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Sounds wonderful, John. . In message , John writes

I believe that there is some duplication of templates and patterns that I have. After i go through them all i am going to offer some of this stuff to you folks if you want them. I won't be able to do this untill after I finish painting.

John

Congratulations, John! I don't spin or weave, but the idea of a lovely maple spinning wheel is just wonderful! :)

Wow! How cool is that! Saw a wheel at a flea market the other day, but I resisted the temptation. The templates and old magazines are real treasures too! Roberta in D

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Here are some of the Titles of the Mags:

B H & G American Patchwork Quilting

Quilt

Lady's Circle Patchwork Quilts

The Quilter

Quilt works today ( from the Premier issue on)

There are a number of orphan magazines that she obviously chose and bought on a onezy-twozy purchase plan. Some of them appear to be compilations from the above purlishers. They are mostly Traditional Patchwork Quilting styles which is fine with me as I have not gotten to the Art Quilt scene, although I buy some of the magazines to look at and be amazed and hopeful for myself. I am attaching a link to the picture of the Spinning Wheel, all cleaned up and shinning, in place in front of the fireplace in our dining room. It is set up with the Flax spinning attachment and distaff, which are it's most impressive attachments. Appropriate placement, I think, as they were used in front of the fireplace in days-gone-by, before computers, and televisions and other modern diversions. It should take me some time to wade thru all these mags. So I know what I will be doing on those long cold winter nights in Ohio.

Absolutely beautiful, John. . In message , John writes snipped

I will just nip over and do a bit of spinning on your wheel. I have got some flax somewhere. It looks a very nice wheel. Shirley

Along with the wheel came a booklet explaining the history of spinning and the process needed to produce the various raw products for doing so. Flax production is one of the most complicated items to start with. It talked about the spinning process before the Industrial Revolution in the early 1800's and what It took to do that sort of work in the home setting. Lots of work for very little finished product, that is for sure. We are so blessed that we can go down to the store and purchase so much finished fabric to then cut up and make into what we want. I tried to imagine what it would be like to raise the sheep, shear and card the wool and then spin and weave it. Grow the flax and then process it and then spin and weave it, To say nothing of doing the same with cotton, and then dyeing it. It wears me out just thinking of it. I know some of the folks who do some element of that to this day, but to have to do it out of necessity, rather than choice for art sake is daunting, to say the least.

John

Bonnie, Thank you so much for this interesting link. It is rather timely as we are going to go through Penn. in September and will definately hook up with this event. It should be interesting for me as to the Flax spinning area of interest that is prompted by the aquisition of the spinning wheel.

John

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I have been to this event and when I saw the subject of this discussion I thought "Stahlstown" I haven't thought of this in 20 years. One's brain works in mysterious ways. I do love learning about how our forefathers/mothers lived and survived. Bonnie, in Middletown, VA

Flax Scutching Festival - When, Where and More Info Please When: September every year Where: Stahlstown, PA, U.S.A. More Info Please: For more info call 724/593-2119.

Festival Location: Stahlstown, PA, USA Folk Festivals

In the early 1700s there were no Gap khakis and no Old Navy fleece jackets. Back then folks mostly made their own clothes. But today, flax scutching, or the art of creating linen from the flax plant, has been all but lost. Thanks to Stahlstown, who since 1907 has been taking people back to a simpler time with their Flax Scutching Festival held every September, the art of spending three days to make one shirt is coming back.

The funny thing here is that it's not the oldest flax scutching event in the nation. It's the second oldest. Oh, what it must feel like to be #2 in the flax scutching world. But don't let that fact keep you away. There's lots of out-dated fun for the whole family: wheat weaving, carving apple head dolls, quilting, leather crafting, gospel, outdoor worship and a mock Indian raid. This is a free event.

What an elegant lady! May I move in with you please? I'll even sort your magazines for you :-) Roberta in D

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When we lived in Denmark, there was a demonstration put on at the local open-air museum (a collection of historic farm houses from all over the country, with period furnishings). They kept a flock of sheep at the museum, and a group of volunteers made a sweater in one day, starting with sheep shearing. Took a lot of helping hands, but they did manage it in 24 hours. Roberta in D

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