Fantastic old embroidery threads

Friday at Rag Rescue

This has to be short I'm afraid as I have just finished photographing next weeks listings and have to record all of my new buys from the auctions this week.

Lots of vintage buckles

Thursday 12th November

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Well today started off pretty roughly. We arose at 5am to travel for  over an hour to an auction which was a totally waste of time and diesel. Nothing there for us at all, so back we got in the van and travelled for over another hour and returned home very tired. Still the scenery was spectacular as the low clouds were hanging in the valleys with just the mountain tops clear.We hit thick fog the higher up we went and it was a good job that the traffic was light on the motorway.

Still there is always another day and another auction to go to. We are picking up some lovely items tomorrow that we won on the live auction site yesterday so all is not lost.

I always panic at this time, a couple of weeks before the International fairs, thinking that we haven't got enough new stock but of course we always seem to find things at the last moment. So fingers crossed.

Why not use use vintage buckles and vintage fabric to adorn your Christmas presents this year.

Vintage ribbons

Wednesday 11th November

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Why not tie up your Christmas presents with vintage ribbons.

GLORIOUS DAY IN MORECAMBE

TUESDAY 10TH NOVEMBER

I have just come back from a long walk along the prom at Morecambe. It is such a wonderful Autumnal day. The sky is so very high and so very blue and reflects on the sea making it equally blue. The tide is in and the sea is like a mill pond, not a ripple. The flocks of birds are like little white pebbles on the sea, resting after their lunch ready to fly away to, I don't know where for the Winter.

in the distance the grey lilac hues of the Lake District mountains seem to rise out of the sea. It is on days like this that I remember how lucky I am to see these views from the bottom of my road.

As usual I didn't remember my camera until I was half way through the walk, so typical of me.

ANTIQUE AND VINTAGE EMBROIDERIES

MONDAY 9TH NOVEMBER

I am starting this weeks listings with antique and vintage embroideries. Some are pieces which can be used again in your crafts or designs and others are complete vintage items.

POSTAL STRIKES CALLED OFF

Wasn't it great to hear the news this morning. I hope everything can be sorted out now for the postal workers.

So now you can order safe in the knowledge that there will be no more delays, although I must say our parcels have still been getting through in good time.

Remember, remember - vintage is best and costs less.

Last of the vintage fabrics to be listed for at least a week.

I will expand more tomorrow evening on next weeks listings.

If you are going to celebrate Guy Fawkes night this evening, I hope the bonfire was covered up and lights well as it has been pouring with rain here in Morecambe Bay all day.

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VINTAGE FABRICS AND MORE

The rain may be beating down outside and the wind howling. The waves may be rolling in along the shore but the birds are still  waiting for their supper as the waves get closer.

BUT

You will have to wait only a little longer for these delightful vintage fabrics to be listed as they will appear on the website at 7am tomorrow morning.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY

'Gather ye roses while ye may

Old Time is still a-flying' - Herrick

VINTAGE ROSE DESIGNED FABRICS

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Wednesday 4th November.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

'Roses for the flush of youth'

- Christina Rosetti

VINTAGE FABRIC FLORAL SQUARES

Being listed tomorrow at

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QUOTE OF THE DAY

“Cheerfulness is the very flower of health.”

VINTAGE FABRIC STASH BAGS GALORE

Another week of vintage fabrics at

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Tomorrow Monday 2nd November begins with 10 lovely vintage fabric stash bags, each containing 20 pieces of fabric off-cuts plus some lovely larger pieces of French red toile fabric.

Sorry for not posting for the last couple of days but I've not been 100%. First of all was the visit to the physio and although he was a very dishy man who instilled lots of confidence in me he has suggested that I have 3 cortisone injections into the shoulder joint, plus acupuncture, which I asked for. I managed to heal my last frozen shoulder with just acupuncture and exercises but as this one is the dominant shoulder he thinks it would be more sensible to have the cortisone injections. I am very reluctant to use cortisone and am wavering now as to whether or not to have the injections.

