Thursday 29 September 2011

Wednesday 28 September 2011

Beautiful old Pearsalls and Penelope Fibrone embroidery silks

I  really, really love very old houses and love living in one 
UNTIL....
when I'm at my desk printing out a large order from a new customer, there is a very large bang in my stock room next door.
The top shelf had fallen down with all of my files and boxes of pencils, brushes etc all over the floor.
Upstairs where my study and stock room are, all of the walls are still latt and plaster, except the one wall where the shelf was. I suppose it was just the dodgy plaster and perhaps I overloaded it.
So now I have one upturned shelf in my stock room but I have cleared away all it's contents.
Another job for hubby to do.
Thank you for looking and listening to my moans.


Monday 26 September 2011

Stocking up on vintage fabric scrapbags

I've had a large number of sales of scrapbags over the past two weeks so its a good job I had pre-listed some more for the next two weeks.
These will be listed at you know where tomorrow morning.

Sunday 25 September 2011

Antique and Vintage French toile fabric.

French toile pieces, large and small can be used for a whole variety of projects.
What could you make?
All at the Rag Rescue webiste tomorrow morning at 7am BST

Saturday 24 September 2011

Beautiful French vintage fabrics tomorrow on the Rag Rescue website

Well I managed to post the Rag Rescue preview on my correct blog this evening. I couldn't understand where yesterdays post was then I found it on my 'FELTISSIMO' blog. So if you want to look at what was posted on the Rag Rescue website today you can either look at the Rag Rescue website or at my 

So above you can see the French vintage fabrics that will be listed tomorrow. As usual they have all been washed and ironed and in very good vintage condition.

Monday 19 September 2011

Sunday 18 September 2011

Great vintage fabric squares for patchwork or other small projects.


Squares available on the website range from 4 inches to 6 inches at a cost of only 40p, 50p and 60p.
Ideal for patchwork as you can pick and choose. 
Also great for textile or fashion students.
the squares above will be listed tomorrow morning on the 

Saturday 17 September 2011

More vintage fabric tomorrow.


Vintage fabric today at the Rag Rescue website.

My apologies for either not showing a preview of the listings on the website or showing them late. My son is visiting us and I haven't seen him for a year as he has been backpacking around the world for a year.
The above vintage fabrics have been listed on the website today.

Wednesday 14 September 2011

Monday 12 September 2011

Christmas coloured vintage buttons at Rag Rescue

Sew buttons, sew.
All of the vintage buttons will be at the 
tomorrow.

What ideas have you got for using buttons this Christmas?


Sunday 11 September 2011

Scrapbags containing English, French and Japanese fabrics


Four pretty  scrapbags including one with all Japanese silk vintage fabrics and one with all cotton Japanese vintage fabrics. 

I've finally finished clearing our lounge now so all I have to do is get up early ready for the decorator to start transforming it tomorrow morning. I'm really looking forward to getting it decorated for me as all my married life I've decorated myself. My excuse is that this lounge is just too large and the ceiling too high. 
My house started life as three fishing cottages. The houses were all knocked into one and eventually two of the houses downstairs became an ice-cream parlour, hence the large size. the outhouses became the ice-cream factory which in the 1960's were converted into extra living areas.

Friday 9 September 2011

Super vintage French fabric tomorrow at the Rag Rescue website.


Been busy all day clearing the lounge ready for the decorators on Monday. It's not the packing of boxes but where to put them all for the next couple of weeks. 
Any ideas?

Thursday 8 September 2011

A good selection of antique and vintage beads for your embellishing.

Sorry I missed updating the blog last night but I had been ill in bed all day. 
Feeling much better today so as usual Mr Rag Rescue was right (as usual) to suggest bed rest.

Friday 2 September 2011

Pretty floral French fabrics


At the Rag Rescue website tomorrow

September is a really busy month ahead for me. We have the decorators coming in on the 12th so next week I have to clear the lounge and find somewhere to stack all of the boxes - problem.
I also have my son coming over for five days. He has been travelling around the world for a year and arrives at Heathrow on Tuesday from Rio. I'm not sure when he is arriving at our house but I know it will be when the decorators are here - where do we all sit?
Then at the end of the month I have my ex-husband and his new wife visiting to see the grandchildren and us. We will have to go out for a meal as the dining room will probably be full of boxes still awaiting the new carpet.

So all in all a busy month. In order to keep the Rag Rescue website going strongly and keeping up with my promise to post orders within a day of them arriving, I have spent the last three days pre-listing the next five weeks. I have taken 293 photo's and listed 190 items.

I am now exhausted so I'm off for a stiff drink. It's a good job that hubby cooks, otherwise I would be starving. Just hope we don't have any other visitors before I clean through the house.