Tag Archives: Patterns

Horsin’ Around

Posted on January 20, 2023 by kathy & deb

We had enough of a snow storm yesterday for a snow day!!! Woo Hoo, grown-up snow days are the best. Hubby left for work, but went a couple of miles, turned around, and came home. His usual hour-long commute was … Continue reading →

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Glitterati

Posted on August 19, 2022 by kathy & deb

It’s that time of year. I wait, not so patiently, all year for this: The annual parade of my hibiscus bushes. The blossom on the left is a solid 10 inches in diameter! And the bush has been loaded with … Continue reading →

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Dress it Up, Dress it Down

Posted on October 25, 2019 by kathy & deb

I am a Happy Camper.  Halloween is here, the most wonderful time of the year!  And if it seems like I am confusing my holidays what with the carol title and all, just chalk it up to the stores putting … Continue reading →

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Facts is Facts

Posted on October 14, 2016 by kathy & deb

Well, there’s no use denying it, fall is here for reals.  We still haven’t had a freeze yet, but things are turning at an alarming rate.  Witness my birch tree and burning bush:     I love the fall and … Continue reading →

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Friday Fabric Follies

Posted on February 28, 2014 by kathy & deb

We like textiles, really, we do.  We both have the linen closets, boxes, and baskets full  to prove it.  We carry home orphan linens of all sorts.  We can’t stand to see a home-made doily languishing at a sale for … Continue reading →

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It’s all about the Kitchen Linens–a Book Review and True Confession

Posted on September 13, 2013 by kathy & deb

The book that inspired this post is The Kitchen Linens Book by EllynAnne Geisel: We each got a copy while shopping at Tuesday Morning–neither of us could resist that dancing tea cup on the cover.  It only seemed natural to … Continue reading →

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I Love Aprons!

Posted on May 31, 2013 by kathy & deb

Before starting the post, I want to remind you to enter our apron give-away by the end of May.  All you have to do is email us at TheSecondHandRoses@gmail.com. Now, on to our regularly scheduled post. Hi, my name is … Continue reading →

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Fashion Doll Pattern Palooza

Posted on November 30, 2012 by kathy & deb

We mentioned a couple of weeks ago, how we had hit a sale with more patterns than we had ever seen.  I was absolutely tickled to pieces to find a whole passel of Fashion Doll patterns, as I have a … Continue reading →

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Friday Finds with a Severe Clown Warning in the Forecast

Posted on November 18, 2011 by kathy & deb

I knew it was going to be an interesting week when I got this fortune in my fortune cookie: Ain’t that the story of our lives?  This week proved no exception; there were plenty of terrible finds.  Those loyal readers … Continue reading →

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Handmade Friday Finds

Posted on September 30, 2011 by kathy & deb

Fall is slipping away much too quickly; garage sale season is almost over here.  Neither of us would like to live anywhere really hot, but it might almost be worth it to be able to go to garage sales all … Continue reading →

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