Sunday, May 18, 2008

Vintage Linens


Show and Tell, hosted by Cerri of Little Pink Studio, is all about your vintage linens today.

I have a lot of these which have been handed down to me from my mom. They were all originally my grandmother's or my great grandmother's.

These first two are baby quilts that belonged to my mom and my uncle. I can't remember who made them, my grandma or my great grandma.
Obviously this one was my mom's... sweet little kittens on the fabric.

This one, my uncle's, is made of scraps from family clothing.


I love aprons! Here are a few made by my great grandmother.
Pretty matching adult and child aprons. Please ignore the wrinkles. They were recently washed and haven't been ironed yet.

Here are a couple of floral... love the sheer one.


Tablecloths...
This embroidered one was done by my mom.

This one was all hand done by my great grandmother and has four napkins too.

Peach with grape leaves.

This is my favorite one and was my paternal grandmother's.

A sweet little child's tea tablecloth.


If you are interested I posted last month about all of my embroidered tea linens here.

Thanks for visiting and thanks to Cerri for hosting.
Have a beautiful day!

10 comments:

Nancy said...

Love your linens - especially the aprons. Thanks for sharing! Nancy

Betty said...

It is so wonderful to have treasures like the ones that have been made and loved by your family. Thanks for sharing.

Margo said...

Beautiful collection! The embroidery your mother did is amazing.
Margo

Lori said...

Alisa, your linens are gorgeous...but i am really loving the floral aprons!!! those are stunners:) your mother's embroidery work is so beautiful...thanks for sharing!!!

Anonymous said...

Your linens are just Beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing them with us.

Kathy

Cami said...

I have a zillion quilts. Never thought about photographing them. Another post, another day. Love your collection. Esp. the ones handed down. And don't get me started on aprons!

Jenn said...

Wow! Love your linens... especially the baby quilts and the floral aprons..... very nice!

Karen ~ Cider Antiques said...

Love all your pretty linens and your embroidered collection. Very pretty! I have my Gramma's items too. Beautiful Collection !

Karen at ciderantiques

Anonymous said...

I love the child's tea tablecloth. How darling!

Bristol said...

What pretty linens, love your banner~
Bristol