The second thing to happen was that I got an abscess on one of my molars and after suffering all week I finally got an emergency appointment and the dentist took the tooth out, with a great deal of trouble I might add. I thought she was pulling the inside of my head out. Still it is healing now so I'm almost back to 100%.

Anyway, if you are after vintage fabric off-cuts to increase your stash or are looking for vintage fabric squares, you will find a large number being listed this week.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“The earth laughs in flowers.”

 E. E. Cummings

PARCELS ARE STILL BEING DELIVERED.

I thought I would just reassure customers that parcels are still getting through. For example, a parcel posted to Suffolk on Monday via Royal Mail 1st Class, only took two days to arrive and a parcel to Northern Ireland sent on Wednesday arrived on Thursday this week.

I am finding that if I post  on the days between the postal strike action the parcels are being delivered quickly.

I am monitoring the situation so I would ask all customers to let me know as soon as their parcels arrive. Of course there is still the option of courier service where they aim to deliver in 3 days. Please email me if you wish to take this option, if your order is over £10.00.

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VINTAGE FABRICS - LOOKING FOR FLOWERS?

 Rag Rescue's special scrapbags, being listed tomorrow Friday October 30th at 7am GMT

at

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QUOTE OF THE DAY

“There are always flowers for those who want to see them.”

 Henri Matisse

Brighten up your mood with flowers

Pile up the squares.

More squares listed tomorrow morning at 7am GMT

I love flowers even more so now that my garden is so small. I try to plant as many as I can and fill the house with the sweet smelling flowers of the season.

Even though the weather is warm for the time of year we still know that just around the corner the cold Winter looms.

One way to cheer up the home in Winter is not only to fill it with blooms but also to create home accessories with flower patterns that remind us of warmer days.

I've been thinking about flowers rather a lot lately, probably because most of the fabrics I buy are floral. It has let me into looking up quotes that are about flowers and I've decided that I will close each blog I write with a 'flower or fabric' related quote to cheer everyone up this Autumn and coming Winter.

“Love is a fabric which never fades, no matter how often it is washed in the water of adversity and grief.”

LACE AND LOVE

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Listing Wednesday 28th Oct.at 7am GMT

Vintage lace motifs are always so popular as you can use them for such a wide variety of projects.

I am also listing a book that I found on my travels called:-

A garland of love booklet of poetry from the 17th century

This is the most wonderful book of poetry. The poems are from Herrick and other poets of the 17th century. Gathered and presented with some of her drawings by Daphne Allen.

The book is dedicated to MELUSINE and all who love the romance of other days.
There are 14 poems all either illustrated with pen and in drawings or as separate coloured removable prints. You will be able to see photographs of them on the website tomorrow.

The book has 12/28 pencilled in the front and this could be the date. However it is a very old book and as you will see from the pictures is not in pristine condition. There is foxing on almost all of the pages especially near the centre fold which is tied with a twisted cord.

This is the sort of book to treasure.

The wounded Cupid.

Cupid, as he lay among
Roses, by a bee was stung;
Whereupon in anger flying
To his mother said, thus crying:
"Help! O help! Your boy's a-dying"
"And why, my pretty lad? said she.
Then blubbering, replied he,
"A winged snake has bitten me,
Which country people call a bee."
At which she smiled, then with her hairs
And kisses, drying up his tears,
"Alas!" said she, "my wag, if this
Such a pernicious torment is.
Come tell me then how great's the smart
Of those thou woundest with thy dart!"

Herrick (1591-1674)

VINTAGE FABRICS FROM VICTORIAN ENGLAND

Along with these Victorian quilt fabrics are beautiful vintage French fabrics.

All will be listed tomorrow at 7am GMT

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Rag Rescue is now on 'Facebook' why not join the group and start a discussion on vintage fabric.

VINTAGE FABRIC WEEK BEGINS MONDAY OCTOBER 26TH

On Monday 26th October I will be listing some lovely vintage fabric squares and large pieces as well as strip rolls. There is a variety of English, French and quilt vintage fabrics.

Don't forget that we are on GMT now so the above vintage fabrics will be listed at 7am GMT tomorrow.

Worried about the postal strike delays?

No problem here at Rag Rescue.

