tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2004958397294074498.post8206732893564083906..comments2024-03-12T00:07:16.696-06:00Comments on Tatting Fool: HeirloomsMirandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07966487848401662776noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2004958397294074498.post-50125635955023046192012-06-07T11:43:34.518-06:002012-06-07T11:43:34.518-06:00How wonderful to find these treasures from the pas...How wonderful to find these treasures from the past, Never mind that time has faded them or stained with age, They are heirlooms that can never be repeated.<br />MargaretMargarets designer cardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07649752567816134409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2004958397294074498.post-4269049560821059462012-05-31T21:51:29.380-06:002012-05-31T21:51:29.380-06:00Ohhh myyyy goodness! such beautiful treasures!Ohhh myyyy goodness! such beautiful treasures!Karrieannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12509454709489592186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2004958397294074498.post-45593844050455943142012-05-31T15:44:32.949-06:002012-05-31T15:44:32.949-06:00pretty things, lucky you.pretty things, lucky you.Ladytatshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13333655818263465112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2004958397294074498.post-88438258457987006692012-05-31T14:10:44.787-06:002012-05-31T14:10:44.787-06:00Hi Susan, the laces you got from Mrs. Briggs were ...Hi Susan, the laces you got from Mrs. Briggs were in a different box, which I posted about at http://tattingfool.blogspot.com/2011/05/lace.html, unless some of them got mixed up with this bag-- perfectly possible, of course. Everything in the bag Abby gave me was either embroidered or crocheted, no tatting.<br /><br />It is interesting to know that some of the work was done by Pauline. I had been assuming that it was all the work of Moyer or Buzzard women.<br /><br />I'm just going to keep pretending that the crochet was all done by the family, because I like the idea of one of my Mennonite ancestresses making herself a lace nightie!Mirandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07966487848401662776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2004958397294074498.post-29892667640449613762012-05-31T13:02:08.215-06:002012-05-31T13:02:08.215-06:00Hi Miranda,
I can identify some of those pieces, b...Hi Miranda,<br />I can identify some of those pieces, because I passed them to Abby when I moved out of the US and couldn't imagine continuing to carry them with me, even though I loved them. They didn't all come from the family, which explains why some didn't look Mennonite, but they're all old.<br /><br />The embroidered table cloths and runners were done by my Aunt Pauline Rensberger, your Grandpa Rensberger's sister.<br /><br />The tatted collars and edgings came from a big box of assorted laces I inherited from an old woman named Mrs. Briggs who came from a wealthy family in Goshen. She was in her 90s when I cleaned house for her when I was a teenager about 40 years ago, and when she died, her daughter gave me these pieces. They came from her family, which was definitely not Mennonite, which explains the worldliness. They would probably come from the latter half of the 19th century.<br /><br />I've found that the yellowed tatted pieces whiten up rapidly with a little chlorine bleach. You'd think it would destroy them, but in fact the thread is tough. Just wash them by hand and rinse them the moment they get white.<br /><br />Love,<br />Aunt SusanSusan Rensbergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12999850497832177217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2004958397294074498.post-89005483181314745532012-05-31T12:58:28.246-06:002012-05-31T12:58:28.246-06:00Wow - amazing items... Love that antimacassar!
F...Wow - amazing items... Love that antimacassar!<br />Fox : )Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12889386206601730189noreply@blogger.com