Rag Rescue

Thursday, 31 May 2012

Antique French toile pieces for your projects

Some very early French toile pieces being listed today on the Rag Rescue website. These pieces are great for recycling onto bags, boudoir pillows or framed.

Wednesday, 30 May 2012

Lovely vintage goods today at the Rag Rescue website

Bridge pencils, silk bag, tapestry bag and a wonderful piece of old braid adorned with wooden beads. The braid would make a super belt.

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Tuesday, 29 May 2012

Vintage fabric squares to enhance your sewing projects.

These beautiful summery designed vintage fabric squares have been listed on the website today.

Why not use them for making vintage fabric magnets, they would look great on your fridge door.

Go to the Rag Rescue website and see a whole variety of vintage fabrics, embellishments, haberdashery and trims at very reasonable prices.

Sunday, 27 May 2012

Pretty antique lace collars tomorrow at Rag Rescue.

Hope you are all enjoying the sunshine.

Rag Rescue website

More beautiful vintage fabrics at the Rag Rescue website today.

Saturday, 26 May 2012

Today's French vintage fabrics at the Rag Rescue website

Rag Rescue website

Thursday, 24 May 2012

Real antique gold metallic thread.

Have you ever bought a really old piece of embroidery and found that it needs a little restoration work doing on it in gold metallic thread? I have and found that all of the modern gold metallic threads stood out like a sore thumb. Well you don't have to look any further. Tomorrow I will be adding some gold metallic threads that are very old, yes antique. They have that wonderful tarnished hue that only age brings. Whether you are restoring old textiles or trying your hand at gold metallic embroidery yourself and wanting to capture the antique look, these threads will enhance your work.

I have a lot more bobbins of different sizes and types and will be listing a few each week. The ones above are being sold in one metres lengths at an affordable price.

All to be found tomorrow at 7am BST on the Rag Rescue website

Wednesday, 23 May 2012

Four more vintage fabric scrapbags being listed today at the Rag Rescue website

Tuesday, 22 May 2012

French red toile fabric.

These pieces of French antique red toile fabric have just been listed on the Rag Rescue website.

Sunday, 20 May 2012

Back to reality after my holiday in Malaysia.

I returned from my holiday a week ago and had dreadful jet lag after the 22 hour flight back from Malaysia. Still the holiday was worth it and we had a wonderful time on the beach at Langkawi Island, staying in an abandoned Colonial house on the top of Penang hill, visiting the Orang-utan sanctuary and trekking through the oldest equatorial forest in the world, to name but a few. Our friend who has lived in Georgetown, Malaysia for 20 years was so pleased to see us and was such a good host and without him we would not have seen half the things we did see.

Now we are going to save hard to go again in a couple of years time.

I haven't downloaded all of my photo's yet but you can see some of the beach holiday on my facebook - 'Sandra Kerensky'

Here are just a couple to wet your appetite.

This baby orang-utan was premature, but is doing well and likes taking his nappy off. Eventually he will go back to Borneo with his mother.

Our hotel on the beach in Langkawi.

Water feeding the pond outside our hut.

Orchids growing in the tropical garden of the hotel.

Watching the sunset at the bar next door.

So for the last week I have been busy listing items for the website.

Here are today's listings of vintage fabric.

I shall be back posting here every day, sorry about the delay in returning.

Sandie

Sunday, 8 April 2012

Antique lace and lace doilies lampshades

So pleased that I found these on Pinterest by
adore-vintage-home.tumblr.com. What a brilliant use of old lace and doilies.

Lace doilies will be added to the Rag Rescue website late May.

Saturday, 7 April 2012

Little Sally Waters creations

HAPPY EASTER

Sally bought some wonderful French vintage fabric from me that had chickens, chicks and eggs in the design. She has just sent me photo's of what she made with the fabric. I am sure you will agree that these items are just great.

BUNTING

LAVENDER HANGER

LITTLE SALLY WATERS

http://www.folksy.com/shops/littleSallyWaters

http://www.etsy.com/shop/littlesallywaters

Thank you Sally for sharing these.

Friday, 6 April 2012

Blogarama causes problems on blog sites.

Apologies if you couldn't get on this blog yesterday and instead got a large screen telling you that it was dangerous to go on the site. So did I.

This morning I googled the problem and discovered that my blog was fine and didn't contain any nasty viruses. The problem is with blogarama.com.

I had put a link to blogarama.com, on the right hand side bar, ages ago. Apparently they have been hacked and it was only dangerous if someone clicked on the link.

I have removed the link so all is well.

Apparently this is happening to 1000's of blogs so if you have the link on your blog then I suggest that you remove the code.

Thursday, 5 April 2012

Important notice for Rag Rescue customers

I am going on holiday so I am afraid that as of 10pm tonight, the Rag Rescue website will be closed for orders. I had intended closing it in a weeks time but my mother has to go into hospital for investigative procedures two days before I fly out, so my plans have had to be re-arranged I'm afraid. You will still be able to see the contents of the website but not order.
I will re-open the website on my return on the 14th May with a sale of vintage fabrics throughout the week.

Wednesday, 4 April 2012

Craft ideas for using vintage fabric . No. 4

Make your presents really special by wrapping in vintage lace and fabric.

Tuesday, 3 April 2012

Craft ideas for using vintage fabric No. 3

Found these wonderful knobs covered with fabric and I thought that you could just as easily use vintage fabric from the Rag Rescue website to make unique door or drawers knobs. - see -http://www.ragrescue.co.uk/