Create a 'WISH LIST' .

Build up your order over 2 weeks. If the total is over £10 I will send it by door to door courier

AT NO EXTRA POSTAL CHARGE.

HOW TO CREATE A 'WISH LIST'

Do not click paypal for your first order, click 'bank transfer' instead. Then send me a quick email telling me that you want to create a 'Wish List'. I will then add any further orders onto your first one and send you an invoice at the end of two weeks.

IT IS AS EASY AS THAT. 

DELIVERY SOLUTIONS DURING THE POSTAL STRIKES.

Dear Customers,

Thank you for your support through this difficult time of postal strikes. Here at Rag Rescue we try to get your orders to you as soon as possible.
In order to do this we have decided to put the following plan into action.

POSTAL DELIVERIES WITHIN THE UK
Orders over £10 will be sent by courier at no extra charge to the customer. They will be sent by MyHermes which is a door to door delivery service 3-5 days delivery time.

MYHERMES

This courier service will leave your parcel either with a neighbour or a safe place if you are not in. A card will be put through the door stating where you can find the parcel.

If you would rather pick your parcel up yourself then  I can use the ‘Collect Plus’ courier where you can pick your parcel up from a nearby shop.

Unfortunately due to the cost of courier services I am unable to make this offer available to orders under £10.00. They will be sent by Royal Mail first class post unless you state otherwise. I am extending the time for ‘WISH LISTS’ to be paid for so that you can build up your order over two weeks and reduce the postal cost.

SHIPPING ABROAD

We will contact you individually re courier services available and costs.

Hopefully the postal dispute will be sorted out soon so that we can get back to normal delivery times.

Don’t miss out on items you would like to purchase

BUILD UP A ’WISH LIST’

Make Christmas a vintage Christmas

Lovely reds and golds at Christmas.

Why not see the wonderful Christmas cards of the past in these two wonderful books and read about

the many quaint and curious customs surrounding Christmas.

All at RAG RESCUE WEBSITE tomorrow, 7am listing time.

Beads, boxes and braid etc

Listing tomorrow on RAG RESCUE website TOMORROW

Vintage beads, baubles and bags + plus postal strike news

All at Rag Rescue tomorrow morning (Wednesday) at 7am BST

Just a few words again about the postal strike.

I am suggesting to customers that they pay for items either by bank transfer or by paypal at the moment so that cheques do not get lost or caught up in a huge pile of mail somewhere.

A few days ago I suggested an alternative way of getting your parcels to you by 'Collect plus' They have reduced their costs to£3.79

Today I have found a different carrier called MYHERMES which you can find here:-

                                                      https://www.myhermes.co.uk

This costs £3.99 a little few more pennies than 'Collect plus' and is a home delivery service. If you wish to use either of these courier services please let me know when you order.

Antique French buckle clasps, moire rosettes and lovely petit point.

Being listed tomorrow Tuesday 20th October at 7am BST

So what have I been doing today?

- caring for my invalided mum

- washing vintage fabrics

- sorting out the stock room

-  taking and wrapping orders and posting

- booking an appointment with a new accountant as mine is still in Rugby . I left Rugby 6 years ago.

- getting frustrated as there aren't enough hours in the day.

- answering emails
I think I will have a break now.

A WEEK OF NEW ITEM LISTINGS BEGINS TOMORROW

Well I'm back home safe and sound, back to the rain yuk!

The picture above shows the items that will be listed on the RAG RESCUE website tomorrow at

7am BST

Rag Rescue new items are all set for listing next week.

Lovely late 19th century French picture hook cover.

I'm all ready now for the new listings next week so watch this space on Sunday for the items that will be listed on Monday.

I'm just about to pack a few things now and shoot off early tomorrow morning to pick my mother up. She has been very ill with her heart recently and the fact that she hasn't sold her house yet has added to her stress combined with the thought of the oncoming Winter. We have compromised and decided that she will live with us for  three weeks and then go home for a couple of weeks until the warmer weather comes or her house sells. She doesn't want to leave the house empty for too long.

