Thursday, March 26, 2009

Shopping for Vintage Linens - Part 3

Tonight I want to share with you some pictures of some of the lovely vintage laces that my friend Joan had on display at her shop, Mormon Trader Antiques in Salt Lake, when we visited last weekend. This should be a drool-worth post for anyone with an appreciation for old laces and linens........

Mostly pictures, few words this time. :-)

Below: Bobbin lace, anyone??


OK, gloves don't count as linens or lace, but they were right THERE, so I snapped a picture!


The truth is, for every picture I snapped, there was probably five times that much that I didn't get a picture of.......

Joan makes sure that the lace and linens are clean and crisp.

Below: Tub o' Spools....... and not the only one, I might add! Not much blog time tonight, so I'll keep it short and sweet. Hope you enjoyed the pictures! Next time I should finish up pictures of my antiquing adventure, or just about. :-) Right now, must go stitch!

Hugs,
Cathy

15 comments:

Ati said...

Cathy I can't believe it, so much lovely old lace in one place!
Thanks for showing us.

Pat Winter Gatherings said...

Scream! Squeel! Panting.....Drooling......fainted!
Pat.....you are so cruel!!!!!!!
:-)

Simona said...

OH Cathy, I wish to be there....
What a wonderful place!

Karrin Hurd said...

I want to come shopping with you!

Wildflowerhouse said...

I'm coming too!! What Pat said I double it. Can you hear me I am panting and screaming from WA, ohhhhh my goodness you lucky girl. Sharon

Shari said...

?Cathy I am now officially dehydrated and in need of medical care. They will take me to the hospital and I will be delirious asking for "more lace, more lace". What a shop and the prices looked right too! I think this may be a destination trip for me and some others in the near future. Thanks for sharing.

CJ STITCHING AND BLOOMS said...

Hello Cathy, WOW, I have never seen sooooo many truly gorgeous, antique laces, linens, and gloves. I could of never resisted buying heaps of those gorgeous laces. How did you manage??? LOL Hugs Judy

Heather said...

Cathy.... WOW! I am so jealous.... I don't even know if we would ever see a shop like that anywhere in Canada.

Cheryl said...

I think my next vacation will be spent in this store...all seven days of it!

LINDA BYLSMA said...

Thanks for coming by my blogs. Now that I've found you, I'll put you on my list. I LOVE vintage linens and fabrics. Looks like a wonderful adventure!

Susan Elliott said...

I've soaked my first bib and I'm onto my second. Lucky you to have such a friend...

Laurette said...

Hi, Cathy. I can not believe my eyes saw these beautiful laces,linen and them gorgeous gloves. You sure lucky to be able to purchase such goodies.I wish I could find something nearly like that around here,(sight).Enjoy it.
Laurette

pam said...

What a tease Cathy!!
This shop is like birthdays and Christmases all rolled into one :o0
All I can say..now I picked myself up from the floor is this...GOOD JOB THEY HAVE NO WEB SITE.
Hugs Pam Uk

Cathy said...

Oh Pam ... Guess what? We are going to help her get her ArtFire account going, LOL! Joan will be listing some of these wonderful goodies there - I'll let you know ("warn"?) when. I say we just buy out all her stock and split it between us, LOL!
Hugs, Cathy

Unknown said...

Cathy, OMGosh! Those pieces of lace are beautiful!

I feel terrible! I had 23 comments on my blog to moderate and like a dork I accidentally clicked on "REJECT" instead of PUBLISH! SO SORRY!!!
Your comment was one of those. I so want to count you in as part of the giveaway!!! Would you kindly comment again? I copied and pasted your comment from the email alert that was sent:

"Well, congrats on your 100th Post & Blogaversary! Woo-hoo!! I don't know which looks yummier, the tatting book & video or the cake. But I DO know that the tatting is better for us, and I want to try (again) to learn. LOL! Hugs, Cathy"