Hello All
Sorry that I have been AWOL since the weekend but literally on Monday morning I woke up feeling really poorly. I had a cold and cough before I left for America and struggled with it whilst away and only really getting by with tablets ( also not wanting to make our holiday bad by giving in to being ill) Then when I got home it was the Vintage Bazaar and again I was taking things to help me get through the weekend.... finally I decided not to take anymore and see how it would be. The answer Not Good!... I have completely rested and not done a thing until this morning writing this and I will be taking it a bit easy until it has gone all together. So please bare with me for a little while. I am due to be in London next Thursday and Friday and really do need to be better for it.
But that said I had a great day at the Vintage Bazaar meeting a few of you as well, which has been wonderful. I had great feed back about my blog and how those of you who spoke to me about it on Saturday look forward to my blog so that cheered me on.
I got there early and we set up my first stall. I had a wonderful friend help me Jenny of Tilly D fame and of course my husband. Jenny helped organise what we needed to do first, knowing I was not firing on all cylinders and helped me reach my vision of what I wanted my first stand to look like! and I hope you agree it looked really good.
My washing line that I had described to my husband and he made before we went away worked perfectly and I was able to peg out a stunning Victorian patchwork wall hanging (now sold) and inspiration packs. The picture above was one side of my two place stand and it had blankets on an airer and the beautiful quilt that I bought back from America as well. I bought with me some beautiful things back from the States and lots was sold.
There were some beautiful untouched feed sacks and some quilt tops made from some as well also a lovely quilt which is a half Dresden plate made from feed sack fabric ... very collectible.
I had such a wonderful day. One of the quilts I brought back from America had the ladies name and date 1922 stitched on it and the Bethlehem star quilt is outstanding as you can see from the photo on the left. It is all hand quilted as well and has a date on it around the early 1900's so a wonderful piece of history indeed.
OH MY what a wardrobe this lovely lady has. The coats and hats and dresses are literally so beautiful and stunning. I think you will agree she is a most elegant model and is able to wear such beautiful vintage clothes with grace and beauty..... George is very dapper and it suits them both so well....... would love to have a peek in their wardrobes!
So thank you to those of you who came and found me and who bought from my stall, I really enjoyed meeting you so much. A big thank you to Liz, Jack, Clare and Mike for organising such a wonderful event indeed. Do not forget there will be the Christmas Vintage Bazaar on Saturday 28th of November at Devizes at the Corn Exchange. Entry is £2 and it is from 9am until 3pm, so get your diaries out ladies and gents... it is not to be missed!
There will be a blog tomorrow so please come back and look at the incredible Indian quilts and then next week I will be telling you all about my American antiques holiday.......
Have a great day and of course Happy Stitching!
I'm so sorry you've been so ill. Hope you recover soon. Your stand looked wonderful,so many beautiful treasures. Xx
ReplyDeleteThank you Jane. The resting has done me good this week. The weather has been so wet that staying in has done my cough the world of good. I hate feeling so unwell its a waste of time! Bad patient! I am on the mend though ... Xxx
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