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This morning, I had my own little private viewing of vintage pretties!!! ;-)
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My lovely friend, Amanda, came over for coffee... and a natter (and my, did we natter !!)
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And then came the 'serious business' of spreading out her wares on the carpet!!
Would you like to see, close up?
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I have this terrible weakness for vintage embroidery! ;-)
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Dear Amanda, thank you so much for your company!
Having had a well earned break,
Amanda (aka Shabby Chick) will be stalling again at Totnes, from Friday Feb 12th !
Do pay her a visit if you are in the area!
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Oh...and I must not forget one last thing...I paced up and down in my house (yet again) early today.
Here's a clue..Mirror , signal , manoeuvre!
Someone had his driving test!!
Let's just say that I am now the only person in the house who did not pass their test first time!!
Well done Nich! ;-)
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Love the embroidery! How strange that such old-fashioned looking embroidery is now oh-so-fahionable! My Mum used to do this sort of stuff and I ran a mile from it, thinking it terribly naff and now it's terribly chic! I will put 12 Feb on my calendar and try to get to Totnes (weather permitting) and even might persuade my neighbout to go with me! I don't know Amanda's stall but the market place isn't that large, I'm sure I will be able to find her without SatNav (as if I didn't learn map reading in O level Geog at Grammar School!)
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Oh, I forgot to say Well Done Nich! We're a family of first-time-passers, all the lot of us!
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Oh my, my idea of HEAVEN vintage embroidery I just love it. GORGEOUS just gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteOh yes.......well done Nich
You have some beauties there Sal! - and nice to "see" the wonderful Amanda aka Mrs Shabby! Liz x
ReplyDeleteBeautiful selection of embroidery. There must be hours of work there. Well done to Nich on passing his test!
ReplyDeleteCongrats to Nich, well done, it's not easy to pass a driving test nowadays.
ReplyDeleteLovely cloths, Sal, I'd have gone a bit mad too. Must make a date for our next trip to Totnes. You didn't tell us whether you bought the lot!
Hen x
Some lovely pieces there sal. And congrats to the driving test passer.
ReplyDeleteOh my, oh my, oh MY! I got excited just looking via your blog!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteWell done to your son.... (I took three goes at it, and still don't like driving!).
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Lovely vintage embroidery, and well done Nich on passing your test.
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YOU love vintage emroidery??? Who knew?! ;)
ReplyDeleteIt all looks gorgeous to me!#]
Well done Nich :)
Mel xxx
Oh wow, now I really don't like vintage it's just not me but you just may of turned me I adore every one of those vintage embroidery's they are just beautiful.
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Joanne x
Ooooo beautiful!
ReplyDeleteWell done Nich!
Oh Sal, I love a challenge!
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Well, how did I do?
Lisa xo
Gorgeous - I tried to stick my hand in the computer to steal them, but it didn't work!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a gorgeous collection Sal ... did you keep the lot??? Well done to Nich on the driving test too ... it took me 5 attempts !
ReplyDeleteCongrats Nich. Thank you for sharing your wonderful embroidery collection.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations Nich.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful embroidery collection.
Hi Sal...Mrs.Shabby here! (thanks Liz!...I am pretty shabby though!)
ReplyDeleteWas just lovely to have coffee with you today...and yes girls...she had the lot!!!
Really looking forward to the wonderful creations that you will make from them...hours of fun there!
'til the next time...lots of love and lots of thanks...
Amanda (Shabby Chick) xxx
I love your collection of embroidery, so wonderful! I have many old pieces that I've picked up at tag sales, seems to be getting more popular here, too.
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Well done Nich!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fantastic selection. I'd have been in seventh heaven. I love the cottage one, but they are all beautiful. If I visit Totnes again, I must try and make it for a Friday and visit her stall.
Your comment made me laugh, about the mashed potato. We also had sewing - the first thing we made was a skirt, and I put it on and it fell round my ankles. Put me off sewing for a while!
Does she do door to door countrywide?
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Simply gorgeous.
Sue
oooh Sal...what gorgeous goodies they were! I LOVE embroidery treasures....such love went into making every one.
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Hugs Karen x
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ReplyDeleteBeautiful embroidery. I especially like the one with the cottage & garden.
Félicitations à Nich pour le permis de conduire !
Gorgeous embroidery pieces, they all look so delicate and pretty - lots of deicated work in these pieces :)
ReplyDeleteWhat lovely embroidery - I always wonder about the people who did the work and what their life was like, don't you? Congratulations to Nich for passing his driving test:)
ReplyDeleteWell done Nich :)
ReplyDeleteLovely embroidery, bet you did buy the lot....what are you going to make? Can't wait to find out.
How lovely to see Amanda too, when the weather gets better we'll have to meet up again for another trip :) x
Gosh what fabulous embroideries Sal. You lucky thing getting to see them. I love the one with the cottage and the flower border, I knwo whta you mena about a weakness for them. Just today bought a huge tablecloth for £2 from a charity shop. Seems a crime to get them so cheaply. At least it'll be loved all over again.
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Stephx
A true feast for the eyes on a gloomy January afternoon!
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