Another Vintage Textile Haul Part 1

I don't have many white vintage textiles to use for my fabric journal project, so I invested in some that are damaged or otherwise unsuitable for practical use. This very old cutter quilt piece has wonderful texture to it.

Lovely cutwork piece. I don't know if I'll have the heart to chop up this one; maybe instead I'll fold it in half.

A stained and battered dresser scarf, but the fabric is still pretty sturdy and the crocheted edging is gorgeous.

The smaller pieces are just as endearing. I love this one on the left, which has the word Bread embroidered on it and was probably a basket lining cloth or cover.

I darkened this pic to try and show the hand embroidery, which is delicate wheat stalks in pale gold silk thread.

Not sure what this was. Maybe a table topper.

These two pieces are pale green rather than white, and utterly too beautiful. I'm not going to cut them up but will save them to make into a runner for my kitchen wall.

Two more little pieces that will make interesting pages for my fabric journal project.

I got started with laundering the new arrivals before I thought to take pics, so I have one more piece to show you that is soaking right now. Stop in tomorrow to see that.

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Other Stashes

Along with clearing out the spare bedroom and tidying my office and our guest bedroom, I decided to reorganize some of my stashes. This is all the yarn I have on hand, sorted by color. It looks like a lot, but lately I've been using up a minimum of half a bin every month, so this is approximately a year's supply. All of my solid color cotton perle thread. I go through a lot of this every year, too. I need a container in which I can fit all of it together, but I haven't found the right one yet. I won't show you all of my fabric -- I'm still reorganizing this stash -- but I went through everything and donated two bins of fabric I won't need to the local quilter's guild.

Goodwill Gamble #2 Arrives

My second Goodwill gamble arrived; this is one I paid ten bucks for last month. Just inside the lid was a big roll of plastic mesh that I think is for latchhook work. In the auction listing it looked like fabric to me, so that was unexpected. Someone at the seller's end was nice enough to put a note on this pinned fabric. I'll put on my gloves before I take it out to inspect it. The embroidered green fabric turned out to be 1-1/2 yards of sequinned and three-dimensional designer fabric. I'll guess this cost somewhere between $20.00 to $30.00 a yard, and it's in pristine condition. But here's a shot of everything in the lot, which is mostly crafty odds and ends with a small amount of cotton fabrics, a large amount of synethetic fabrics, and some other surprises. The original owner of these was probably a Catholic school teacher; these beads, crosses and medallions are the kind of rosary kits for kids to make at Sunday school or Bible camp (and s...

Love Means This

Invested in a couple of hand-dyed bundles from one of my favorite fabric artists. This one said "Make me into something for Valentine's Day." So I went for a quilted and embellished tote. I kept thinking about what love means to me as I worked on it. Here's the finished tote. Although I was tempted to embellish with beads and pins, I got sick and only felt well enough to do a little stitching every night. As I worked I thought about how often love seems disappointing to us, especially when it fails to live up to our expectations. But now that I've experienced love in many forms, I can say that it's made me a better person than I might have been without it. Love is a precious thing, and should be appreciated in all its forms. I am very grateful for the love of my guy, my child and my friends who have stuck with me all these years. That's you two, in case you're wondering. :) Also finally found something to do with a ve...

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