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Thank you for dropping by....i will be blogging about my life in Devon by the sea-side, decorating my 1926 home, vintage treasure hunting from auctions, charity shops , recycling centres and the good old british car booty!! One mans rubbish is another mans treasure! baking, sewing, painting and probably the weather!!!! enjoy!
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Sunday 17 March 2013

Vintage finds

Went out treasure hunting this weekend and this is what I came home with......


 

A beautiful French tapestry.....



A couple of 1940's tea cosies
A lovely garden trug


Another rose tapestry


Two hand embroidered panels...not sure what they were intended to be used for...anyone got any ideas?



Lovely flower embroidery...



Another tapestry....



A granny blanket....or two....















A couple of Victorian/Edwardian prints.



A very unusual shaped Mahogany mirror....
Some Welsh samplers......
Some 18th century lithographs of Guernsey....
 
And an  ab fab 1940's knitting book......


Knitted underwear!...Not sure exactly how comfy woolly knickers would be!

Stunning vintage patterns.....
I adore the knitted top hat on the right....
It has lots of smart knitted dresses and suits in.....
And a knitted nightie!
Oh how I wish I could knit! I fancy dressing more vintage and love 1940's jumpers, cardigans and twin sets....


With their puff sleeves and thin waists....think I will have to GET a waist first!

I have this heavy cut glass and brass cake stand/ canape holder
and here is a sneaky peek of some of my other finds...of which I am going to blog  about another day....Hope you all had a great weekend and found lots of treasure too x


16 comments:

  1. Oh my goodness - what a lot of amazing goodies!!! Love the tea cosies and the knitting book. Fabulous finds.
    Liz @ Shortbread & Ginger

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  2. yes liz x the tea cosies come with vintage tea stains too lol x i love the pink rose tapesrty and the lickel trug the most x

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  3. The embroidery panels look like they should fit into a chair back. Lovely. Are you going to finish them. I am in love with the prints of guernsey . Beautiful xx

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  4. I will put them on he-bay as they are nettie and if they don't sell i may finish them and add a rude word or two!!! x the guernsey prints look very old...i had to clean them and it took bleach and lots of wipes to get all the yellow off of them! ewwwwww!

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  5. fab finds . love the knitting book best of all. hx

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    1. will bring it with me when we next meet so you can have a gander x

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  6. Great finds! Love the Home Sweet Home prints...

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    1. they are very nice x thank you for the comment x

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  7. Lovely finds. I have that knitting book, it was my Great Grandmother's. Ps what is your Ebay seller name ? Sue x

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    1. oh i love the knitting book...wish i was slimmer i would seriously consider getting my mother to make some of the stuff x

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  8. Wowzer! What a fabulous trawl of vintagey goodness..... You have a very beady eye.... Love the tea cosies too x

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    1. just getting worked up ready for car boot season,,,,will probably be fighting you for goodies at rousdon......x x x

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  9. Wow great finds there:-) You got heaps. Those panels do they go on the back of the chair? dee x

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    1. thank you delia.....the panels are a bit thin for chair backs....i am mystified!

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  10. What a busy shopping weekend you have had!! Such great treasures too! I really like the 'trug', I so want one of those!!

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    1. its very cute x actually its on ebay already lol x

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