Lizzie Lenard Vintage Sewing

Roofscapes are fascinating.  This wonderful structure is on a roof of the monastery of Jasna Gora at Czestochowa in Poland. Welcome to ...

A moment of mad self indulgence came over me when we were in the market hall in Krakow this summer.  One of the stalls had a mesmerisin...

This building is in Zywiec, a town probably better known for its beer than its Art Nouveau windows. Here is an enlarged view of t...

This crown is around the pinnacle of the taller tower of St. Mary's Basilica in Krakow. According to this article , it was placed ...

Where architecture meets cake decoration - one of the buildings on the main square in Krakow. Welcome to Linda, the latest follower...

A beautiful rooftop at the monastery at Czestochowa, taken on 17th August. Welcome to lots of new followers today - including those who...

Taken this year on 22nd August, a year and a day after our last visit .  This time we could get a good view.

This beautiful butterfly was flying from flower to flower in a clearing in the woods in Poland. Welcome to Autumn Adams, the latest fol...

...around the corner from where we were staying with my husband's cousin - a massive, sturdy old Lucznik.  If I were having curtains ...

We have just had a twelve day stay in Poland, spending a few days at my brother in law's little wooden house on the side of a hill, a...

This beautiful little flower was growing in a field on a hillside at the edge of the woods.  I think it might be a variety of campanula. ...

Don't ask me the name of the cactus.  I took this picture in August in Poland.  Bogusia's husband grows cacti.  This cactus has o...

Now that it is cold and dreary, a cheerful reminder of summer.  This was in Bogusia's garden in Poland.

This gorgeous shawl was being worn by a lady at the harvest festival in Poland.  Too beautiful for words, and perhaps a bit too hot for t...

We took a walk up a hill in Poland and these beautiful scabious flowers were growing at the edge of the woods.

This picture was taken on 21st August, and already it seems like a world away. Wadowice is the birthplace of Karol Wojtyla, Pope John P...

We were rummaging around Bogusia's bookshelf and my husband pulled out a paperback for me.  It was filled with line drawings show...

Here is the view inside the cabinet of the Lucznik machine.  I expected to find the treadle wheel - seeing the treadle cable lying id...

When we were staying with my husband's cousin we were installed in the same room as her sewing machine.  She bought it in 1980, a...

Don't these ladies look wonderful in all their finery!   Just eight days ago we were at a harvest festival in southern Poland, just...