Do you remember the His and Her's pillowcases? They were popular many, many moons ago. I embroidered this pair when I was in high school. I remember using the colors that were recommended and I thought it was very daring to use lime green with lavender/purple and blue..then aqua to outline the letters...and bold pink flowers!!! But I have always loved these colors together and now I treasure these pillowcases. And I crocheted the edging too!! A couple of years ago, I dug them out and they were so yellowed with age so I soaked them in Oxyclean several times for several days and they came out sparkling white again. This was just a little trip back in time as I made them over 60 years ago and I still love them even though there isn't a "His" anymore. :-( I wonder what my kids will do with them when I'm gone? Treasure or trash???
I linking today with Super Mom-No Cape, you should go check out what others have shared with us if you like hand embroidered pieces..Sew until next time, have a Stitches kind of day..............
I'm so glad you don't have the embedded comment box where I can't leave a comment. =) I LOVE these pillowcases! Yes, those were a daring color combination. Good for you for sticking with it! I'm sorry there's no need for the His any longer, but I hope one of your children will cherish these.
ReplyDeleteI hope they treasure them, they are beautiful! I love those colours too, they are very pretty together! :) x
ReplyDeleteThese pillowcases are gorgeous. I´m really amazed that you still have them after so many years. Now impossible to throw away and will be treasured by your children.
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Lovely pillowcases. I'm pleased to hear how you got rid of the yellowing. I'm certainly going to try that next time I'm confronted with a similar situation.
ReplyDeleteoh how lovely! What a wonderful treasure to have kept all these years
ReplyDeleteThese are so pretty! Isn't it interesting that the recommended colors at the time are colors that are so in right now. Perhaps you could ask your children if they eventually would like to have them and if not, that would give you the chance to pass them along to someone who would love and treasure them.
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Your pillow cases are gorgeous. The stitching looks so fine and pretty. Love your color combination. I love embroidered pillow cases, this is such a pretty pair. Definitely a treasure!
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ReplyDeleteCheryl's Teapots2Quilting has left a new comment on your post "Remember His & Hers?":
I've always loved the embroidered pillowcases. We got a set (cross stitched) for a wedding present. Still have them, almost 28 years later.
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ReplyDeleteYour pillowcases are such treasures!
I did it again, deleted the message from my email and it won't post on my blog then...so I had to go into the delete file, copy and paste here. So sorry, Renee
I love the old vintage pillowcases. Well, I adore vintage linens of all kinds!
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