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Sad News This is written by Zani, Elizabeth's daughter. After several months of ill health, Elizabeth passed away peacefully on the 18th August 2016. She loved her blog and her textiles. Than...

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     My bee-keeping outfit of a white space-suit type over-all with fencing hood and some long white kid gloves have arrived from Pakistan and very smart and pristine they are.  It is time t...

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dried and pressed sea-weed picture from the Channel Islands A FEW SAMPLES FROM MY COLLECTION OF LADIES AMUSEMENTS Yes I am back on the job and please forgive the gap, which was not a holi...

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I am sorry for the intermittent nature of my Blogs just now  - few and far between, but maybe that is a good thing!  The fact is that I am off on 2  new project (more news later) and have had ...

http://elizabethbaertextiles.blogspot.com/2015/07/blog-on-blog-off.html

A collection of my bags, all made from second-hand scraps of old ticking, clothing or furnishing materials with old linen sheet linings, all hanging on an old French pot rack. This was origin...

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    Getting my business going!  |When I came to the West Country and decided to sell second-hand curtains   from France, especially large ones from the chateaux which suited my own house an...

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       Here are a few suggestions for making things, possibly presents, out of pretty old fabrics.  They are always appreciated by others and all are fairly quick and easy to mak...

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A tote bag made from scraps of early 19thC .hand-woven linen feather bed covers.    When I first starting dealing in linen and bought large quantities as 'job lots' for very few francs a...

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 Barge toleware decoration was often called 'castles and roses' as these were a feature.    I am not quite sure where this label will lead me - but in antiques I certainly got to know a l...

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A period dressing chest (Edwardian, repainted)   Having had some experience, and much enjoyment, buying furniture for my new spare bedroom (formerly my 'best' linen show- room). I thought i...

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attractive frilled door curtain, as new sturdy French ticking    This scan shows a very old form of mattress used in France by the peasants, made of ticking and once filled with fea...

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Dressing table set     If, like me, you enjoy collecting small and pretty things,  make a bit of impact in a corner or above a low piece of furniture.  I have always preferred to make a...

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     Sat. Sun. 6th, 7th.  June, 2015. This is part of a new series of small fairs organised in my home town of   Bradford on Avon in the interesting old vaults (ground level) in the cent...

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 A cushion cover made from Basque kitchen tea towel, a ticking window seat and a bit of Toile curtain    If you  read my blogs, you will know that I am passionate about recycling old ...

http://elizabethbaertextiles.blogspot.com/2015/04/odds-and-ends.html

   I came across this review of a new book THREADS by Julia Blackburn, Jonathan Cape, that made me want to get it out of my library for the amazing story and illustrations done by a sea-faring ...

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 Here is my suggestion for a really good day out!   This lovely old house and garden are the setting for one of our most prestigious open days!  Talent for Textiles are arranging a large qual...

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      When you start collecting anything, I do think it is a good idea to do a little home-work on the way! A trip around Ebay on the Internet is a useful start and cross reference, and, wh...

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THE CLOTHES MOTHS ARE BACK WITH US earlier than ever after the mild winter and they are out looking for cosy, warm, woolly nesting places.  Yesterday, I found 5 just crawling out from under a bl...

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  One of my favourite bedside books!  To be dipped into when I have a little spare time and I always feel both refreshed and inspired with the photo pictures of  quaint objects, many beaut...

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   DISPLAYING TEXTILES AT A FAIR IS QUITE A PROBLEM - YOU CAN'T DO MUCH WITH THE ONE 6' TRESTLE TABLE USUALLY SUPPLIED AND THERE ARE NO HOOKS OR RAILS TO HELP ON THE WALLS.    YOU CAN SHOW SM...

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This lovely book is in perfect condition and contains a wonderful treasury of pictures, descriptions and examples of American textile art.   I am selling it because it is quite heavy and too la...

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A group of  Marottes  ('bonnet ladies') wearing traditional French lace caps  In the past, the French artisans, the carpenters, the shoemakers, the weavers, the iron masters, worked to v...

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19C. Toile and ticking lined Cushions  in red/white shades  A selection of toile-covered cushions all made from short remnants or damaged pieces too small to do anything else!  Dependin...

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 A French working shirt, hand stitched in coarse hemp,    I have often had customers looking for their own initials on the linen sheets, but as they are always in pairs, usually...

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teatime napkins used for pretty bed cushions Elaborate damask weave with a frill Pique and handmade red/white trim I am aware that in the US 'pillows' are referred to as what we c...

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