Great vintage fabrics tomorrow at the Rag Rescue website
9 years ago
Saturday, 30 April 2011
1050's smocking pieces at Rag Rescue
Now listed at Rag Rescue website
I hope you all enjoyed the Royal Wedding yesterday, didn't she look wonderful?
I had a great garden party which meant that I didn't even switch my computer on, so apologies for not answering emails, I'll catch up today.
Enjoy the long weekend.
Thursday, 28 April 2011
Wednesday, 27 April 2011
Vintage French toile fabric pieces at Rag Rescue
If you love toile, you'll love these pieces. They are great for adding to cards, patchwork, felt work or other crafts that require embellishments. All of the pieces have been shipped over from France and I like to use every little piece, hence the packets with more than one piece in.
Tuesday, 26 April 2011
Vintage fabric scrappy parcels and strip rolls at Rag Rescue
Added to the Rag Rescue website tomorrow.
Monday, 25 April 2011
Very pretty vintage fabric scrapbags at Rag Rescue tomorrow
French, English and German vintage fabric within scrapbags at Rag Rescue website tomorrow
Saturday, 23 April 2011
Happy Easter Sunday from Rag Rescue
A little cooler here today with a nice gentle breeze. I did a bit of gardening then started on the Spring cleaning ,ready for our guests arriving tomorrow afternoon. Hubby is selling at an antique fair tomorrow so I should get everything ready for the afternoon.
I hope you will like this weeks listings, even though you may be too busy enjoying yourselves having a well deserved rest this Easter holiday.
All the above will be listed tomorrow morning at 7am. If you are going out tomorrow or Monday, use this blog to search the new listings and then check them out in the various categories on the website.
Enjoy and relax ,you know you deserve it.
Friday, 22 April 2011
Thursday, 21 April 2011
Wednesday, 20 April 2011
1950's vintage smocking pieces at Rag Rescue
It has been a while since I listed some of this lovely 1950's smocking. These four will added to the Rag rescue website tomorrow.
Tuesday, 19 April 2011
Monday, 18 April 2011
Delightful petit point and hardanger embroidery plus vintage fabric at Rag Rescue
Pretty, pretty roses and pinks at Rag Rescue website tomorrow in the form of vintage fabric, a glasses case, a boudoir hanger and nightie bag and a really old small lampshade with dangling beads.
Do you love the colour of pink or roses? If not what is your favourite colour and flower.
Leave a comment and let's start a discussion.
Sunday, 17 April 2011
Vintage bag, pictures and more vintage fabrics at rag Rescue tomorrow.
More new vintage stock from Rag Rescue tomorrow.
What do you think? If you like these please comment.
Saturday, 16 April 2011
New vintage fabric stock tomorrow at Rag Rescue
Pretty eiderdown fabric and a lovely piece of French silk fabric with flowers and birds.
All to be listed at Rag Rescue tomorrow.
Keep a look out on this blog each evening for all the wonderful new, vintage stock I am adding this week.
And the winner is..........
I have drawn a name for the free hexagonal patches.
The winner is
JOAN.
Thank you to everyone who left a comment.
Friday, 15 April 2011
Last chance to be in with a chance to get two free hexagonal vintage fabric patches.
Tomorrow I will draw names out of a hat or a bowl or what ever I find around at the time.
If you haven't left a comment on the post then do it this evening or you will miss out.
Here is a link to take you straight to the post -
Here is what is coming up on the Rag Rescue website tomorrow.
Click on the photo to enlarge.
Don't miss tomorrow's preview photo of Sundays listings - great vintage fabrics that I purchased recently, I'm sure you will love them.
I'd love to hear your comments on this blog as I wonder sometimes if anybody is reading it. Would love to read your comments.
Thursday, 14 April 2011
Wednesday, 13 April 2011
Tuesday, 12 April 2011
Vintage fabric squares, embroidery and ribbon
French and English vintage fabric squares and a lovely piece of Belgium red work embroidery, not forgetting some vintage ribbon.
Don't forget to leave your comment on the previous post to get a chance to win two free hexagonal patchwork pieces.
Monday, 11 April 2011
Vintage hexagonal patches - Comment and get a chance to get two for free
I have lots of these vintage hexagonal patches which came from a damaged quilt. We have carefully unpicked the good ones so that they can be used again.
How would you use these patches.
Send in your comments to this page and I will have a draw on Saturday and the winning owner of the comment will get two of these patches free to start you off on your creation.
Lovely Victorian ribbon is also being listed tomorrow.
How do you use Vintage buttons?
Today I was sent this photograph by one of my customers.
A while ago she had bought some vintage buttons from me. After seeing a pattern in the 'Making' magazine for a cushion cover, she decided to knit it. In order to secure the cushion she used some of the buttons she had bought from Rag Rescue. I'm sure you will agree she has made a brilliant job.
Well done Barbara
I'm sure Barbara would love to hear your comments.
I'd love to see pictures showing how you use vintage buttons and I'm sure others would like to see them too. Send your photo's to
Sandie-k(at)tiscali(dot)co(dot) uk
and I'll post them on this blog.
Sunday, 10 April 2011
Saturday, 9 April 2011
English and French vintage fabric at Rag Rescue tomorrow
Just look at these great designs on the vintage fabrics which will be listed tomorrow on
the Rag Rescue website.
