You  might remember that over Labor Day weekend our family went to the antique fair at the park in Clear Lake, Iowa.  You might also remember that Kelli and I saw an embroidered design that we both really liked.
I really liked the saying and thought about getting it. Â Instead I decided to just snap a photo…
Well the other day via email I got a note from Dottie in California. Â Her note reads:
“Hi Jo,
I loved the old sampler you saw at the antiques fair, and did a Google search. I found the pattern on Flickr. It’s from a 1946 Workbasket magazine, and it from an old poem by Henry Van Dyke.
Here it is, if Kelli wants to make it.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/48068610@N06/8220104822/Â ” Â (Just click on the link if you’d like to see it!)
Here is the poem in it’s entirety.
I read within a poet’s book
A word that starred the page:
“Stone walls do not a prison make,
Nor iron bars a cage!”
Yes, that is true; and something more
You’ll find, where’er you roam,
That marble floors and gilded walls
Can never make a home.
But every house where Love abides,
And Friendship is a guest,
Is surely home, and home-sweet-home:
For there the heart can rest.
How neat is that??? Â I am so excited to see this!! Â The bad news…once I followed the Flicker link I found embroidery pattern after embroidery pattern that was cute and caught my attention. Â The one that we saw in Clear Lake is still my favorite.
THANKS so much for sharing this with us Dottie. Â If I ever get time to stitch (hopefully after the move) I just might sit down and stitch this!! Â I just love my blog readers..honestly, you all are the best!
That’s so sweet. Nice support out there
That is awesome,thanks for sharing.