Saturday, September 4, 2010
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Hill Country Sunrise
Gracie and her BFF, Ronan
The Boat Quilt I made
All the fabric except the white came from one piece of fabric
Finally Finished -- March's UFO
This one took forever!
Guess who came to visit
About Me
- limpingalong
- Texas, United States
- Christian, wife, mother, grandmother, quilter, photographer, teacher, lover of flowers and music and the sounds of birds and children laughing.
River Baptism
My Bluebonnet hat
I made two of these for the Granddaughters
Little boys need quilts, too!
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The pocket came off of one of Grandpa's shirts and it contains a small "Clifford" to play with.
The Comfort of Psalms
Made for Mother's 85th birthday
K's Quilt - three-dimensional
she loved the flaps
Deer in HCF's yard
A field of Texas wildflowers
Friends along for the river trip (see Nov 2, 2008)
Wasn't He Cute!
My Daddy -- long ago Seabee
5 comments:
I found a link online that tells about donkey jackets, Anita. Here it is:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donkey_jacket
It's a short heavy jacket made from a sort of thick baize with leather or pvc shoulder and elbow pads mostly worn by builders engaged in outside work such as laying drains etc.
I forgot to say that they are normally navy blue colour with black shoulder and elbow pads.
Supposedly they were predominantly worn by Irish navvies!
I think they were called Donkey Jackets because they were mostly worn as protection against the elements by outside workers doing the 'donkey' work digging and excavating etc
I used to have one in the 60's that I wore for best!!
They certainly kept the rain and wind out and were made from a sort of woollen felt rather than baize which I said earlier.
maeve binchy mentions duffle coats a lot. i've always wondered what those were.
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