Showing posts with label sewing thread. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sewing thread. Show all posts

Wednesday, 9 February 2011

Spot the mistake


Wonderful scene of domestic bliss from an early 1950s Sylko thread advert, but can anyone spot the mistake?

Answer: the Siamese cat is sitting peacefully on a cushion, rather than rummaging around in the work basket / pulling all of the threads out onto the floor / trying to eat the buttons / destroying the man's newspaper / knocking those nice-looking ornaments off the shelves / yelling and yelling and yelling at the lady because she is sewing, rather than paying attention to me, the Siamese cat.

It can be hard to craft with kitties around, it really can.

Friday, 15 January 2010

OMG sewing thread


"Exquisite colours - guarantee of fastness! Three different sizes! Wonderful strength! Coats Satinised has all of these - and glamour!" From a Coats Satinised advert, 1952.

When did we lose our capacity to be this excited about sewing thread? We have become a sad and jaded nation. Bring back the thrill of a sewing thread with a guarantee of fastness, and shout it from the rooftops, using lots of exclamation marks! OMG sewing thread!!!!11!! LOL.