Last weeks story.

A week last Thursday I visited my son and his family in Godalming in Surrey for the week.  I went by train, which for me is rather a nerve racking time. I wasn't bought up to travel on trains and this was the third time for me. I refuse to go through London as I hate the tube, much to my husbands dismay. he knows his way around the tube stations having lived and worked there for a ong time. So I go the long way round, two changes, three trains. This time although I was rather stressed out before going I actually didn't have any trouble and arrived feeling quite proud of myself. The return journey was a little more stressful as the first train from Guildford to Reading was 36 mins late meaning that I missed all my connections. Howeve I kept calm found the next trains on my phone app and settled down to read my book. I gave myself a pat on the back. I even helped a lady download the app on her phone and showed her how it works.

So the weeks holiday with my family was really realaxing and I finally managed to see my grandson Charlie who was born in March. As mum was very ill at the time and later passed away and my husband had changed his medication, this was the first time I was able to go down south. What a joy it was. I'm not allowed to show photos of the grandchildren so I can't post them.

So after a lovely holiday in Cumbria at the end of September and the holiday last week I have managed to drag myself out of depression and am rearing to go. SOOOOOOOOO. I've started listing lots of items into my shop.

Here are items I listed at the weekend.

Click above to go to my shop.

 

 The cupids sold straight away.

Beginning to fill up my Etsy shop with lots of lovely fabrics.

 Well we had a good SALE of textiles and textile related items, on Thursday.

Because it is Easter at the moment, I thought I would leave the SALE up on facebook as I know some people go away for a few days

You can see the link at the image on the previous post.

i must admit I am beginning to feel more rested now, especially as I've had a few good nights sleep. I hadn't realised how rushing backwards to the hospital for almost three months, had worn me down.

I still go to see mum but now that she is in a nursing home the stress of her care and well-being is under control.

SO

I have spent today sorting out some lovely fabrics for the shop and the one's you can see on this post are now listed at

MY ETSY SHOP

Everyone is welcome to have a quick browse.

 

Textile auction again this week.

Well I'm beginning to sort my head out again and getting back to some sort of normality. I put on my orgainers hat once more and made out a seven day rota of what I wanted to achieve on each day. I knew that I couldn't live with doing the same things on particular days so at the beginning of the week I can choose. It seems to be working well so far. I've managed to prepare the next two textile auctions so they are ready to go when the time comes.

It was such a beautiful day yesterday later on, however in the morning we had a thick sea fret. As I drove from Morecambe to Heysham. the fret was very thick. I picked up my daughter and grandson and where the thick mist had been it was clear with a blue sky. However as we continued to dry along the side of the bay it was like driving into a white wall. We went onto Carnforth to see my mother and it was clear there. However about three hours later on our return the white wall appeared again. The afternoon was superb, very warm and blue skies. English weather I just love the unpredictability of it.

Heavy rain this morning, but clearing up nicely. The garden is awaking and so am I. Off to continue work on my felted sculpture now in my studio.

Hope you can join us for the sale on Thursday.

The early bird always catches the worm, so set your alarms.

xx Sandie

Rag Rescue textile auction on facebook 22nd March

My sincere apologies for not blogging recently. My mum has been in and out of hospital. I won't go into all the details but yesterday she finally had to go into a nursing home. This now leaves me freer to start selling textiles again.

Tomorrow I have my first textile sale since January.

The auction sale is on facebook and it is a buy it now sale.

It starts at 7.30am GMT so you have to set your alarm if you are in the uk. However I do sell internationally and have many years experience shipping worldwide. So everyone is welcome. Items usually go quite quickly.

you will find the auction at - 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/893726210744428/

If you haven't already joined the group then please do so before the auction. We will need to 'friend' each other before we can communicate.

ENJOY

 

CHRISTMAS SALE IN MY RAG RESCUE SHOP

MY RAG RESCUE ETSY SHOP SALE

There is a sale in my Rag Rescue shop at Etsy. ( click the link above.

Everything is reduced by 15% 

Having just cleared out my stock room I realised that I had so many lovely vintage fabrics etc to offer to everyone. 