I will be back early on Sunday so there will be no problems with posting orders as those that have come in today are all packaged up and will be posted in the morning by my hubby.

I hope you all have a good weekend and the weather looks to be reasonable so enjoy it while you can.

Back blogging on Sunday.

Vintage fabric - new selections

I've managed to prepare 10 more 6" squares which will be listed tomorrow morning. As you can see there are some lovely florals and tiny 5mm red check ideal for Christmas crafts. All the vintage fabrics are English.

NOW SOME MORE PREVIEWS OF THE WONDERFUL ARRAY OF VINTAGE FABRICS I PICKED UP AT THE FAIRS.

 

 

All these English and French fabrics have to be laundered so guess what I will be doing this afternoon.

Back home safe and sound and already busy sorting out new stock.

As I had to take some photographs for customers I had met at the fairs, I thought I'd take some of the new stock I bought to show you.

All of these items need either cleaning or a little repair but at least they have been saved.

 

A good selection of English and French tapestries, silks, rosettes and embroideries.

Unfortunately the weather is rather dull at times today and so the photo's haven't come out as well as I had hoped or was it because I am so tired but I think they show a variety of items and these are only the tip of the iceberg.

I just love looking around the stalls for different items. The Lincoln fair was great for this as there were many new stall holders. They hadn't wanted to stand in the large damp marquees and who can blame them. We had a small marquee, one in the shopping arcade but unlike other fairs where they erect them on the grass and the tent becomes damp this time of year, ours had a ground sheet of blue trampoline and over this was coconut matting, very posh. It rained on and off all day on the Tuesday which was a shame as the Mayor of Lincoln opened the show and Radio Lincoln covered the fair all day. There were men walking around on stilts, musicians serenading  the customers and at times lovely gentle music playing. It really was a carnival atmosphere. In the bar in the evening there was live music and a party for the stall holders staying on site.

Congratulations really must go out to the superb organisation of the Arthur Swallows team. It is a pity that  IACF had to try and spoil it.

ALL FAIRS OVER NOW UNTIL DECEMBER

We will be making our way home today, thank goodness. All three fairs were a success and I met some wonderful people from all over the world. We are however absolutely shattered, nine days of fairs is very tiring and even Ludo the dog is still asleep in his bed as I write this post from my mothers house. As usual Ludo was a huge success at the fairs. He has become a real salesman for at Lincoln a group of Japanese customers were walking past our marquee without stopping when one of them noticed ludo. AAAAAh! LUDO he exclaimed. They rushed into the marquee and took his photograph and then bought loads of items. We had never seen the Japanese customers before but they knew Ludo.

The good news is that I found lots of wonderful fabric and trims to buy, so over the next few weeks, after washing and ironing has been completed, I will start listing them all. At the moment all I want to do is get home and sleep.

A big thank you goes out to all customers new and old that continued to buy from the website whilst I was away. I will get their orders wrapped and posted on Monday.

Thank you all for your good wishes posted here on the blog, unfortunately I was either too busy selling or too tired in the evenings to answer but I will get around to it in the next couple of days.

Thank you all for your patience in waiting for your orders to be delivered, but things are now back to normal.

LINCOLNSHIRE SHOWGROUND ANTIQUES FAIR - HUGE SUCCESS

Just thought I would let you all the know that the Lincolnshire Antique Fair and Home show is absolutely superb, extremely well attended with such a brilliant atmosphere.

If you can possibly come along tomorrow you will not be disappointed.

FAIR DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Just thought I'd give you a list of the fairs that Rag Rescue and Oddities Antiques will be visiting over the next week or so.

Why not treat yourself to a day out and come and see me and have a chat.

October 2nd, 3rd, 4th

Stafford Bingley Hall - Bowmans Antiques Fair.

You wll find Rag Rescue on the balcony on the right of this photo.

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October 6th 7th

Lincolnshire Antiques and Home Show

shopping arcade 2

See the previous post for more details.

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October 8th 9th

IACF Newark Antique Fair

Sir George Stephenson Building Furniture pitch 38

If you can't make it, don't worry

Rag Rescue website remains open

 All orders will be posted on 12th October after I return home.

