Dove Delivers Delightful Valentine Hearts!
Lady Ann
The Golden Thimble Society commenced as Tillie Tinkham, the seamstress mouse at Corgyncombe for many years, wanted to assist the Queen Anne English Wooden dolls with their needlework.
The squares in the quilt are so small!
Lady Ann wears a golden thimble!
Lady Ann was named after my 9th great grandmother Lady Ann Borodell wife of Capt. George Denison, who lived near Mystic, Connecticut. Their daughter Margaret married James Brown, grandson of John Howland and Elizabeth (Tilley) Howland who came on the Mayflower. James and Margaret were my 8th great grandparents. We also have many other Anns in our ancestral family.
The quilt reminds us of the quilt in "A is for Annabelle" written and illustrated by Tasha Tudor.
Bleeding heart at Corgyncombe Gardens in the snow.
How delighted Lady Anne and the little doll are with the handwoven pocket hearts delivered by the dove! The woven heart in Lady Ann's hand is very small!
Dr. Cupid Corgi wears the wings of a dove at the Herbary at Corgyncombe!
The dovecote at Tasha Tudor's Corgi Cottage with the doves posing most delightfully for me!
This is my own personal photograph at Tasha Tudor's Corgi Cottage.
On the art stand made by Seth Tudor, son of Tasha Tudor, is the "New Cyclopaedia of Botany and Complete Book of Herbs", an advertising card with a lovely dove delivering a letter and a rose, and a trade card with forget-me-nots from an Apothecary in Bellows Falls, Vermont.
A woven heart makes a splendid Pocket full of Posies!
My Grandmum one day told me that she had a surprise for me. She went to her closet and took out this pieced quilt top. Grandmum told me how her grandfather (my great great grandfather), William A. Weaver, pieced this quilt top during the long hours while trying to recover from consumption. William developed pneumonia after chasing his run away oxen in the freezing cold air. Pneumonia turned into consumption, which eventually led to his death. I had recently started quilting and was delighted to have my great great grandfather's quilt top. I soon set about quilting a feather wreath design onto the quilt top.
The other day I pulled back the curtain and discovered, perched upon the hay rake on the porch was a pair of mourning doves. They were so pretty with their big eyes and grey and brown feathering!
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