OLD BOOKS COVERED IN RECYCLED VINTAGE FRENCH FABRIC.

I managed to list a few items for you this morning. Lovely old observer books that I have made slip covers for. they look superb stacked together on a side table. The covers can be removed easily for laundering when necessary.

This is the last listing I will be making for a few days I'm afraid. my gall bladder is playing up again and I know from past experience that I have to slow down a little.
I will be taking orders of course, that isn't a problem as my husband can help me out there.
I am hoping that by the end of September after my operation I will be back to full health and fitness.
I will keep up this blog and still keep buying wonderful items. I would love it if people would leave comments here as they always cheer me up.

Fabulous French fabrics

Large pieces of Vintage and Antique French fabrics listed today.

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Buttons and bits

OOdles of buttons and haberdashery items listed today.

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You keep looking, I'll keep listing.

ANOTHER FABRIC SAVED

FABRIC THAT IS RECYCLED TWICE.

I bought a lot of French fabric at the Newark fair this time. I usually buy boxes of scraps but my friend from France was not at the fair this time. I therefore had to hunt around and to my amazement I found this wonderful fabric. Wonderful in two senses really. The pattern is beautiful and the fact that someone else or rather something else had liked the fabric also made it extra special in my eyes. They had liked it so much that they decided to take parts of it to their nest.
CLEVER MICE.
I managed to get the fabric at a reduced rate as the lady hadn't realised how badly chewed it was. I suppose she thought that her luck couldn't come along twice in a day in the shape of a crazy lady buying mice eaten fabric.

Not so crazy really. I had tested the fabric and found that the parts in-between the nibbles were strong, although the dark pink flowers had obviously attracted his/her attention rather more than the other flowers. I soaked the fabric for a few hours, dried it and ironed it and set about cutting it into pieces for scrap bags.
WASTE NOT WANT NOT.

LISTING MORE SCRAP BAGS TODAY - LOTS OF ROSY FABRICS.

STOCK UP YOUR STASH

I wanted to do just two things this week outside. Number one was to wash and dry all of the lovely fabrics I bought at the fairs and no. 2 was to get my husband cementing the wall in the garden.
It is so typical of the English weather, whenever you want to work outside it rains and rains and rains.

So the new fabrics are still drying inside and hopefully I will be able to get a few scrap bags cut for you tomorrow.
I've listed some more scrap bags that I had completed before the fairs and some large fabrics that were in my stash.
Hope you enjoy looking at the new items I am listing. I shall be listing every day this week.

KEEP LOOKING HERE
and stock up for your Autumnal and Winter crafting activities.

Many old fabrics rescued.

RAG RESCUE SHOP OPENS AGAIN.

I was very pleased with the fabrics I found at the fairs. It took a lot of leg work and a great more haggling than usual but I managed to buy antique and vintage fabrics from France, Belgium, Germany and the UK at a reasonable price. Gone are the days when there were tables upon tables of old fabrics. Most have either been sent along for recycling and made into rags or they have been shipped abroad.
Of course some dealers are on a different planet to the rest of us. I picked out a square of French fabric around 20 inches square and the price being asked for it was £46. It wasn't in perfect condition and I would only have got two scrap bags out of it. Well I suppose that dealer will be keeping her fabrics for a very long time.
Unfortunately my normal dealer wasn't at the fairs so I will have to wait until October for the really cheaper pieces.

Now the washing and ironing marathon begins.

RAG RESCUE WEBSITE CLOSED - discounts at the fairs.

Swinderby Antiques and Home show.

PLEASE BE AWARE THAT BOTH 'RAG RESCUE' AND 'ODDITIES ANTIQUES' WEBSITES ARE NOW CLOSED UNTIL THE 10TH AUGUST.

I am going to the fairs, therefore please do not pay for any orders as the items you would like may already have been sold at the fairs.
If you would like to order, then please email me and my house sitter will print out the orders for me and I will contact you when I return.

WHY NOT COME AND SEE ME AT

SWINDERBY ANTIQUE AND HOME SHOW MARQUEE 'B' - STALL 35/36
ON 5TH/6TH AUG. (WEDNESDAY IS FREE ADMITTANCE )

OR

AT NEWARK ANTIQUES FAIR. SIR GEORGE STEPHENSON BUILDING - STALL F38 ON 7TH/8TH AUG.

Website details and links to the fairs can be seen on the post below.

PRINT OFF THIS PAGE AND I WILL GIVE YOU A 10% DISCOUNT.
HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE.

The Japanese ladies love Rag Rescue fabrics..

A few weeks ago a lovely Japanese lady from Japan purchased fabrics from Rag Rescue.
Since then we have been communicating regularly using that wonderful invention the translation widget.
The Japanese love our old fabrics and 'M' is no exception. She has previously made the items you see here using English and French vintage fabrics and I am sure you will agree with me when I say they are so beautiful and incredibly well made. 'M' insists that she is only an amateur, and creates them in her spare time.
A big thank you goes to 'M' for allowing me to show her work.

At the international Antique Fairs, 'Rag Rescue' sells to customers from all over the world and now that we are live on the web, our customers return time and time again.

You will be able to find us next week at the International Antiques and Home Show at Swinderby in the 'B' Marquee and at the Newark International Antiques Fair in the George Stephenson building at the far end.

Come along and have a fun day.