LINCOLNSHIRE ANTIQUES AND HOME SHOW - WHERE TO FIND RAG RESCUE

There are two large buildings on the Lincolnshire showground, the Epic Centre which is new and the Exhibition Centre. Between them are two rows of shopping arcades. On this plan you will find me in Shopping arcade 2 the second one on the left close to the Epic Centre.

I hope you can come and visit us to see our array of vintage fabrics and trims and antique items.

6th /7th October.

Don't forget that today is the last day for fast postage of orders. All orders placed after midnight tonight will be be wrapped on my return and posted on October 12th.

If you see something you like on the site whilst I am away, then secure it by placing an order then it won't get snapped up at the fairs.

You can always pay when I return by selecting 'bank transfer' or 'cheque' when at the checkout and I will send a paypal payment request to you on my return.

The RAG RESCUE site will remain open

Now I'm off to continue packing and attack the mountains of ironing, 9 days is a long time to be away especially when you don't know what the weather is going to be like.

ONLY A FEW DAYS REMAINING FOR FAST POSTAGE

Morecambe Bay

Only a few days left before I have to leave this behind and go on my travels.

Although the RAG RESCUE WEBSITE  remains open for orders

PLEASE NOTE THAT

 

ALL ORDERS PLACED AFTER MIDNIGHT ON MONDAY 28TH SEPTEMBER WILL NOT BE DISPATCHED UNTIL 12TH OCTOBER WHEN I RETURN.

On my return I will get back to posting orders immediately.

A different kind of auction.

If you have managed to look at my blog or indeed sent me a cheque for an order you will see that our main business is called 'Oddities Antiques' and that 'Rag Rescue' is just one arm of it although they often combine especially as I am the buyer and tend to look for textiles first and antiques second - oops!. Last week we went to an auction that we had never been to before as it was a bygones and farm auction. I must say it was a brilliant day out. It was like going to a farming museum, huge old ploughs, pitch forks and spades, in fact everything that was to be found on a Victorian farm. It was wonderful not to see rows and rows of ceramics which is what we normally find at the auctions these days. Don't get me wrong, I love old ceramics, in fact I used to restore them until the chemicals and the hours and days of sanding down damaged my neck. Unfortunately there is a huge amount of ceramics out there at the moment and it isn't selling very well unless it the top end.

So back to the farm sale. Imagine, stand in a very cold concrete floored barn  and standing for 6 hours just waiting for your lots to turn up. Great folk there though, mostly farmers, many with there dogs, all in working clothes and wellies and only a hand full of dealers. We even were approached by a farmer to view his bygones at his farm, must have been because we were new faces, must remember to get in touch. The amazing thing was that amongst all of the farm equipment was lots of wood, old beams, hundreds of years old and can you imagine, they went for £5.00, we couldn't believe it. There were also some oak panels, one huge long one and five smaller ones and together they went for £5.00 as well. My advice to anyone who is restoring a house is to get along to these farm auctions that are scattered around the country.

We didn't buy many of the farming implements although husband was set on buying a huge old peat cutting spade which I managed to win. It is so heavy I can't even lift it, but that is why he comes to the fairs to do all of the heavy work, bless him.We concentrated on the 'bygones' and I must say we did rather well.

Now this is where the businesses combine. I got carried away with my textile hat and bought this. ..........

It is seen here after being cleaned and cursed about for absolutely hours. The brass has been cleaned suffuciently to make it shine but not too much to reduce the patina. It stands on my old chest because if it was put on the floor we would never pick it up again, it is so heavy. What a beautiful piece and what a find.

But what is it you ask. It is a yarn tester from the mills of Lanacashire for testing the strength of the cotton or any yarn really. A small but important part of the manufacturing process involves making certain the yarn is strong enough, particularly for the warp, apparently.

I think it would make such a good centre piece in a house and such a talking point. People can even play with it, for when the wheel is turned the mechanism begins to move the pointer on the dial and the bar on the lower left moves along.

Fingers crossed we sell it in the next few weeks. Needless to say it won't be going to Stafford Bingley Hall Fair with us next week as we are on the balcony and I don't think that hubby would enjoy carrying it up two flights of stairs and nor would his back.

