Showing posts with label vintage fabrics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vintage fabrics. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

The Good and the Bad

On Monday, I got into a car accident. I've never been in a bad accident before. The girls were in the car with me, which made it even more frightening. I was hit from behind on I-95 and subsequently crashed into the pick-up truck that was in front of me. I was hit by a work van, and when I saw him coming, there was nothing I could do. I just covered my eyes. The driver felt terrible and was very apologetic. I just thank God that none of us, especially the girls, were hurt. My car has front and back-end damage. Hopefully we'll find out today whether it can be repaired or not. I am counting my blessings that we are all safe.




Here is something that cheered me up on that awful Monday. I was given a gift on Freecycle of a box of vintage fabrics and sewing patterns. The woman who gave it to me couldn't understand why I was so excited. She said, "it's just fabric scraps." But to me, it was a treasure box. Here are some of the highlights:

Vintage fabrics...some groovy...


Some floral...


And some patriotic...



Vintage patterns and a vintage sewing book...









A very nice gift indeed. I am grateful for the little things, too.

Sunday, June 13, 2010

Vintage Fabrics from Marian

Today was my lucky day. My friend Marian and her fiancee Rob stopped by for tea. They brought me these beautiful vintage fabrics that they found on their travels to Cape May, NJ.



I'm not sure what I'm going to do with them yet.


There are several pieces of the "scenic" fabric below--I think they were cafe curtains.



And, I love gingham in any and all formats! Thank you Marian and Rob.