My cousin, who you see modeling in some of my pattern photographs, stopped by this afternoon as the bearer of a lovely gift! Her boss, Carrie, follows my blog and gave me a beautiful gift of vintage collars which belonged to her mother and grandmother.
Aren’t they lovely? If there’s one thing that makes my heart skip a beat, it’s beautiful antique and vintage laces. I can’t wait to add these to some sewing projects!
Thank you so much, Carrie, for your thoughtful gift! They will be cherished!
Lauren R
February 8, 2012 at 1:58 pm (13 years ago)I am SO jealous! I have just boarded the vintage/antique laces & trims boat recently, and the sight of these makes my heart beat. I will be hunting them at the Sacramento Antiques Market this Sunday. :-)
Lauren
February 8, 2012 at 2:03 pm (13 years ago)Welcome the the vintage lace addicts club! :D Good luck in your hunt, and if you find anything please do a show and tell post!
Stephanie
February 8, 2012 at 2:21 pm (13 years ago)How lovely!
Rozann
February 8, 2012 at 2:57 pm (13 years ago)Just luscious! No doubt you’ll find lots of pretty uses for them. How generous of your cousin.
Penny-rose
February 8, 2012 at 3:23 pm (13 years ago)What a lovely gift, so beautiful.
Sara
February 9, 2012 at 12:39 am (13 years ago)Amazing gift! I love wearing all kinds of collars :) these look so pretty!
alli
February 9, 2012 at 2:45 am (13 years ago)wow! you lucky girl! they are beautiful :)
textilehistorIE
February 9, 2012 at 10:05 am (13 years ago)Wow, what a gift! And you’ll be able to go back and ask them for more detail on each one, if you want to. Luckkky.
mala_14
February 9, 2012 at 11:46 am (13 years ago)So beautiful! What a lovely gift! I love seeing the different types of lace that the collars are made out of.
Isis
February 16, 2012 at 11:35 am (13 years ago)Gorgeous! And that reminds me that I have a couple of collars from my grandmother! Perhaps I ought to pull them out and take some pics. :)
The Dreamstress
February 27, 2012 at 11:46 pm (13 years ago)Lucky you! So pretty! Will you wear them or save them and study them?