Found these today as I was rummaging around my Mom used to make them about 50+ years ago, cute ice skate pins with paper clips for the skates. They make a nice attachment to a gift. And look cute wearing as a pin. I don't know if she got the idea from someone but my Mom could make something out of nearly nothing.
I have switched from gardening to crafts mostly crochet and some sewing, I make dollhouse real patchwork quilts among other things and can sell them on ebay.
It’s called a ‘darning egg’ and you stick it inside a sock, or whatever else you’re darning (like the elbow of a sweater), so you have a hard surface to work against.
I remember your mini-quilts! They are adorable! Make sure to post some pictures.
LOVED the ice skate ornaments! I was ‘Thrifting’ today and they had Christmas stuff out, of course (only bought ONE Christmas CD - a joke for my Sister who is obsessed with accordion music, LOL!) and they had a whole TABLE full of ice skates. (Not hockey skates, but your basic, white girly skates.)
Do kids STILL ice skate? We always did. Dad would actually flood a portion of the back yard for us, so all the neighborhood kids could skate there, and Grandpa used to shovel off the frozen lake and make us a rink to use when we visited him & Grandma at our cottage. Grandpa skated AND roller skated (competitive dancing on skates, really) back in the day. Wish I still had his awards and trophies and ribbons for those!