My Mom crocheted this luncheon set during the period she was awaiting my arrival. Despite many forays into antique shops over the years, I've never seen another one like it.
Here's a picture of Mom and me taken right around the time she would have been completing the luncheon set. (Sorry about the quality of the pic...the original is this way, too.)
This vintage china with the pink band and the gardenia in the center, is made by International. The pattern is called Glenwood. Homer Laughlin also made this same pattern. I found it at a local antique shop and just loved it.
It gives me the chills seeing them together...the crocheted pieces look like they were designed to coordinate with this china. Makes me wonder what china she used with these pieces...I'm guessing she had some particular china in mind when she crocheted them.
Look at the intricate detail work in these place mats...I love the pretty spring colors of pink and green.
The gardenias in the center of the table, came from a bush that grows right by the entrance to my garage; I get to enjoy them each day as I enter and leave my home. I love to bring them into the house during their long blooming season. Their fragrance is intoxicating and within just a few hours, it fills each room of my home.
Mom also crocheted pieces to go under serving pieces. You can see one of the oval shaped pieces in the pic below.
Front side of the oval serving piece...
Each piece is double-sided. Having crocheted a fair amount myself, I know how much work went into making this luncheon set. Since each piece is double sided, it's almost like crocheting it twice!
I paired the International Glenwood china with another floral Homer Laughlin china I already had. Here you can see a round crocheted serving piece under the bowl.
Close-up of front...
And of the back...
Cute little doilies or hot pads...
I love the little sleeves she created for glasses...aren't they adorable?! Can't you just see it...ladies dining out on the porch, dressed in beautiful sun dresses and big floppy hats, and drinking sweet iced-tea from glasses surrounded by delicate crocheted flowers.
My sister, Glenda, who is 10 years older than me, well remembers our Mother crocheting this luncheon set. Glenda told me she wanted the set to be perfect. As she worked on it, if she discovered 3/4 of the way through a piece that she had made a mistake, she would finish the piece and then give it away. If she was only a short distance into a piece, and noticed a mistake, she would unravel the thread and began again. I tend to be a bit of a perfectionist...I think I may have come by it honest!
I love the story behind this picture of my Mom. I've been told that the reason it looks so worn and creased is because my Dad carried this picture with him everywhere he was stationed during WWII.
Hope you enjoyed this journey back to a time when dining was met with great anticipation and was celebrated in the most enchanting ways.
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