1.23.2011
vintage seamstress
Among the several things we were able to salvage post fire was my grandmother's sewing kit containing vintage needle packs, spools of thread, scissors and needles. Although the basket was severely damaged, all the contents inside were salvagable. Introduce a shadow box frame from Ikea, and I now have a treasured collection of my grandmother's things on my wall.
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I absolutely LOVE this!! It looks fantastic!
ReplyDeleteThat looks so cool!! Such a lovely way to display your grandmother's things :)
ReplyDeleteThat is awesome! Love it! Seeing the collection makes me smile because I have a similar collection of my Grandma's stuff.. :) I am inspired by you to do something with it now. Love the buttonhole scissors too.. So much more interesting than regular ones :)
ReplyDeleteWow now that is a work of art. I can"t believe how fast you got that put together. It is stunning and priceless.
ReplyDeleteA truly beautiful and considered memorial to your grandmother, as well as a positive loving inspiration which will spread to all in the future. It has a strong presence, it heightens reality, well done Sarah.
ReplyDeleteThat is a wonderful idea. Now they can be seen and loved. I hope many more beautiful things come out of this terrible event.
ReplyDeleteSarah this is amazing!! so beautiful to honour your grandmother.
ReplyDeleteLOVE this! it looks an absolute million bucks! and the beauty is, of course, where all these little prizes came from!
ReplyDeleteThat is lovely.
ReplyDeleteI love love love this.
ReplyDeleteWow. I'm behind in my reading. Apparently I just needed to scroll down in order to see all the new stuff.
ReplyDeleteI've really enjoyed seeing all the ways that you've displayed the items from your grandparents. As sad as the fire was, it's a nice little blessing in disguise that you're going through all the leftover belongings and finding ways to display all of these keepsakes.
Thank you so much for sharing :)
Found it! :) lol Now I just have to go dig through my mom's old sewing stuff...
ReplyDeleteThis is so perfect, such a timeless display. just beautiful. I am soo into your blog - it's amazing. very inspiring. I have some cool vintage stuff from my grandma and would love to do the same but am freaked out that I'll ruin them. this might sound silly but I am curious as to how you attached all those items? do you worry about keeping it all acid free?
ReplyDeleteAnonymous - I used a very small, small, SMALL amount of hot glue on most of the items. For the paper I did use some stick tack - in case I wanted to do something else with them later. I should, but I don't worry about acid free matting and papers or glues. I like patina, age and a little imperfection.
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