I keep you informed as to whether we sell it or not.

First stop next week - 2nd, 3rd and 4th October

Bowmans Antique Fair Bingley Hall - Stafford

The we FOLLOW THE SWALLOW TO

LINCOLN (NOT SWINDERBY)

LAST SEPTEMBER WEBSITE UPDATES - VINTAGE SQUARES

Tomorrow will be the last update of the Rag Rescue website in September.

There are now over 1200 items on the site so plenty to browse through.

Next week I start on the marathon long run of nine days of fairs. I leave home next Wednesday to stay with mum overnight, unload some stock and then travel back north to Stafford to exhibit at Bingley Hall. I leave Stafford on Sunday evening and then travel east to Lincoln for the new Swallow fair (ex Swinderby, not to be confused with the IACF Swinderby) I stay there until Wednesday and then on to Newark on Thursday for two days. Fortunately for me this run of 9 days only happens once a year, thank goodness.

Rag Rescue website will remain open and I will still be taking orders via my laptop. It worked well last time and  many of my website customers visited me at the fairs, which was great to meet everyone in the flesh so to speak.

Do come along if you possibly can. I take most items with me that are on the site apart from the larger fabrics, which I don't have space for, but there will be lots more haberdashery and trims to see.

I will continue to write new posts on this blog until Monday and keep you all updated with what I'm doing, apart from catching up on my sleep, but also giving details of where you will be able to find me at the fairs and order details whilst I'm away.

VINTAGE FABRIC SQUARES FOR ALL YOUR CRAFTING NEEDS

Listing at

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tomorrow.

I'd just like to tell you that I made another blunder, as the square centre bottom was listed today by mistake. Today you can see it in the 'new listings' category but tomorrow it will be found in the 'sizes 6" 'category.

Ooops!

VINTAGE FABRIC SCRAPBAGS - DAY 2

These are the last listing of scrapbags until mid October.

It might be an idea to order them now as I have three fairs coming up and when they are gone,I won't have time to make any more until next month.

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Thank to everyone who has emailed me to wish me a Happy Birthday. I'm looking forward to this evenings celebrations.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME AND FINALLY NEW ITEMS ARE LISTED.

My wonderful website technician has sorted out the problem which apparently was of my own doing...oops!

All new listings are now on the website

So now I can carry on with the days celebrations, well work actually but the celebrations will come along this evening.

VINTAGE FABRICS - AUTUMNAL FLOWERS AND ANIMALS

These fabrics came from a 1940's curtain that was damaged along the edges and faded in parts. I managed to save many of these wonderful flowers and animals. Don't you just love the animals? I think the reindeer is my favourite what with Christmas looming on the horizon.

All being listed on the RAG RESCUE website tomorrow morning. It is a good job that my new listings go online automatically as I wouldn't have liked to get up at 7am tomorrow morning as it is my birthday, but I'm not sure if I really want to be another year older. Still they say that you are only as old as you feel.

If you are looking for a great day out on either the either 6th or 7th October then

FOLLOW THE SWALLOW

TO THE LINCOLNSHIRE SHOWGROUND FOR THE

ANTIQUES AND HOME SHOW

WE WILL BE THERE.

VINTAGE FABRIC SCRAPBAGS AT RAG RESCUE

The website RAG RESCUE will be updated with these vintage fabric scrapbags tomorrow morning at 7am BST

VINTAGE FABRICS IN ABUNDANCE AT RAG RESCUE NEXT WEEK

This picture I hope will wet your appetites for next weeks glorious array of vintage fabrics which will be listed on a daily basis next week.

This week will be the last updates on the site until mid October as the fairs are looming.

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Listing begin on Monday 21st September at every day at 7am BST

Red coloured vintage fabrics

These wonderful vintage fabrics will be listed tomorrow morning at 7am BST.

Ideal for all of your Christmas crafts.

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VINTAGE FABRICS - DAY 2

Beautiful vintage fabric squares and strip rolls being added to the website tomorrow Thursday 17th September at 7am BST

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VICTORIAN FABRICS

Tomorrow is the 1st day of 8 days of listing vintage fabrics.

