New Life for Vintage Linens

I love to collect vintage linens. It is so fun to discover them at thrift stores and yard sales and then take them and make them into throw pillows, valances or other items for my home, as well as to sell. These pillows were made from a bedspread I purchased a few years ago in a little antique shop. It had been sitting in my linen closet with some other quilt tops. I finally came up with the idea to make all the separate days into pillows, as in the above grouping. I sold the "Friday" pillow in a craft show recently.
Some of the squares were painted and the outlining is hand embroidered. The painted designs with the little girl are so pretty and unique. I have listed them in my Etsy store. I just love the detail on the squares.
This picture shows the pretty pink bow on the little girl's apron.

This pillow is made from a vintage tablecloth I purchased from a garage sale at a local fundraiser. I love the pretty aqua color. The flowers are done in embroidery. I also have this pillow in my Etsy store. I've called it "Dancing Flowers", since the flowers appear to have movement. Beautiful colors. I have made all the pillows as covers so the forms may be taken out if the cover should need to be washed. Practical as well as pretty.

Pretty and Pink

My favorite color by far has always been pink, especially pale pink. I guess that is why I love collecting pink milk glass. I have also heard it called "shell pink glass". These two pieces sit on my dresser, which happens to be painted almost the same shade of pink. I pick up pieces wherever I can find them, usually as inexpensively as possible. The pedestal piece came from a yard sale and the jar with lid came from an antiques store.
This beautiful piece features embossed grapes and leaves. I discovered it on one of my many yard sale expeditions. It goes well with the vintage rose print, another yard sale treasure.
This piece is special to me in that it belonged to my mother-in-law. She gave it to me just recently. She and my father-in-law got it as a wedding gift in 1958. That makes this piece over fifty years old. I felt honored that she gave it to me for my collection and promised her I would pass it down to my niece later, to keep it in the family.