Painted Sets
Sets of 4 or 8 bobbins decorated with a painted motif and inscribed. The sets are based on a mix of traditional and new rhymes.
These sets are now only available spangled with beads to match the painted motifs.
Click on the bars below for a full description and an image of each set.
The figure in brackets indicate the number of sets remaining.
SPANGLED 8 BOBBIN SETS - £28.00 £14.00
The Lord's Prayer (5)
An eight bobbin set decorated with a stylised floral design in a choice of two colours: Mauve (1) or Red (4).
Inscription:
Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name
Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done
On earth, As it is in heaven
Give us this day, Our daily bread
And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive those who trespass against us
And lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from evil
For thine is the kingdom, The power and the glory
For ever and ever, Amen.
A set with blue floral motif (no longer available) is shown; however, mauve and red still available. Please note, the inscription continues on both sides of the bobbin.
Inscription:
Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name
Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done
On earth, As it is in heaven
Give us this day, Our daily bread
And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive those who trespass against us
And lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from evil
For thine is the kingdom, The power and the glory
For ever and ever, Amen.
A set with blue floral motif (no longer available) is shown; however, mauve and red still available. Please note, the inscription continues on both sides of the bobbin.
SPANGLED 4 BOBBIN SETS - £14.00 £7.00
Cats (3)
A four bobbin set decorated with four different sleeping cats.
Inscription:
Cats sleep anywhere, Any table, any chair
Top of piano, window-ledge, In the middle, on the edge
Open drawer, empty shoe, Anybody's lap will do
Anywhere! They don't care! Cats sleep anywhere.
Please note, the inscription continues on both sides of the bobbin.
Inscription:
Cats sleep anywhere, Any table, any chair
Top of piano, window-ledge, In the middle, on the edge
Open drawer, empty shoe, Anybody's lap will do
Anywhere! They don't care! Cats sleep anywhere.
Please note, the inscription continues on both sides of the bobbin.
Countries (1)
A four bobbin set with each bobbin painted with the country's national flower and inscribed with the name of the country. The spangled set comes with a different colour, but matching, spangle.
England - red rose
Northern Ireland - green shamrock
Scotland - purple thistle
Wales - yellow daffodil
England - red rose
Northern Ireland - green shamrock
Scotland - purple thistle
Wales - yellow daffodil
Ladybirds (4)
A four bobbin set decorated with a painted ladybird.
Inscription:
Ladybird, ladybird, fly away home
Your house is on fire, your children are gone
Except little Nan, who sits in her pan
Weaving old laces, as fast as she can.
Please note, the inscription continues on both sides of the bobbin.
Inscription:
Ladybird, ladybird, fly away home
Your house is on fire, your children are gone
Except little Nan, who sits in her pan
Weaving old laces, as fast as she can.
Please note, the inscription continues on both sides of the bobbin.
Teddy Bears (8)
A four bobbin set decorated with a painted brown teddy bear.
Inscription:
Our Teddy Bear is short and fat, which isn't to be wondered at,
A bear however hard he tries, grows tubby without exercise.
But do you think it bothers him, to know that he is far from slim,
No, just the other way about, he's proud of being short and stout.
Please note, the inscription continues on both sides of the bobbin.
Inscription:
Our Teddy Bear is short and fat, which isn't to be wondered at,
A bear however hard he tries, grows tubby without exercise.
But do you think it bothers him, to know that he is far from slim,
No, just the other way about, he's proud of being short and stout.
Please note, the inscription continues on both sides of the bobbin.