Ohio, Part 3B, the ride home

We hit the road with the plan for two days of driving to make it home.   Why two days?   Well because we had stops to make and shopping to do of course.  Unfortunately, traveling on a Monday a lot of the sites and stores were closed.   No worries, we were not deterred.

First stop was Chillicothe, Ohio.   No matter where I go there seems to be a reference to Ocean City, Maryland.  

The homes in these small towns are so stately and for the most part, well maintained.  Not only that, as I travel, I come across countless small, adorable towns, steeped in history and seemingly thriving which all my make little impoverished town look even bleaker.

What a pleasant looking Main Street.   Great place for a 4th of July Parade.

On Main Street, we had a great lunch at Paper City Cafe

And the names some of these places have…..Kinnikinnick?

We found a couple of other little shops to stop at as well as an ice cream shop, Whit’s Ice Cream.

On to Lancaster, Ohio.   We headed to the Old Shoe Factory Antique Mall.  Oh and guess what we found?   More nesting dolls!    This place was so big and so chocked full of goodies.

Found this interesting hardware cabinet.    Interesting price tag as well.    Maybe “Shelley” has room for it in her Mill…..not I.  Just imagine all the bits and bobs you could stash in this beauty.

This place was full of samplers for sale as well.

Cast iron frying pan anyone?   

And there was no shortage of spool cabinets.   Some finished, others needing a little TLC.

And as if we were lured here, we parked right next to a chocolate factory.   Too bad there were no tours or samples to be had.   This chocolate factory actually may have been on the way out!  IDK.   Between my delay in posting and cropping photos that changes their order in my photo list…..it still spoke to us!

These are some of the needlework goodies I came home with.   I only bought one, yes only ONE, chart from Keepsakes.  I bought the 40 count linen at The Little Needlework Shop in Canton, OH on the way out.  The rest are patterns are what we exchanged and some small gifts.

Keepsakes chart I purchased, yes, another Erica Michaels strawberry….. and a skein of WDW Blue Jeans needed for the Round Robin we are all doing.

Here are the goodies I picked up…. Kind of from left to right.

• metal distressed bread box that I may paint red or may just leave as is
• Brown porcelain flower frog
• Deviled egg plate - I am collecting them for my daughter
• Sampler necklace
• Italy painted bowl that matches plates I have that were my mother’s.
• Two drawer sewing machine drawers and the framework for them to stack
• Various fat quarters of fabric
• An enamels white wire basket
• Coin purse
• A hair receiver
• A pair of glasses with funny sayings
• A bag of various beads
• Small porcelain sewing machine
• 12 drawer spice(?) chest that my Mill Hill beads fit in perfectly
• A Cat’s Meow gazebo
• Flower painted darning egg
• Queen Bee porcelain dish
• Bunches of stickers
• Two cutting boards to add to the collection
• Green metal basket for flowers that will get painted
• Two felt patriotic starts
• $2 bag of buttons - and you all know the crazy price they usually have on buttons!
• Red, White and Blue hook

Same items from different angle.   

So that’s it.   From New Jersey to Ohio and back, June 2024.    Great time, great trip, great friends, great finds.  I need to start keeping better track of the names of the stores we stop at so I can add their names/links here.  

Thanks for indulging me and waiting through all the installments!   Thanks for stopping by and keep on stitching.

Ohio, Part 3A

Finally,  let me wrap up my Ohio trip…….So let’s travel back to June

We took a day trip to   Lebanon Ohio with the Harmon Museum as our destination.   We had heard the had a nice sampler collection.   Nice is not the word; it was fabulous.     We first stopped at  the Golden Lamb Hotel and Restaurant.    

In 1803, Jonas Seaman spent $4 for a license to operate a “public house”  in the newly settled town of Lebanon, Ohio.   221 years later food and lodging is still being offered to travelers.  

The name comes from the signage he hung outside his business with the image of the lamb because many early travelers could not read.

The dining room is elegant and beautifully done.  

The atmosphere was equaled by the delicious menu

The Golden Lamb is Ohio’s longest continually operated business.  A rich heritage is on display through out the building.  We were able to tour each floor of the still operating hotel as well as the museum rooms on the fourth floor where the history of the innkeepers and Shaker culture were showcased.  

