Category — About Vintage Linens

This tutorial appeared on the blog written by Rachel at Smile and Wave.  It is the perfect way to use and display doilies in a new and fresh way – and it’s simple!  The results are just lovely and will fit in so many different types of home decor – see the result for yourself:

(Image used with permission from the Author)

Some of her really cool suggestions include using different colors, to get a variegated effect, or to try with colored doilies (and we’ve been itching to try our hand at dying linens since it’s such a huge thing in Europe right now).  She also recommends making sure the background fabric is a little bit different so the design shows up, but not too different, so it doesn’t steal the show.

I’m now going to go dig through doily boxes and make one too!

We start setting up on September 25, and will be open to the public from September 26 to October 3. Our booth is still the BIG one in the building, with more and more wonderful treasures from Europe – don’t miss us!  Burton is on the road to Round Top – see map

If you need directions – look here

Since we sort of forgot to post the show information other than our ad that appeared in several publications, we thought we’d share some of the pictures of our booth. The general consensus seems to have been ‘Wow’. It was 48 by 31 feet and huge. We considered walkie-talkies and megaphones and settled for just walking more.

Set up began on March 26. 4 of us worked most of the day to get the framework in place. Walls, racks, lights, tables and so on. Friday, under pouring rain, the actual unloading of the 26 foot truck began.

By the looks of it, even the cabin was full

The other end of the booth looked something like this, with a set up that included 4 beds

It’s still a work in progress at this point

Toward the middle part, the lamps looked very elegant

The front of the booth with some of the sheets

This was the only part that got any daylight this time, even though we now have 9 windows. The Texas wind interfered with our plans, and we had to keep them shut almost all the time. It was cold too!

The new sheet racks did the job but need sturdier rods, those sheets are h e a v y!

The booth was an L shape, with this part being the long end.

This wheelbarrow was full of bunnies (plush ones) but they sold out fast so we had to improvise. The Easter linens did not stay neat for long.

This end of the booth was always messy because the bolts of fabric kept running away. It’s narrow too, so quite a challenge. But nobody seemed to mind the mess and everyone loves digging for treasures!

The bed corner was quite inviting

some more general pictures