I finally got completely unpacked over the weekend, savoring all my little treasures from the Brimfield, MA Antique Show all over again. I have my drafting table set up in my design studio and love the versatility of having the top slant for sketching.
I found this old hotel or boarding house key cubby in Seville, OH on the way home. It looked like the perfect place to display some of my favorite sewing needfuls.
My very favorit-ist (grankid speak) sewing items are those that are shaped like acorns. The wooden and bone ones were Brimfield finds and hold a thimble. The green glass with gold top acorn is a perfume pendant. The ones with the actual acorn tops are tiny wool pincushions filled with crushed walnut shells. My travel buddy bought me one (Thanks, Pam!) but I had to have a couple more to fill the bowl.
I even found two large wool acorns at The Old Country Store Museum Shop. What a treasure trove of handmade gifts! Can't wait to go back in July!
While in Lancaster Co, PA, we stopped by Eldreth Pottery. I have a collection of their Santas and recently fell in love with their darker glaze.
This pear pot will keep my sunflower jug company all year. Comment here on your fav sewing collectible and win your choice of the square red basket block or blue beeskep pottery pendants from Eldreth (I've got dibs on the green house one, sorry :). See you next week.
I found this old hotel or boarding house key cubby in Seville, OH on the way home. It looked like the perfect place to display some of my favorite sewing needfuls.
My very favorit-ist (grankid speak) sewing items are those that are shaped like acorns. The wooden and bone ones were Brimfield finds and hold a thimble. The green glass with gold top acorn is a perfume pendant. The ones with the actual acorn tops are tiny wool pincushions filled with crushed walnut shells. My travel buddy bought me one (Thanks, Pam!) but I had to have a couple more to fill the bowl.
I even found two large wool acorns at The Old Country Store Museum Shop. What a treasure trove of handmade gifts! Can't wait to go back in July!
While in Lancaster Co, PA, we stopped by Eldreth Pottery. I have a collection of their Santas and recently fell in love with their darker glaze.
What wonderful finds, wonderful pieces to enjoy in your home.
ReplyDeleteDebbie
You found some neat treasures! I like to collect thimbles and buttons. Wish I had the thimble my mom used, but it has mysteriously disappeared. Lately I've started collecting wooden sewing spools.
ReplyDeleteI have thimbles from a few different countries that I like to display. Your treasures are all wonderful.
ReplyDeleteLove those large acorns. You sure got some great finds.
ReplyDeleteLooks like you had a great time. I love all of your finds :)
ReplyDeleteJanet
My favorite sewing collectible...fabric! Love Eldreth Pottery, can't wait til July!
ReplyDeleteI love your finds and your trip has sounded wonderful..My favorite sewing collectible are the two pie safe's I use to store (some of)my fabric in.
ReplyDeleteI love collecting the scottie dog pillows made from squares of fabrics. I have two now from different eras and in different sizes. They are different and quilty!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing the acorns. I have never seen them before!
Sandy A
Thimbles and old scissors seem to be my favs. I have some my grandmother gave yrs ago. Would love to have a shadow box to keep the thimbles in. She let me sew on her treadle when I was so small I had to stand to use it. Always ready to get me floss etc whenever I needed it. Without her encouragement I probably would have learned so many crafts. Love your finds,too!
ReplyDeleteButtons! Golly I have way to many according to some people. Also love heart shaped paper weights.
ReplyDeleteLove the acorns. Love all your great finds.
Thanks for sharing.
Fabric! Definitely fabric is my favorite collectible! I always struggle with cutting into my latest acquisition. Just ordered a jelly roll of the new KTQ Icicle Kisses fabric. Can't wait to touch it and enjoy all the new prints!
ReplyDeleteI love the red quilt block pottery pendant. Thanks for the opportunity to win it!
Pam
Fabric is probably my first choice, but I love old tape measures, especially animals where the tail is what is pulled for the tape.
