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Fun Finds...Pretty Linens


This week I found some lovely old linens at the thrift store!  This long table runner has a crocheted body and beautiful 8" wide crocheted trim at each end.  I'm so appreciative of the work that goes into a piece like this...






I found this sweet little spring plant at the garden store this week...wish I had saved the tag...campanula?  It can be planted outside as a perennial, too, and will bloom all summer...


Love the color...reminds me that lilacs will soon be in bloom!


The other linen piece was a beautiful square tablecloth...the handwork is like hardanger, but no embroidery...anyone know what this type of needlework is called?




It looks like an incredible amount of fine handwork!


I love this old Czechoslovakian creamer... 


the roses are gorgeous...



My last find was this cute little book..."thinking of you...little ways to say you care" by Marjabelle Young Stewart.  Printed in 1992, it is full of thoughtful little gifts and gestures for many occasions!  I love the book...who couldn't use a little help with fun gift ideas?  I checked and this book is still available new and used, very inexpensively, on Barnes and Noble and Amazon, and probably from other sellers, too. (not an ad, I just liked it)
 


Until next time...wishing you a beautiful spring weekend and maybe some fun finds, too!

33 comments

  1. Everything is lovely and great finds! What a sweet book!

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  2. You were so lucky to find these beautiful linens...they're stunning and so detailed. I can only imagine the hours and hours that it took to create them. Thanks for the little bit of spring; I can smell the flowers:-)

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  3. Linda- What great finds! I love your little pitcher AND all that linen! A fun day for you! xo Diana

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  4. Very lovely! I have a collection and most are from family. I love them. Your flowers are wonderful!
    Hugs, Lisa

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  5. You could add Gorgeous Photos to the title of your post. That first photo is just stunning! Great linen finds. The first one sort of looks like daisies. I can't even imagine having the patience to complete a piece like that.

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  6. You scored on that first piece! I love it! I feel like I should know what the other piece is called but it's not coming to me. Anyway, great stuff and beautiful pictures!
    Faye

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  7. What gorgeous linens... I love sharing your finds :)

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  8. They are stunning works dear Linda,I LOVE THE CROSHETED ONE, HOW BEAUTIFUL.
    The creamer is so lovely ,I collect creamers also, and yes the blue/lillac flowers can only make one happy.
    Hugs,Dorthe

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  9. Linda those linens are really beautiful! My grandmother created a lot of linens and I treasure them. I hope you have a wonderful weekend, and I will look for both that flower and for that book.

    Kat

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  10. Love the linens, well I am a linen freak so there you go.

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  11. The runners are beautiful! Oh my, what a lot of hours go into those and so sad that they end up in thrift stores. Or maybe that is a good thing, they you and I and others like us can own something that I can only dream of making.
    The first one is very unique!
    The little purple blossom is gorgeous!
    Have a good day,
    Cindy

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  12. I love your gorgeous linens! Me being an embroiderer should know what kind that is, but I am sorry I don't. If you find out please let me know.....I love to learn new things.

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  13. Oh you always find the best stuff! I can certainly appreciate the time and work that goes into those crochet runners!!! And I love the Czech creamer. I love painted china! I just saw your previous post too on the lake. What I would NOT GIVE to have a place on the lake to call my very own!!! I am a lake loving girl!!! Looks like another summer is about to be enjoyed at your special place!!!! Hugs,
    Kris

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  14. Those linens look gorgeous! I save beautiful hand work from life in a thrift store whenever I can. All of that work deserves respect, not life on a hook after Grama spent all that time making it!

    Tammy

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  15. Some wonderful finds, Linda. I like collecting vintage linens too. I have no idea what that one is. I love the little creamer.

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  16. Gaaaahhhh! Gorgeous!!! I saw your post this morning and had to run before I could visit, and you got to me first! That crochet runner was meant for me! How on earth did it end up in YOUR neighborhood?? Haha. That runner is one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen in my life! Did you choke when you saw it? I have always loved that leaf pattern on anything I've seen it on. The other one is pretty too, of course. I think it IS hardanger. Looks like a lovely book too. Oh, just enjoy all that!

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  17. What heirloom treasures you have found. Nice to know they are safe now.

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  18. I love the table runner. Look at that detailing. *sigh* What a wonderful find.

    blessings,
    karianne

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  19. Oh Linda, I love linen, what a find, my heart would have been racing. I don't know what that table cloth is, I am off to read the comments to see if anyone else knew!

    Carol

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  20. You always seem to have the best luck finding treasures. The table runners are GORGEOUS!

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  21. Pretty table runners and that little creamer is lovely with the roses on it. Good finds!

    xo,
    Danielle

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  22. Gorgeous linens! I so adore handwork. Love your other treasures too. Mimi

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  23. Oh, Linda, that crochet work is stunning. How exciting to find all those wonderful treasures.

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  24. You always find the neatest treasures, Linda! I love vintage linens too, and yours are beautiful! Is the second one called "drawn work"? Not sure, I have a few similar to yours too. Have fun at the estate sale this weekend!

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  25. I love all your treasures!!! I too can appreciate all that handiwork.
    Have a great weekend,
    xxx Liz

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  26. Linda, those linens are stunning. I've never seen any like that.
    Of course, I loved the scale you photographed them with!
    xo
    lynn

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  27. Hi, I came for a visit from Kris' blog, Simpify. Wow what a find, that crocheted lace edging is amazing. What a lovely post! Both of my parents are from MN and came out here in '53 so all my cousins and extended family is still there in MN. What I remember best about the summers there besides the mosquitos, (hee, hee,) is the most wonderful fresh scent in the air. Have relaxing wknd!

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  28. The term "cutwork" comes to mind for your pretty piece of linen. I'll have to Google it when I sign out. And the pitcher with the painted roses is just beautiful.

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  29. Love all the old linens Linda but I am really crazy over that old scale! I am dying to find one!!!
    Pamela ox

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  30. Beautiful! I need to go to "your" thrift store!

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  31. I love those sweet little flowers, and the linens are lovely!

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  32. Linda, like you, I am always amazed and appreciative of the work that must have gone into beautiful linens. You found some gorgeous ones. I love those flowers and my first thought too was "lilacs". We don't have them down here, but when we lived in Toronto we had a beautiful lilac tree in the backyard. Their fragrance is heavenly. Ann

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  33. Those linens are so delicate and pretty. I love the little purple flowers too. They look so pretty with those linens too.

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