{ girlhood embroidery }

...gotta love a good read.

or, in my case,

gotta love the books filled with inspirational photographs of early needlework

from the collection of

Betty Ring....

 

 

while living in CT, where I grew up,

I was fortunate to find the set of books from a dealer.

the set cost me a mere 30.00

and by today's standards that was a bargain....

 

 

 I was doing some research on Betty Ring's collection,

and found out that these books are now appraised at over 200.00 each!

a pleasant suprise for sure :)

 

 

 

I stitched this sampler below, back in 1997 using inspiration from these books:

 

 

 

how things have changed!

...do any of you have these books??

 

Lori from

Notforgotten Farm