A Vintage Inspired Idea

While out the other day I spied this laying in a pile of other fabric peices...........................................

at first I wasn't sure what it was, but as I pulled it out I happily saw a large, love worn tablecloth. A 1950-60 red and black beauty just waiting to be repurposed. It has several different panels......................................

 Of this delightful couple







 and, several country houses.

and the center has squares of a colonial floral motif. It will all make great appliques!

I couldn't wait I went right home and began embroidering the patterns.

I used various stitches to create different textures.

 My Grandma always said the back should look as nice as the front..........
I try.

While embroidering I got to thinking what I'd first like to create with them. A tote was my first thought, so I found this roomy one in my finished sewing..................................

Okay....got everything together, cut out my square applique and added some pretty rick-rack.............

attached it to the tote and ............................voile'.............

a 'Sweet Old-fashioned Girl' tote.

I thought a pretty matching shirt too, but I'm havng a hard time locating a pre-made black shirt in heavy wieght material. I'll keep looking, so, I think a tablerunner will be my next project.

I think will go on my Etsy site...If you would like to pre-book one of these totes just leave a comment.

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