Linens Lot

I decided to bid the minimum for those Goodwill online auction lots I mentioned, and won several, as it happens. The first to arrive was this 10lb. vintage linen collection that I bid less than ten bucks, and went unchallenged. Vintage linens are a great resource for slow stitch fabrics and ideas. I had the feeling this lot would be a nice one, and I was right (and then some.)

Here's everything in the lot, but to give you a run down, there are: 3 banquet-size damask tablecloths (one of these came with 11 matching napkins), 4 runners, 9 kitchen towels, 2 table toppers, 2 placemats, 2 arm rests, 3 circular doilies, 1 linen calendar and 1 smaller tablecloth that exactly fits our little dining table. Most of the pieces are embroidered linen or damask, and all are in great condition for their age, which I'd guess to be around 50 to 75 years old. From the price tags still on them I think an antique textile seller might have donated them to Goodwill.

Here's one of the embroidered table toppers. I remember my grandmother stitching linens like these with the embroidery directions printed on the edge of the cloth like this one.

Absolutely gorgeous needlework, too.