitch pieces and hooked rugs through these areas...

On my settlers bench in the hallway - I have this old postage stamp quilt that I found at a flea market (hidden with junk) for $5 - I love this one...

Another small wall hanging made by my Mom...

The Kitchen...

Can you believe it - no quilts or wall hangings in the kitchen.  I did make this cross stitch piece about 100 years ago (okay feels like it! LOL) and my Mom framed it with fabric and batting  and did some hand quilting on it.  I always liked the alternative to the costly framing issue! 

Okay - that's the tour of the quilts/wall hangings on the first floor! 

We have steps going upstairs and then a landing and then more steps to the 2nd floor.  I have an old chair sitting on the landing with this little Raggedy Ann quilt sitting on the seat (she looks kinda demented because its sort of folded over right now - LOL - Three guesses who made it!  Yep you guessed it - my Mom...

Here is a "house" quilt that I have thrown over the back of this chair that Chris - another online friend gifted me - Mystical Primitives - check her out on eBay - she has some gorgeous rugs and PN pieces! 

This is a huge quilt that hangs on the way up the stairs - My Mom was trying to remember who made this (image not her) She thinks her Great Grandmother and Grandmother made it - She can pick out pieces of clothing that was hers and her brothers.  She found it in a drawer in a bureau - it was just a quilt top - she put the backing and binding on and had it hand quilted.   If you notice the Raggedy Ann on the far right of the picture - My Mom made that - she matches the Ann in the little wall hanging quilt.  The big Ann on the right next to the one my Mom made was made by a cousin of mine - she was given a project to made the doll and had to give it away - I received her when I was about 10 I believe.  The two (Anne and Andy) on the left were my dolls as a child and the next two were given to me by a co-worker about 25 years ago.  Not that I ever collected Anns and Andys - but it works with the quilt! LOL

Okay - some other day I will continue the "quilt tour" to the bedrooms .

We are still having problems with our little Miles.  He's skin and bones but it seems we are maintaining his 3 1/2 pounds and doesn't seem to be suffering.  Still because of his hyperthyroidism he gets "ravenous" for food, and honesty , I think because of his age there is some "dementia" there that he doesn't remember he just ate and doesn't listen.  Besides all the puking and meowing, he tries to get on the counter in the kitchen, a place the cats know is a no-no.  Because he can't jump straight up anymore he jumps on the couch, then the back of the couch and through the pass-thru - we constantly find him "licking" the sink dry or any dish left in the sink - even if it has soap in it - So i put an old bread board over the sink and have even caught him trying to move it.  He has to go across the stove too to get to the sink.  It's a never ending battle for sure.  Anyway - today I had had it.  I still feel terrible - I yelled at him (loud and stern enough that Jonesy and Riley came running to see what was up) And for anyone that knows me - I'm just not a "yeller" - My husband always says the cats just laugh at me as I'm just not "stern"!  Anyway - I decided I needed to block off the pass through someone - so short of drywalling it up - what to do??  Well this is my temporary solution (Oh the pass-thru is usually a junk holder - so this will get tweaked and maybe get to look a little better!)

We shall see if this keeps him out - I put an old wooden crate sideways and a ginger bottle and some old nursing bottles (they were my Moms) on the side to block it- Put stuff on the top too so it's way too tall for him to jump thru and do not think he will be able to know the bottles over to squeeze though - doesn't even look to bad from the living room side.

Anyway - sorry for the long post...wonder how many people I "lost" midway!

Have a great day!