It's weird but every antiques fair seems to have a theme in terms of the stuff I find. The last one was all about baubles and this one seemed to be mostly about textiles. Embroidery, needlepoint, old silk kimono printed fabric, a niave kitty toy with button eyes. The image above is a huge, hand done needlepoint piece that I'm going to make into a pillow. The pattern and colors are so groovy and the craftwork is perfect. It'd meet with approval from David Hicks' I think and will sass up the bedroom nicely. Hm, maybe I need a new utility canvas bedcover in blaze orange for a total sass up to the bedroom. Funny how the "bargains" we find at these things often turn out to cost a lot more than you planned...
To see more pics of textile finds from the fair check out craft, textile, pattern on my flickr site.
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