All of these Victorian fabrics have been painstakingly taken from damaged Victorian quilts. They have been tested for their strength and all are in good condition, ready to use in your crafts or designs.

FOLLOW THE SWALLOW 

TO THE LINCOLNSHIRE ANTIQUE AND HOME SHOW ON THE 

6TH AND 7TH OCTOBER.

RAG RESCUE WILL BE THERE

VINTAGE BUTTONS AND BITS AND BOBS

 

I couldn't resit putting on these wonderful antique button sets, pictures and bits and bobs before I start 8 days of listing more vintage fabrics.

Don't you just love the little gloves, they are so very tiny, you can't imagine that from a photograph. They are actually tradesmen's samples.

All will be listed tomorrow morning, so don't forget to check out the 'New Listing' part of the site from 7am onwards.

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VINTAGE BEADWORK.

 

Lots of lovely old beadwork fringing. It can be used as a whole or in small pieces to add as embellishments to garments, cushions, cards etc.

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A taster of listings on Rag Rescue this week.

Just thought you might like to see a sample of what is coming up this week.

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Listing starts tomorrow at 7am and every day this week.

Preparing the listing of loads of fabrics all day

 

I just love stripping the fabrics from damaged old quilts so that they can be used again. Don't you just love the subtle colours.

My hubby tells me it was very hot outside whilst he was stripping down a huge old school blackboard easel. I hadn't noticed as I haven't stepped out of the door today. I have prepared all the listings for next week and the following Monday. So only 4 more days to do and I hope to have time tomorrow to go out in the sunshine. Perhaps I'll have a little walk along the beach, my favourite quiet beach where you walk down a tree lined lane past the horses and cows in the field and come to the salt marshes where often the sheep are grazing. Fingers crossed it doesn't rain.

I'll be back here tomorrow with the first of the listing previews - lots of beaded pieces.

A DAY SPENT CUTTING VINTAGE FABRICS

What a busy day I've had. I got out lots of new fabric that I had recently acquired and spent a lovely day sorting through it, finding the damage and cutting it into squares, scrap bags and strip rolls.

There were 80 different squares to photograph with many having duplicates,  lots of scrapbags, some Victorian fabric pieces from old quilts etc. etc. All in all, I had to get the photo's ready for the site about 180 in total. Well that's ready now and all I have to do is start listing tomorrow on my admin ready for them to be listed over the next two weeks.

Keep an eye on this blog over the next few weeks as there are some wonderful pieces coming up. We start on Monday with those pieces of beadwork I promised a fews ago.

Well I'm off for a stiff drink now, I think I deserve it.

By the way as more and more postal strikes seem to be happening across the country, please let me know if you haven't received your orders in a reasonable time. So far so good, none have arrived late, so fingers crossed.

Listing start again on Monday so while you have a few days free from work why not have a good search around the site.

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HABERDASHERY WEEK - DAY 5

Well it is the last day of threads tomorrow.

 

There will be 16 different coloured embroidery yarns made by Pearsall's. All except one are pre 1924 as thye have abels which read 'Wood |Pulp yarn'

In 1910 a new fibre was  manufactured  from regenerating wood pulp. It was not until 1924 that this new fibre was called rayon.Afer 1924 all yarns were labelled 'RAYON'

An embroidery yarn which has smoothness and sheen so typical of rayon thread.

 

 

 

HABERDASHERY DAY 4 - USEFUL SEWING TOOLS

 

These useful items will be listed tomorrow Thursday 10th September.

A sewing kit, pinwheel, two folding button-hooks, a ladies mother of pearl handled button hook, a ladies buttoner for fastening tiny buttons on silk fabric, a gentelmans buttoner and the SOooo.. useful needlework book by Theresa Dillmont.

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HABERDASHERY WEEK - DAY 3

 

These sewing threads are so popular. They pre-date 1960's and are on wooden bobbins.

Good strong thread and great colours.

Listed tomorrow Wednesday 9th day of the 9th month 2009

at 7am