Archive for September, 2015
Asters of the Universe
Posted in autumn, Gardening, tagged asters, blue, flowers, pink on 26 September, 2015| 1 Comment »
It isn’t even Spring
Posted in Uncategorized on 21 September, 2015| 2 Comments »
Wish I’d heard more of the music
Posted in Uncategorized on 17 September, 2015| Leave a Comment »
The Where We Were
Posted in CopterCopter, into the woods, Nature, rocks, travel, tagged artemisia, friends, lichen, purple mountains, rocks, sage, trees on 17 September, 2015| Leave a Comment »
We came home and the aster show was on
Posted in Uncategorized on 15 September, 2015| 1 Comment »
Nam nam Fisk
Posted in Uncategorized on 13 September, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Name that thistle
Posted in Uncategorized on 12 September, 2015| 1 Comment »
Here and there
Posted in Uncategorized on 6 September, 2015| Leave a Comment »
For mending the ragged edge of….
Posted in Art and Craft, textile history, tagged Helix Sharps, Milward & Sons, needles, needlework, notions, sewing, sharps, Singer sewing cabinets, the best millinery supplies, what was left behind, what was saved on 1 September, 2015| Leave a Comment »
These were in one of the right hand drawers of the Singer cabinet that Smiling Typewriter perches upon… I haven’t opened the items to see how many needles are inside, but someone on Ebay sells H. Milward needles for prices that surprised me.
More interesting, actually, is that the Milward family and their fellow Redditch metal workers were important in the development of metal needles, fishing hooks, and surgical tools, eventually leading to companies such as Entaco Limited and Coats.