[Nfb-krafters-korner] Memories

[Debbie Killian]

I use to make the rocking chairs out of clothes pins too. I have been 
thinking about trying that again. We made the single chairs and then the 
double chairs like a love seat. I'm also going to try the wishing well lamps 
made out of slats of wood again. Both of these projects was done about 25 
years ago so I am  hoping to remember all the steps.

Debbie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Shelbi Hindel via Nfb-krafters-korner" 
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Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2014 6:25 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Memories


> That sounds wonderful and like something I'd purchase at a craft show. 
> Keep
> those prescious memories flowing and feel totally free to share them on
> list.
> Shelbi
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfb-krafters-korner [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
> On
> Behalf Of Joyce Kane via Nfb-krafters-korner
> Sent: September 4, 2014 12:08 PM
> To: nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Memories
>
> Talking about making things out of ice cream sticks, sparked a memory for 
> me
> that I had to share.
>
> Going back to my sighted days and when I was into craft shows and babies 
> and
> little kids, I made sock dolls and especially sock clowns.
>
> I don't know where I saw this or how John, muy husband came up with it, 
> but
> he would take wooden clothes pins.  The ones that have the metal thingy 
> that
> you could press and it opens up the other end.  Well by taking out the 
> metal
> and just using the wooden parts, he would glue them together and make a
> small rocking chair out of them.  I would make a sock doll out of a 
> child's
> cotton sock.  She would have a calico dress with a hat that was trimmed in
> a small width lace with yarn hair and an embroidered face.  I would put 
> her
> in the chair and sell the doll sitting in the chair.  He then designed out
> of the wooden clothes pins a cradle.  I made a calico mattress with a 
> pillow
> and sold just that without any doll.  There was a picture in the past of 
> him
> sitting at the kitchen table with some of them being made and some sitting
> with the glue drying.  No glue gun use for this..  It was  tacky clue.
>
> I never did save one of those for keepsake, but my Mom has one of the 
> dolls
> sitting in the rocking chair still on her dresser.  That will be my 
> keepsake
> some day.
>
> Joyce
>
>
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