Vintage vs Vintage
#11
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Woodmere, NY
Posts: 1,422
I have a couple of antique collections, but I like using them, and not just showing them... The old canning jars are used for spices, pasta, and anything that I want to keep fresh without using zip lock bags.. The tea towels that are hand embroidered are used in the bathroom, and kitchen.. The kitchenware are used instead of buying new..
Yup.. I use them..
Yup.. I use them..
#13
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Piedmont Virginia in the Foothills of the Blue Ridge Mtns.
Posts: 8,562
Vintage barkcloth fabrics.
Vintage sterling silver flatware.
Vintage family china/crystal
Vintage family table linens
Vintage quilt blocks in complete sets
Vintage sterling silver flatware.
Vintage family china/crystal
Vintage family table linens
Vintage quilt blocks in complete sets
#15
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Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Indiana
Posts: 450
I collect, of all things, yard sticks. The oldest one I have is over a hundred years old.
A lot of things I have and use are "vintage". My step-father was a junk dealer. I got a lot of stuff from him. The bed we sleep in was my husband's grandparents'. The bed my son and his wife have was my grandmother's. I have a lot of dishes and skillets that were my grandmothers' that I still use - my sons would take some of those if I would let them!
We also have a 1929 Ford Model A and a 1949 Ford truck.
I would hazard a guess that there is not a room in my house without something "vintage" in it and probably in use!
A lot of things I have and use are "vintage". My step-father was a junk dealer. I got a lot of stuff from him. The bed we sleep in was my husband's grandparents'. The bed my son and his wife have was my grandmother's. I have a lot of dishes and skillets that were my grandmothers' that I still use - my sons would take some of those if I would let them!
We also have a 1929 Ford Model A and a 1949 Ford truck.
I would hazard a guess that there is not a room in my house without something "vintage" in it and probably in use!
#16
Lots of stuff...yard sticks, buttons, wooden spools (have hundreds)pin cushions, toy sewing machines, sewing music boxes...thimbles. I have a pair of cotton carders....I remember my mom carding cotton on these...
#17
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Indiana
Posts: 3,607
I love and collect vintage dishes, especially, Jewel Tea and red catail and I have several pieces. We love to go to resale shops, garage sales and antique malls hunting for a treasure. Yesterday we found a doily stretcher from the
50's for a dollar. They thought it was a dart board. LOL!
50's for a dollar. They thought it was a dart board. LOL!
#18
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Mechanicsville, IA
Posts: 1,497
I love and collect vintage dishes, especially, Jewel Tea and red catail and I have several pieces. We love to go to resale shops, garage sales and antique malls hunting for a treasure. Yesterday we found a doily stretcher from the
50's for a dollar. They thought it was a dart board. LOL!
50's for a dollar. They thought it was a dart board. LOL!
Wish I had been there. I have lots of crocheted doilies and this would have made stretching and starching a lot easier.
We collected wood sewing boxes before we started collecting vintage machines. The boxes are full of my sewing notions and knitting supplies.
#20
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Louisiana
Posts: 317
I have some antiques that have been in the family that are sewing related: my bernina 830 record, three dresses from the 1880's, and a wicker pram that hides some of my projects. I began collecting vintage fountain pens when I was teaching, but now I only use the more modern ones since I need permanent ink for work. The rest are in mugs or silver julep cups on my desk.
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