Another great Vintage Bazaar

Posted: September 26, 2016 | Author: | Filed under: Vintage Bazaar | Tags: | 1 Comment

We pulled out a truck load of vintage goodies this weekend: Pyrex, furniture, tablecloths, Bakelite, aluminum, glassware, kitchen gadgets, paintings… 

Luray made the screen door sign for our very first show

we have the best customers ever–they come back again and again

Luray always sets a great table–or ten–with lots of fun color

Vintage Bazaar great day Saturday, rainy day Sunday

Posted: June 21, 2015 | Author: | Filed under: Vintage Bazaar | 3 Comments

We were so busy setting up and selling stuff yesterday I really didn’t have time to take a lot of photos. 

one side of the booth during set up


 

too many linens in one small spot

  

quilts, chenille, sheets and more, much more

  

We loved having lots of shoppers!

  

less than half of our booth fits in the photo

  

Right out front–our fabulous, never used vintage grill

   

Too much stuff for two people! I hope the rain stops so we can sell more on Sunday!

Obies, the fabric hoarding store of your dreams

Posted: April 3, 2015 | Author: | Filed under: Favorite shops, Fun Finds | Tags: , , , , , | 8 Comments

Goodville, Pennsylvania is just a blip of a town. You drive through it before you realize you even arrived. Its biggest claim to fame is the legendary hoard of quilting fabric in Obies Country Store, an unassuming clapboard house with a 1960s sign over the porch.

A friend and I went fabric shopping there last week, like going to Fabric Mecca on Holiday. I was overwhelmed just by stepping inside. This is extreme hoarding without the bad smells or squashed cats.

obies fabric hoard

Come on in!  This is what you see when you open the door. Be brave! Keep going!

Click here for more!

How I made a four-year-old happy with vintage sheet scraps

Posted: March 24, 2015 | Author: | Filed under: Home and Garden | Tags: , , | 11 Comments

Several months ago I was delighted to get a gift from Amanda at Vintage Sheet Addict. She sent me a stack of beautiful vintage sheet pieces after I’d made a comment on one of her Instagram photos. (Check out her blog to see what she did with the same fabrics!)

vintage sheets from Adabea

Fat quarters of lovely vintage sheets. So 70s! Aren’t they just wonderful together?

I knew right away I’d want to do something special with them. Then one afternoon while the grandkids were jumping around the house an idea suddenly clicked: I’d make a dress for my four-year-old granddaughter. Click here to see more!

I put a vintage quilt in my washer and it didn’t die

Posted: March 18, 2015 | Author: | Filed under: Fun Finds, Laundry, This Old Row House | Tags: , | 6 Comments

I didn’t die, either (though you wouldn’t know it from my prolonged absence from this blog). Thank you, faithful readers, for coming back to look day after day after day!

A few weeks ago I bought a vintage quilt on eBay. A crazy colored quilt. A cheap quilt that no one else wanted. But I think it’s flat out wonderful.

red orange black vintage tumbling blocksquilt

Of COURSE red and orange and teal and black go together. Love at first sight.

Technically this is a comforter, not a quilt, because it’s tied, not quilted. Click here to see more!

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