gloriastitches

  I have sewed!  Shocking I know.  Hubby needed a replacement caftan for the one I had previously sewn.  This is my third from this pattern which is based on the first one I had bought for him in the 80s.  The first three were brown and the original had gold and brown tones in it in a striped manner.  Since I hadn't been to a fabric store since pre-Covid I had to pick out fabrics from my stash.  It had to be something with enough fabric, not girlish, and not printed. There were three choices:  a cream corduroy which I ruled out because I'd probably be washing it every week; a cranberry corduroy which I really wanted for myself; and a black denim.  I let him select and he chose the black.  That leaves enough for me to make either a jacket or slacks for myself. Then I had to find fabric for the bands.  I really didn't want to use something which would mean cutting up a piece which wouldn't leave enough for me to make something fo...

  When I see these cups I am reminded of my wonderful aunt. When I was a little girl and we'd visit my grandparents she would stop by to see us, grab a cup of coffee using one of these cups. There are numbers on the bottom which are for the design.  I have two each of three. On the bottom is printed "Made in Germany".  Thus, these cups would have to be from pre-war (that's WWII) or just a few years after the war. Auntie would have been too young to purchase them before the war, so after; or my grandparents had owned them which I highly doubt as these were not the usual type of item they would have bought. The cups couldn't have been brought back by my uncles because neither was anywhere near Germany during the war. I am amazed that these seventy-plus-year-old cups are still in great condition, with no chips.  The gold on the rim and on the cups is still there. They are not used often because they can't go in the dishwasher nor in the microwave.  Since my dishw...