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Tuesday, June 22

linens to love...



if there is one thing that gets my crafty pulse 'a racing'
and my little heart to quicken
it has to be vintage tablecloths and pillowcases.


indeed i can safely say when it is just
me,
Miss Ethel
and
a pile of vintage fabric finds
everything else fades away
and
i am transported to my happy place...


she is quite certain today is the day summer will start ~ Tif

36 comments:

  1. MinaraJune 22, 2010 at 3:08 PM

    wish i was as talented as you with a napkin!

    http://minara-homeschoolhome.blogspot.com/

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  2. SasaJune 22, 2010 at 3:18 PM

    Everything looks so beautiful!
    Specially the second and third flower fabrics!

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  3. RoxanneJune 22, 2010 at 3:26 PM

    Oh those are so pretty. I just want to lay on them in the grass with a colorful quilt. *sigh*

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  4. UnknownJune 22, 2010 at 3:47 PM

    About time, eh? :)

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  5. Michelle ClementJune 22, 2010 at 3:59 PM

    Oh, so lovely! :) I've recently been obsessed with vintage linens, too - am collecting them to make a quilt and curtains - among a billion other things. :) I just want to roll in them, they make me smile so!

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  6. mel @ loved handmadeJune 22, 2010 at 4:10 PM

    You do wonderful things with all those beautiful vintage tablecloths & pillowcases...

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  7. Sharon StanleyJune 22, 2010 at 4:13 PM

    ah yes, good fabric, a needle and thread and time...it just doesn't get any better than that! oh, and thanks for the computer fix...DONE!

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  8. RachaeldaisyJune 22, 2010 at 4:47 PM

    Vintage table cloths are the first thing I look for in thrift shops!! Your cushions are beautiful!!

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  9. ClareJune 22, 2010 at 4:56 PM

    I'm glad I'm not the only one who gets excited at the sight of some vintage floral linen. I'm like a laundry magpie!
    Nothing gets me inspired to get my sewing machine out like the shelf of second hand sheets at my local charity shop. (oh except that photo of beautiful cushion covers!)

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  10. angelinaJune 22, 2010 at 5:40 PM

    i love it:: happy day to yoU!
    xx

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  11. UnknownJune 22, 2010 at 5:53 PM

    i want that kind of pillowy softness... so pretty!

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  12. misselaineousJune 22, 2010 at 6:04 PM

    Love your pillows....and your blog header,Tif! You are fearless when it comes to combining prints & colors, and the results are great! Never fail to make me smile. *elaine*

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  13. LizeylouJune 22, 2010 at 6:31 PM

    These cushions are just beautiful - I SO wished that they lived at my house!

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  14. Maureen Cracknell HandmadeJune 22, 2010 at 6:31 PM

    What lovely pillows you have there! And, I am equally loving the stools I am seeing from wood and wool stool!

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  15. Lindsay CJune 22, 2010 at 6:45 PM

    Ahhh.. I love the fabric. It just makes me feel happy ! :)

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  16. IzzyJune 22, 2010 at 7:34 PM

    love it!!

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  17. GraceJune 22, 2010 at 7:57 PM

    Those are the cutest pillow slips I have EVER seen. LOVE them.

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  18. Lavender PlaygroundJune 22, 2010 at 8:20 PM

    Those pillows look really lovey, I really like how you mixed and matched and added different fabric on both sides. Ah yes, summer is here!

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  19. AnonymousJune 22, 2010 at 8:38 PM

    yay, finally a summery day! my mom introduced me to your blog and i adore it!
    kelly,
    fellow mossback

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  20. MichelleJune 23, 2010 at 12:25 AM

    Seeing your gorgeous summer pics makes me happy...
    I was going to ask if you would be able to put up a link thing in your side bar to your ordinarily extraordinary blanket "how to"...
    as I think this "how to" is ever so popular and sweet...

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  21. Dotty DelightfulJune 23, 2010 at 12:32 AM

    oh me too, I love the softness of vintage fabrics too and I think of the history behind the item and make up senarios in my head where they have come from and this may sound strange but I also love that musty old smell when you find them in shops!!

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  22. FrancescaJune 23, 2010 at 1:05 AM

    these are glorious tif. your pictures brighten my morning. x

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  23. Amanda MakesJune 23, 2010 at 3:25 AM

    Beautiful, Tif. I never find these lovely old fabrics, no matter how many car boots I go to! Perhaps they're all saving up for one fabulous day! In the mean time I can enjoy yours. Lots of love, Amanda xxx

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  24. follyandgleeJune 23, 2010 at 4:04 AM

    Completely in love with the beauty second up from the bottom. Any chance they will be going in the shop?

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  25. Bobo BunJune 23, 2010 at 4:09 AM

    Happiness summed up there Tif. I've just come back from the Boot and have a bag full of goodies which I'm oohhing and ahhhing over again.

    Now those fabrics you have there are just perfect.

    X

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  26. AllanaJune 23, 2010 at 4:09 AM

    These are so beautiful! :)

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  27. TisteMieJune 23, 2010 at 5:42 AM

    Oh I love it, I love flowers and I love your blog!

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  28. Claudia HornerJune 23, 2010 at 6:57 AM

    I just enjoy your granny chic style, and following your creative journeys through lovely thrifted materials. You make such wonderful things to love newly. I am truly inspired by your eye for repurposing! Now to make my sleep coulottes from a pair of thrifted floral pillowcases....

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  29. Natalie WardJune 23, 2010 at 7:05 AM

    beautiful!!

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  30. UnknownJune 23, 2010 at 7:50 AM

    those fabrics are so, so pretty! especially the pink flowered one. i can never seem to find such lovely vintage prints.

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  31. dottie angelJune 23, 2010 at 8:27 AM

    thank you kindly my dearies...
    and michelle, consider it done my sweetie :)

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  32. RamblingTartJune 23, 2010 at 1:06 PM

    These are beautifully cheerful! :-)

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  33. Arthur RansomeJune 23, 2010 at 2:25 PM

    It's not just the lovely fabrics and what you've done with them - it's that wonderful stool! Oh, the joy of furniture . . .

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  34. lisetJune 24, 2010 at 12:27 AM

    Love the cushions!

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  35. TaraJune 24, 2010 at 12:57 PM

    Tif, every day i look at your wonderful blog and sigh...you make the most lovely things and i am always inspired to have a go myself...love the cushions they are divine!! xxx

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  36. Hi! My name is erica. Would you be my friend?June 25, 2010 at 6:03 AM

    Just gorgeous... I'm happy now too, thanks! :D

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