Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Checkmate Rednesday

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This Rednesday I'm sharing a chess set my mother bought about 30 years ago - she didn't know how to play chess but she adored the little hand painted chess pieces.  She had a "game table" in the living room and pictured her darling chess pieces, set up invitingly on the table.  These were the days of macrame, quilting and needlepoint and I was always going to needlepoint her a chess board, so it would be special too, like her chess set. 

They would live happily on in her curio cabinet until my father passed away last year and I brought everything home. They have been sitting in a box, waiting for me to find a home for them - which I still haven't found. WAH! 

But worse than that, I found this morning ... after thinking AHA!, something for Rednesday ... that one of the red pawns is GONE, not there!  I knew that some had lost their little pipes and one of the horses had lost an ear, but I had found all those little bits, close at hand in my mom's cabinet.  Sadly I'm 99.9% sure the missing piece wasn't found elsewhere when we were packing up things and so, won't be uncovered as we unpack the remaining boxes. 

I guess it went walkabout, searching for it's long-promised-by-me chessboard home ... not this woebegone one shown, it's a free printable I found on the internet.

11 comments:

  1. What a wonderful treasure you have with that chess board. I have never seen one just like it.

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  2. Those certainly are very interesting and unique for red Wednesday.

    thanks for visiting my place.

    barbara jean

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  3. Sally, that chess set is absolutely priceless! I don't think I have ever seen anything like it. Was it made in Germany? What a special, special treasure to have, even if there is one piece gone astray! Thanks for sharing, Nan

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  4. Hi Sally, each piece is so unique. Can you imagine the hours that went into it? What a sweet reminder of your mother. I hope the missing piece will return after it's walk about.
    Hugs,
    Jann

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  5. Hi Sally! :)
    That is just the cutest chess set EVER! It looks like it would make playing the game really fun. I hope that missing pawn makes a surprise appearance as you unpack!

    Happy Rednesday,
    Stephanie

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  6. Hi Sally! :)
    That is just the cutest chess set EVER! It looks like it would make playing the game really fun. I hope that missing pawn makes a surprise appearance as you unpack!

    Happy Rednesday,
    Stephanie

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  7. OMG, I love your precious chess set. It's surely one of a kind-maybe you can needlepoint the board for it now. Not sure how much stuff F. Tree Maker can hold-and I want to do the same thing. After I get all my info, just compile it on the software and quit the service. Of course I may become so addicted I'll be on it forever!

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  8. Oh what a unique chess set!!I adore the shapes and colors, would be fantastic to have sitting out even if you didn't know how to play.

    Ann

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  9. That is so cute! I love it. I don't play chess because it would require me to THINK. Not my strong suite. :) I wonder if you can get a replacement piece for it? xox

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  10. such comfort in things that belonged to our Mothers...

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  11. Hey sally, I also have a chess set just like this. It was my father's Chess set for years, he gave it to me this last christmas as he knows I have grown up adoring the set. Sadly, I still don't know where exactly it came from or how many exist.

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