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One of A Kind Penny Rug from antique and vintage woolens Sized at 23 and 1/2 by 32 Inches Signed and Dated 585.00 Shipping and Insurance Included |
| Copyright 2009 All Rights Reserved Early Style Penny Rugs Nova Scotia Canada |
My Grandmother's house was but a few steps away and Gran is never far from my thoughts today. As a child I visited every day. I walked from school to have dinner with Gran. I helped with chores and whenever possible I cuddled in for a good nights sleep on the big straw mattress upstairs. A special memory was the planting of my Grandmother's garden. Just a sprinkle of seeds in the spring would grow into a beautiful summer garden. Flowers by the side of the house, vegetables in the long rows of rich soil along the hillside, soon produced a bounty of colour and chores. Grandmother always wore the full feed sack aprons and hand in hand we would walk to gather the vegetables for supper from the garden. Gran gathered the ends of her apron and we would fill with beans, lettuce and cucumbers. My Flower Garden Penny Rug has those memories in the stitches. Stories from my past come to me as I stitch a rug. These stitches hold special memories and I'm sure I will regret parting with this rug but if one cannot enjoy the rug each day then it is time to let it go. I will always have the memories of my Grandmother's Gardens. Each penny represents a bouquet of flowers...the colours I remembered from my Grandmother's gardens. Floss was used as thread to accent the shade of wool flowers and a simple cotton lining gives this rug the finishing touch. A beautiful rug, Grandmother would have been pleased. cee |
