Hooking with gentle colours, Thursday live: Episode 164

The oldest thing in my closet is my christening gown. It was my Dad’s so it is 96 years old. I kept it because it came from my parents homeland Belgium and it is handmade with Bruges lace and silk embroidery. It is a beautiful piece of needlework and meant a lot to the family.

The oldest garment in my closet is a petite blouse that was hand stitched by my petite great-grandmother in Oslo, Norway. Probably from the late 1800s.

My saddle shoes and poodle skirt from the fifties.

I have my wedding gown,50 years next Aug. 17th.My first dolly and the original catalog it was in the year of my birth,and a sweater mom knit many years ago.

I have a pair of wooden clogs from the 70’s and an old pair of houndstooth checked patterned tights from the 60’s ( repaired through the years with clear nail polish) and the very old silver thimble and case from my grandmother from 1900.