ReplyDeleteHi Lynne, wow, great finds! I love fabric, but also old pinkeeps of all shapes and sizes. Thanks for sharing. Blessings and smiles, Emilou :-) elyws@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteSounds like you had a great time and found some wonderful collectibles. I just love looking through antique shops for nothing in particular but coming home with a treasure.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing the pictures of your finds! They look wonderful! Thank you, also, for the chance to win. I love the red quilt basket pendant.
ReplyDeleteI love to collect pincushions. Love owls! Would also like to win the blue bee skep pendant also! Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteHi Lynne, thanks so much for sharing your great "finds." I love the acorns. My favorite things to collect are little scissors, fabric, and quilt books. I especially love the books that offer history as well as traditional quilt block patterns. Thanks for the give away as well!
ReplyDeleteYou are a great shopper! I love to collect pin cushions, thimbles and buttons!
ReplyDeleteWow--you found some wonderful treasures! I don't have a collection of vintage sewing items other than my Feather Weight sewing machine, but I'm inspired now!!!
ReplyDeleteBeen following your unique shopping finds; just wish Mass. was nearer to the Heartland. I love creating cs & fabric pincushions ...your woolly finds are so cute!!! Plus I collect them. Wichita use to hold a giant flea market once a month at the fairgrounds where I found a lot of my tins and kitchen keepsakes. Haven't been there in years.
ReplyDeleteSaw the video of that huge tornado near Salina on Monday. We are on the line today for severe....in the past we never really thought about storm alerts. However, now, we have mile + wide ones when they hit. Hopefully, Kansas & Okla. will escape this time.
Hi - I love acorn items too. I love to make and collect pincushions. Fun to give to my sewing buddies. Nancy P.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite of the items you showed was the small acorn pincushion--so darling!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun trip you had back east! I'd love to go on one of your excursions back there, esp. with a group of like-minded quilters.
I like to collect handmade pincushions. And recently I've started collecting small decorative dress forms.
ReplyDeleteSounds like you had a great trip!
Pincushions and acorns. Like you Lynn, I love the pottery too. Looks like you had a fun trip. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteWow, it looks like you had a great time treasure hunting and found the treasure. I love buttons old and new and wooden spools of all sizes.
ReplyDeleteI love collecting old buttons. There are so many wonderful ones and they don't take up a lot of space! Thanks for sharing your shopping adventure.
ReplyDeleteI love the old wooden spools all different sizes and antique miniature sewing machines used by the salesmen of the machines.
ReplyDeletewhat a great trip you had , whats better then shopping in Lancaster?
Kathie
Wow - you girls really found a lot of treasures on your trip. Glad you had such a great time! Makes me want to take a road trip!
ReplyDeleteHmmm....where to start. I love to collect (an on occasion use) precuts. hey are just so darn cute! I also love to collect small chests with drawers. My granddaughters never seem to tire of looking for treasures in them. Then there is the old glass canning jars (great for buttons) and I have a problem passing up any new quilting "gadget" that comes on the market, then there is...well, you get the picture.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite is an old paper roll of straight pins - they all have red heads and look spectacular displayed in my studio! These pendants are amazing!
ReplyDeleteright now I've got a collection of thimbles and a few older irons. Love your style of decorating and quilting.
ReplyDeleteI just saw a crank sewing machine for the first time last month and thought I am going to own one someday. Then out of the blue, there was one for sale at an awesome price and I snatched it up. Her name is going to be Martha!!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite sewing collectable is a sewing box that my great grandfather made for my grandmother - it was my moms and now is mine! The pottery is lovely!
ReplyDeleteI like how old buttons look in glass containers.
ReplyDeleteChar S.
I guess my favorite sewing collectible is my grandma's thimble which I wear in a necklace thimble holder.
ReplyDeletePaula in KY
Seville has wonderful finds during their all city garage sale. Glad you found something you liked there Lynne.
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