So many things to display, or as my mom used to say - wall to wall and up the wall.   These items were display on the shelves around the stairway.

Throughout its operation, many famous guests have stayed in the Golden Lamb, including but not limited to 12 US Presidents.  Other include Barbara Bush, Mitt Romney. Henry CVlass, Neil Armstrong, Charles Dickers, Harriett Beecher Stowe, Alex Haley, Mark Twinas, Kesha, and more

Shaker items on display

Shaker Sisters Retiring Room

Shaker Gathering Room

Sarah’s Room

Daughter of the inn keeper, this room is said to be haunted by Sarah.   She was not happy her room was moved to the 4th floor.

Some items in this showcase were actual belongings of Sarah’s; others are of the period.

This is the room Presidents Ronald Reagan and George Bush stayed in.

I love this old music box player.   My aunt had one and I remember her playing it for us when we visited.     

Moving along towards the Harmon Museum we passed the library.  I just love the architecture of old buildings.  Maybe I was a builder in a former life.  🤷‍♀️

The Harmon has a large collection of samplers from Ohio stitchers.
This is Nancy Irwin.  Dated 1834, she was 17 when she stitched this using satin and cross stitches. The quote used is a popular one of the period and attributed to a teacher in Butler County, Ohio.

The Waynesville School was the first school in Ohio, established in 1805.  The first teachers were Elizabeth and Susan Wright.  The “Waynesville Basket” is the basket marked with the “W”.  The design may have worked for Westtown, PA school but also worked well for Waynesboro.

This is the Mary Elizabeth Chandlers sampler.   It is worked with cotton thread on linen by Mary at the age of 10!  She used cross, buttonhole and ‘star’ stitchers adding a tree, strawberries, a dog and the Waynesville basket at the bottom.

This is Ann Haines and includes an inspirational quote.   Although “Waynesville1831” is stitched, it is believed this sampler is associated with he Westtown Quaker School in Chester County PA

Hannah Morgan, dated 1807, stitched in Westfield, NJ.  The Morgan family later moved to Waynesville, OHIO 

Eliza Satterhwaite, Waynesville Ohio, 1830

And her sister, Sarah Satterthwaite, 1834

Margaret Emily Lukens, 1855,  Warren County, Ohio

Caroline Munker, 1861, used a fine linen with silk threads,  She also finished her raw edges.   She added whimsical figures such as a key, an anchor, a crown.

Sarah (Ross) Corwin, 1805. A Quaker from New Garden, Pennsylvania moving to Ohio after married Thomas Corwin in 1822.    Most likely a Westtown Sampler

Rachel Rakestraw, 1815, also suspected to be from Westtown.

The Corwin Mourning Embroidery.  Stitched on a silk ground fabric with both painted and silk stitchings.   Stitched in memory of Kenias and Patience Corwin

Mourning Monument, by Almira Low, 1807.  Georgia silk painted panel with the death notice of John B. Low, aged 6.  

Look at the detail

Hannah Huntington, was married to Samuel Huntington, who was a signer of the Declaration of Independence as well as Governor of Connecticut from 1786 to 1796.  Hannah moved with Samuel to the Ohio Territory in 1801.   Hannah created this circa 1800 using a silk base and silk threads

And I could fill another five screens full of the wonderful samplers on display.  

Leaving the sampler section of the museum,  we entered a courtyard setting centered around different ‘storefronts’  each offering a different vignette of early American life. 

Wonderful items on display “in” the General Store.

The Milliner’s Shop 

The toy store

Doctor’s office

Variety of sewing implements

Typical living room, late 1900th/early 20th century,  we laughed at her hair but admired her needlework.

Mary Moore Samplers, 1847, on display behind our silly haired stitcher.

An entire section on Shaker life

A Victorian Section

More sewing accessories

1876 Hand stitched Centenial Flag

Beautiful parks and settings throughout the town.

Believe it or not, I have one more Ohio trip to post…..the ride home!  I hope to get it written and published something this week.   Thanks for stopping by, keep on stitching.