Granny's Olde Time Crafts

Yep, Granny says "come in and set a spell and you can see her wares."  It shore does seem complicated when you see the things she does, but she learned from the best teacher in the world --experience.

From her World Famous Crazy shirts, quilting, bonnets, dolls, tatting, crocheting and sewing in general, Granny will amaze you with what you see.

If you press her enough, Granny will spill a yarn or two, along with various other tidbits of information that you shore need to take home with you.

Sewing all her life, Granny learned the art of Tatting and Quilting from her mother, and if you ask her she will tell you a good story about the way in which the tatting process was fixed in her brain.

Granny's crazy shirts are perhaps a story within itself. They are made of flannel material, and each piece of the shirt is cut and sewed together. No two pieces of material in the shirt are the same color. She has been making these shirts for years on end, and has became famous for this style of shirts. Of course nothing good ever stays in one place. One man and his wife told us that they saw a similar shirt, except it was all dyed and not separate pieces that had been cut and sewed. They also said it was made by a company called "Needless Markup" and sold for $40.00 at a department store. Of course, Granny couldn't believe what they told her, because she sells her shirts for only $19.00.

   Granny has a bunch of kids, yep, she calls them her children. They are the prettiest bunch of Angels you have ever seen, ranging from the big skirts with bonnets to the Indian Maidens. She crochets them in just about every color you could imagine, and just about ever style of dress that could ever be thought of.  These Angels are guaranteed to compliment any decor you have in your house, and will be treasured for years.

Although Christmas comes only once a year, Granny Adams works some all the year long doing old time Christmas Ornaments, crochet snowflakes, Santa's Booties, Wreaths and Christmas Angels. These ornaments make any Christmas Tree special with the homespun flavor. Sizes from 2" to 4".

Tatting--This is unbelievable! Some people just make small items with tatting, but this woman makes tatting in lace form yards in length. Do you realize that there around 2 billion knots tied for you to get a yard of tatting?  Perhaps some of the longest lengths of this work that we've seen.

If you like Granny's Old Time Crafts, give us a shout by E-Mail, or call us by dialing 1-850-834-2803.

We'll be glad to mail you some more information on Granny Adams and her work.

Contact Granny at thompsonbaskets@gdsys.net

 

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