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by spendlove 12 Apr 2016 ( edited Apr 15'16 09:00 )
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My friend found this very old cloth in a bag of jumble sale donations. The edging is exquisite hand crochet. It had a couple of nasty stains. One is now under the duck and the other under one of the flowers. It was beautifully hand hemstitched as well, but that was breaking away in many places so I used an heirloom stitch to go over it.

The designs are from the Cute Duckling font. I used the "R" but missed out the letter for the main design and just used the flower for the rest.

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Comments (21)
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by crafter2243 12 Apr 2016
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Nice save for a beautiful piece.
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by lilylady 12 Apr 2016
+12
Looks good to me, LOL!
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by pennyhal2 12 Apr 2016
+11
What a nice treasure! Clever way to save it!
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by sjbrower 12 Apr 2016
+10
It turned out beautiful! The duckie looks a bit vintage-style and works perfectly with the crochet edging. Nice work and nice save!
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by mops 12 Apr 2016
+8
Beautiful save - I love the way you used (parts of) that alphabet.
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by pldc 12 Apr 2016
+9
a great save Sue! It is indeed worth saving & just look how pretty it has turned out! ~hugs~
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by jrob 12 Apr 2016
+7
Great save and I love the way that you carried out the design in the lace on the body.
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by sonjapotgieter 12 Apr 2016
+7
Stunning...Great work done...
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by dragonflyer 12 Apr 2016
+7
Nice save, indeed!
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by liliana1 12 Apr 2016
+7
Looks Fabulous what a great save
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by pennifold 12 Apr 2016
+6
Such beautiful work from a by-gone era. You have done a great job in saving this. I miss the old fashioned hankies! Love Chris
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by lbrow 12 Apr 2016
+5
Exquisite! I do so love work like this / Lillian
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by grossfamilie 12 Apr 2016
+3
Lovely way to save this valuable piece of memory. Love Ducks !
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by babash 12 Apr 2016
+2
Great save.
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by graceandham 13 Apr 2016
+3
Beautifully done. That crochet edge is breathtaking! I hope you have a special baby in mind!
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by katydid 13 Apr 2016
+3
I do love heirloom. Glad you rescued it !!
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by killiecrankie 13 Apr 2016
+4
It is beautiful.I wonder how long it took to crochet the edge ?
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by spendlove 13 Apr 2016
I hate to think!
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by deegee 13 Apr 2016
+4
You have done this beautiful piece justice. Lovely job.
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by airyfairy 13 Apr 2016
+3
What a find. Is it a pillow case or a tray cloth?
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by spendlove 13 Apr 2016
A tray cloth.
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by grandmeaux1 13 Apr 2016
+3
What a clever idea. I love the vintage linens. Have some that
have stains but never thought of putting embroidery over them.
Will dig them out of my box and turn them into useful again.
Thanks
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by kezza2sew 15 Apr 2016
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I just love all this old work..that lace is simply lovely..you have done this piece justice...nicely done Sue.