Vintage Sewing

Vintage Sewing


1. beautiful vintage pin tins, 2. vintage ric rac, 3. vintage ric rac, 4. vintage ric rac

Some beautiful vintage sewing from OneGirl

Speaking of Vintage Ric Rac, have a look at Jodie's superb tutorial for a Tape Measure pouch. Simply brilliant!

11 comments:

Cathy said...

those vintage tin pins brings back so many memories of my grandma's sewing cupboard.

Ali said...

My mother has those very same pins! So evocative.

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Kate said...

I inherited some pins just like that!

Anonymous said...

awww, the pins!!!
sweet :)

Kris said...

My Mum had those pins when I was a kid! They are just soooooo familiar!

Levin said...

i have that pin tin! i must confess i took it from my mother - but she doesn't sew anymore and i love the fact that it's something that one day i can hand down to emily.
are you coming to hettie's on sunday?
l
x

quiltygal said...

Hi first visit to your blog I am an op shopper too but I like the church ones!! read your older post I am watching Dexter at the moment am half way through season one my friend lent them to me so I ended up buying them going to get season two as well are you going to Hetties Patch tomorrow?
Claire

Happy Harris said...

You are a girl after my own heart!... I am sooo glad i have found you - I am sure if we were neighbours we would be coffee morning pals!...luv happy x

Evas House said...

Lovely photos Carolyn!

LBA said...

My mum had that pin tin !

I had forgotten and as soon as I saw it, I could feel it in my hands, playing with it and admiring it - oh !

thankyou for that.
although now I wonder if I might find one myself - I wonder how rare they might be ?

lovely.