What a glorious sunny day it has been today. I watched the young men walking past my window on their way back from the beach clad only in shorts, boy, were their bodies glowing red! Hmmmm!
Now that all of my accounts are ready for delivery to the accountant on Monday I've been able to get back to sorting out new stock to list. Today was ironing and cutting day, tomorrow will be a photography day and Monday a washing day. Just hope the good weather holds, not only so that I can dry the fabrics outside but I hope to take Poppy out to some secluded spot alongside the bay, away from the tourists, in the SUN.
Hope you have a wonderful weekend and if you have signed up for the newsletter which contains next weeks listings, it will be with you early so that you can enjoy this beautiful weather.
Friday, 8 April 2011
Thursday, 7 April 2011
Vintage fabric and old sewing cottons
All at Rag Rescue tomorrow
Well I bought some lovely vintage fabrics and vintage goods at the fair so I'll start preparing them next week and they should begin to come online the following week.
Wednesday, 6 April 2011
Tuesday, 5 April 2011
Monday, 4 April 2011
Saturday, 2 April 2011
Items being listed at Rag Rescue from 3rd - 4th April
As I'm off on a buying spree I'm listing the next two days new listings together.
I will mail all orders on Tuesday 5th April.
4th April new listings
Friday, 1 April 2011
Thursday, 31 March 2011
Wednesday, 30 March 2011
Rag Rescue lists more vintage fabric and embroideries tomorrow
Why not have a look at the Rag Rescue website you are welcome to browse.
Tuesday, 29 March 2011
Luxurious antique black lace and sumptuous vintage fabrics
Wonderful antique black lace and a most unusual rare beaded collar with inserted cream lace.
Just to die for.
The top right fabric is antique silk and the lower left is vintage fabric.
Don't miss out on these superb items, they will be listed tomorrow morning at 7am BST
Monday, 28 March 2011
Sunday, 27 March 2011
Saturday, 26 March 2011
More vintage textiles at Rag Rescue tomorrow
Vintage fabric and beautiful vintage bead work tomorrow at Rag Rescue
Friday, 25 March 2011
Vintage French fabrics and wooden reels of sewing cottons at Rag Rescue
Beautiful vintage French red toile fabric, floral French fabric and packs of three vintage wooden reels of sewing cottons. All these will be added to the Rag Rescue website tomorrow.
Thursday, 24 March 2011
Wednesday, 23 March 2011
Tuesday, 22 March 2011
Vintage hexagonal patches and vintage sewing pouches.
It's a long time since I listed vintage hexagonal patches, so there are four more being listed tomorrow and more to come in the following weeks. I'm also listing two lovely vintage handmade sewing pouches. One is for threads and the other for your small scissors, thimbles and other paraphernalia.
My apologies today for not answering order emails straight away or getting shipping costs to you. I had a wisdom tooth out today and was rather shaky afterwards but will be back tomorrow as good as new and back to work with vigour.
Monday, 21 March 2011
Sunday, 20 March 2011
French antique silk fabrics and sewing cottons
Lovely French silks tomorrow at the Rag Rescue website
Saturday, 19 March 2011
A variety of vintage fabrics at Rag Rescue tomorrow.
Pretty pink rosy fabrics and embroideries, Art Nouveau designed fabric with gold metallic threads, French toile and lovely braid.
All will be listed at the Rag Rescue website tomorrow
Friday, 18 March 2011
Thursday, 17 March 2011
Vintage Easter at Rag Rescue
Three lovely old Easter cards with special verses not often seen these days.
There is also a lovely vintage egg cosy featuring flowers with little faces. I know that one of my customers was after these cosies a while ago but I have lost her email so perhaps she will see this blog post.
Talking of egg cosies I had a lovely email from a customer today who sent me this wonderful picture of two egg cosies she has made using felt and scraps of vintage fabric. Alix uses very tiny pieces in her work and I am sure you will agree with me that she must have a lot of patience to sew these small pieces on to her work.
Aren't they just divine?
Alix also sent me some more photo's of her work but they deserve a post all of their own.
Blog posts and Rag Rescue links from kind trade and customers.
This is a great blog to link to. Elaine has many followers and even more on eBay where she does the majority of her selling. Why not go over there by clicking on the link above and see for yourself.
I've been buying and chatting and chatting and buying from Elaine for many years now and if you have been following my blog you will know that I've been selling some wonderful 1950s smocking pieces lately. I bought these from Elaine and she has written a very kind post about how I used a couple of these smocking pieces in my felt work.
Thank you Elaine and thank you for the link.
On the same day as Elaine's post, I got an email from a lovely customer called Diane. She too had written a post which included a mention of Rag Rescue as she had used some fabric trimmings she bought from me and included in a collage she made. The collage is great and thanks for the write up Diane.
The post can be see on the Pantry violets blog ' Memories of Summer post.
This is a great blog.
"Pantry Violets" are women who met by chance in the Dordogne in France on a craft workshop. The women came from a variety of countries and so have lots of interesting posts to write especially on their ideas and creations.
I have already had some large orders from the friends Diane made.
Thank you so much Diane.
Diane also has her own blog called
Another must read.
Wednesday, 16 March 2011
Tuesday, 15 March 2011
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