This is part of a collection of about twenty-five master butter knives. Most of them date to before 1900. Most of them have the twisted handle as opposed to a flat joint where the handle meets the blade end. There were only about three that have any damage beyond the signs of normal use. [...]
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A Collection of Master Butter Knives
Posted in vintage cottage on March 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Recent Addition – Metal Chair with Damask Seat
Posted in The Shop on March 26, 2008 | 2 Comments »
With our April in Paris Tea less than two weeks away, I am finishing up a couple of chairs in time to be free to clean and work on my displays. This metal chair just needed a to be well scrubbed and have a new seat redo. The damask pattern seemed a nice compliment to [...]
Wholecloth Quilts
Posted in vintage linens on March 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Wholecloth quilts are exactly what you might guess: quilts made from a single piece of fabric with batting and a backing. The Welsh and the French have a rich history of this type of quilt.
In America in the 1940’s quilting itself fell out of favor and machine made wholecloth quilts were available. As they say [...]
You Make My Day Award- Day 2
Posted in Uncategorized on March 17, 2008 | 2 Comments »
So when I sat down at the computer last evening to pass this award on to others, lo and behold, many of the blogs I visit had already been awarded by someone else’s ten. Can you follow that? Think about it. It is 100 awards right off the bat. When I went to one [...]
You Make My Day Award!
Posted in Noteworthy on March 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Pamela sweeps up onto the stage in her vintage evening gown which she probably bought on Ebay:
First, I would like to thank Eileen from Forget me not Dreams for presenting me with this prestigous award. Rambling on about vintage things, tea time, our cottage garden and all other things cottagey is just what I [...]
Marlene Harris Collection as Stunning as Ever
Posted in At Home in Western PA on March 13, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Tuesday on the spur of the moment I detoured into Blawnox, just East of Pittsburgh. My first stop there is always The Marlene Harris Collection. It is a tiny jewel box of a shop overflowing with the most gorgeous jewelry, most of which is antique and fabulous estate pieces. Marlene was a Contributing Editor to [...]
Repairing my Vintage Attitude
Posted in vintage linens, tagged vogart, restoration, repair, vintage, cottage on March 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A woman was telling me last week that she repairs the vintage clothing that she sells before she offers it. Her customers aren’t interested in it unless it has already been restored. This got me to thinking. I don’t know how many times I have bought something with some flaws and just told myself [...]
Vintage Aprons Tugging at Our Heartstrings
Posted in pittsburgh, vintage linens on March 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
There aren’t enough mornings when I wake up to articles in the newspaper about vintage treasures. But this morning the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has a lovely article on EllynAnn Geisel and her books, “The Apron Book” and the recently published, “Apronisms.” Read Margi Shrum’s article here.
Washing Feather Pillows for Vogart
Posted in vintage linens on March 2, 2008 | 4 Comments »
The vogart pillow covers from the 30’s and 40’s have almost been an obsession for me for many years. Because they were not designed for bulgy polyfil pillow inserts they never look right with them. The sweet images are all bowed and distorted looking. So I like to make my own feather inserts and [...]
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