When looking in etsy shops I never find time to look at pages and pages of item. This is why I thought I'd try to sell as much of the vintage fabrics, lace, vintage goods and haberdashery by having a sale. This will help me and also the buyers will get bargains.

The sale runs until 1st December so plenty of time to view the items.

Below are a few examples of what are available at the moment.

French vintage fabric with a bird design

£8.50 £10.00

Vintage floral fabric sewing or needlework box.

£22.10 £26.00

Antique 18th century silk fragment.

£18.70 £22.00

Antique French cotton fabric c. 1900. Birds flying amongst the flowers

£6.80 £8.00

LINEN Brush and Comb bag - hand embroidered, Lake District UK made

£10.20 £12.00

Vintage French fabric with a heart of roses.

£10.20 £12.00

Block printed vintage fabric - floral

 £7.22 £8.50

Rag Rescue textile Auction Sales is today - 12th January - 7.30am GMT

Rag Rescue textile auction sales start this morning at

7.30am GMT

https://www.facebook.com/groups/893726210744428 

Antique lace prickings for sale

These wonderful three antique lace prickings are for sale at the following facebook page.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/893726210744428/

Only £10.00 for all three.

Rag Rescue Textile Auction begins tomorrow at 9am

CALLING ALL EARLY BIRDS.
Don't forget that the Rag Rescue Textile Auction starts tomorrow at 9am.

Please be patient as it takes about 10 mins to list everything.
There are 38 lots tomorrow.

Rag Rescue Textile Auction Sale is still open.

I've still got some lovely fabrics left for sale at the Rag Rescue Textile Auction Sales  FB group page..

 Type
https://www.facebook.com/groups/893726210744428/
into the search on your FB page.

This lovely piece of fabric is from the 1960's and is unused. Pretty roses and lace. There is 2.5metres for only £8.00

Another Rag Rescue Textile auction sale this Thursday.

The auction on my Facebook group page begins on Thursday at 9am BST and closes on Saturday at 4pm BST

Type -  

 Rag Rescue Textile Auction Sales

into your facebook page to get to the group page and register. Thank you.

Hope to see you all there.

Shipping worldwide

Rag Rescue Textile Auction on facebook closes today at 4pm

There are still lots of items to bid on and some still to buy straight out. Why not pop over to my facebook group page and take a look before it closes at 4pm BST.

Type the name - Rag Rescue TextileAuction Sales in the Facebook search, join the group and see if there is anything that you would like to bid on.

Good luck

Sandie

Antique handmade bobbin lace collar

This lovely antique lace collar sold  within two minutes of placing it on etsy. It's not very often that happens.

More lace will be placed in my etsy shop this coming week.

 www.etsy.com/shop/ragrescue 

Antique black lace stashbags at Rag Rescue website

Four beautiful black antique lace stashbags have been added to the Rag Rescue website today.

Antique black lace sold immediately at Rag Rescue

I would just like to thank all of the many customers who placed orders over the weekend. You all kept me very busy.

Today I listed some antique black lace onto the website. It has now all been sold but I thought you might like to have a look.

There is lots of beautiful vintage lace at Rag Rescue

Lovely vintage lace at Rag Rescue. Trim up your dresses, blouses and bags.

Edwardian lace blouse, cherub fillet lace boudoir cushion cover and two vintage shoe trees.

Something a little different to what I normally sell.
An Antique French Edwardian handmade lace blouse, a lovely cherubs filet lace and white cotton boudoir cushion cover and two shoe trees ready for you to decorate.

Here is an example of what you can do with the shoe trees that I am selling today.

Take one of the pairs of shoe trees like this -

Paint the ends to a colour of your choice.

Make a tube of pretty vintage fabric cotton or silk and gather it on both side.

Place the gathered fabric over one of the shoe trees and pull up the gathering to fit the metalic centre piece.

You can add any embellishments you like.

Here is an example of an original decorated shoe tree being sold on Ruby Lane by Nancy Fancy Antiques. It costs $65 but the ones I am selling are only £5.50 and yours will be just as unique when covered as the Antique ones.