Linens & Lace & Old Needlecraft Books

Bundles of fun!!

I picked up some goodies from and estate sale this weekend.
This is one. A little baggie of lace.

Quite a bundle of treasures here.
Most were 1 or 2 yard pieces, and then
some shorter pieces.

A few of the laces were newer, but most were vintage,
and all very delicate.

In these two picutre, there are two different
pieces of hand crocheted trim.
See the two with the little raised rosettes?

Here is a close up of the rosette trim.
Isn't it wonderful?
Some lace looked like it must have been trim for lingerie.
Very fine, and soft and delicate.

This is another bundle of goods from the Estate sale.
Let's see what we have.

And look at this.
It is a delicate sleeve off a blouse or dress.

Another view.
Can you see up close to the top opening where a piece
of ribbon or trim went through?
It probably made the beautiful bottom ruffle flare out even more.
Going to be tough deciding what to use this on.
I may just enjoy looking at it for awhile. =)
(any ideas??)

Some of you were anxious to see some of the Needlecraft pages.
It makes this a long post, but here goes.
(did not want you to have to wait till next week.) =)
Here are a few wonderful pictures from one of the books.



These are only some of the wonderful pages. I'll
share more another time.

Thanks for coming by this White Wednesday

blessings on your day.

Barbara Jean

Please go say Hi to our wonderful hostess Kathleen,
at Faded Charm.
There's more beautiful whites over there.

White Treasures

Remember this?
My suitcase full of linens from the antique sale?
Well, here is the count of what I got, and a few pics of them.

table runner, napkins

embroidered initial hankies

small tablecloth.

embroidered bun warmer
more doilies

sweet table cloth and 4 napkins

and is this tooo cute!
It is perfect!

total: 6 linen napkins
7 small table napkins
6 men's hankies
9 ladies hankies
2 table runners
1 table cloth and matching napkins with blue trim
1 pretty pink bun warmer
1 little child's hanky

oh so fun to go through it all!
(not so fun to iron though.) =)

Please go over to Kathleen's for more white Wednesday goodies.

Blessings on your day.

barbara jean

White Delights, Big Projects, and Bloggy Braggin'

Here are some whites from a big garage sale on Saturday.

I love this marble cross.

I bought two of these children's garden chairs.
Paid too much, but just had to have them.
They will look so cute at the store.
(these are sold)

And here is another chair.
White doll chair.
Already shabbied up!

Here's a stack of lovely white table linens.
Can never have enough of those,
especially when you are fluffing them around displays.

Here are some pretty white outdoor flowers.
More and more flowers and trees blooming here now.

More White Wednesday and
Braggin' on a Blog Buddy.


Here is another wonderful shoe nest done with my Vintage Baby Shoe tutorial ideas.

This one is by Tammy @ Decorating My Life.

Didn't she do a great job?

Be sure to go on over and check out her blog. Lots of sweetness there.

Here is a little red for you...


The next time you see these you will not recognize them.
(they will be posted on Pink Saturday if that gives you any clues.)

And what am I workin' on ya' say?
Here is a peek.

Here is one corner of my workroom.




After 26 years of teaching painting, (14 at this location) I am cleaning out.
We are totally changing my class/work room around at the store.
Purging, and it feels sooo good!

After we moved everything in this corner....

This is what we found.
Yep, you got it... a big leaky mess. The shelves, carpet, all wet. The door behind the shelves has been leaking and we did not know it. So, we are in the process of drying things out and seeing what the damage is.
Have you ever noticed that your project always turns into more than you expected?
Care to share any with us?

And here is another project:
These black shelves just have to go! These are really heavy, duty shelf units and I would just like to paint them, but, they are high gloss black paint.

SO, you furniture painters out here, I want them shabby white. What is the fastest, easiest, cheapest way to do it? (short of a miracle that is.)

You can click to enlarge and on the right side see what they are..
(The shutters are just screwed in as a shelf.)

Thanks for coming by, and for all your words of encouragement.

I'm joining these wonderful blogs for this weeks events.
Please go take a look around and see all the other projects.
Thanks to our wonderful and committed hostesses!

blessings


barbara jean

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