Above images taken by Jody
McKim
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This cloth was made for
me at my birth (I guess
for a "hope chest"). It
was used to hang over
dish towels (so the
unsightly towels
wouldn't be seen). The
cloth was woven by my
great grandmother and
either my mother or
grandmother did the
embroidery. It was
counted cross
stitch--nothing printed
on the material, rather
they followed a pattern
and counted the threads
in the piece they were
embroidering. The ends
are crocheted.
Contributed by
Rose Mary
Keller Hughes |
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Contributed by Diana Lambing
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Three beautiful pieces made by Teresa
Leeb
Contributed by Alex Leeb (son)
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Decorated Eggs
Crepe Paper Flowers
by
Anne Dreer
There was no one
in our village who made silk flowers. The ones
used at weddings were bought. The flowers for
funerals in the summer were real, in the
winter and for "Allerseelen" on November 2nd
they were made of crepe paper (different colours)
and dipped in melted wax. The stems were wires
with green crepe paper twisted around them. My
mother made really beautiful crepe flowers.
The crepe paper
was bought in the local store (like a village
general store) which the Schwoba called Gwelb,
probably a derivetive of the high German "Gewölbe"
= vault.
The crepe paper
was cut into strips, off the top of the roll
about 3 inches wide with the crease lines
running the width of the strip, not the length.
With slightly dampened fingers one entire edge
of the strip was rolled, like you would roll a
thread with your finger tips. Then the centre of
the strip was stretched to make it bulge a
little. The other strip edge was then wound
around a green crepe paper covered wire. When
finished it looked like a rose.
Silk Flowers
by
Rose Mary
Keller Hughes
The brides in
Semlak wore a crown/wreath of flowers on their
heads--since weddings were often in the colder
months, live flowers were not
available. There were women in the village
whose specialty was the creating of beautiful
silk flowers for the lovely head pieces.
The women also created floral pieces and wreaths
for funerals. Was this a practice in your
ancestral village? |
