Needle Arts & Vintage Textiles

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NAVT, I found you!

I thought this board had disappeared! I had the hardest time finding it. Hello, meowmeow! Anyone else from the "old days" still here? I would like to introduce myself but the board is telling me not to post my name. Maybe later. I collect vintage tex...

Is Ebay a good place to sell vintage Needlepoint?

I have a ton of unopened, half done and completed needlepoint canvases, kits and framed pieces. Clearing out a crafters shopaholic home and she has an enormous needlepoint collection. Items are clean complete and a couple i think are very valuable. I...

Info on this antique sampler?

Hello. This sampler was found in a grandmothers estate. It is under anti-glare glass. Can anyone glean any info from these photos? "Life How Short- Eternity How Long" is visible. The family had no knowledge about it. Thank you for sharing your expert...

identifying type, maker, age, possible value of this vintage/antique wool blanket

Picked up this wool blanket at an estate sale some years ago.No maker/company tag.The pattern seems quite distinctive; however google lens pulls up nothing at all similar2nd pic shows original edging. It appears that as it got worn, someone covered t...

Help ID antique Turkish Rug Textile

Can anyone help me with this item? background info: from an old trunk full of antique pre 1800s textiles I am guessing from Turkey that’s how I have been listing them This one has a unique shape / style hoping someone can confirm it’s origin.date. re...

Vintage Corduroy Calico Stamp on Back

Anyone recognize this stamp on the back of corduroy from the 50s?

hand woven tapestry with embroidered people & animals (what is this?)

Hello, everyone!I've not used the community before, but I could use some help with identifying what this embroidered and woven tapestry. Any idea the country of origin, meaning behind the depiction, age? Anything will help.Measures about 78" long (no...

Is this needlepoint looks like dancing couple ?

29" x 16", I think this looks like needlepoint. It was in an old frame under glass but it was in poor shape so I took it out. It is on some type of board. On the back of frame it had this label as shown but I don't know the language. Hope you can hel...

Old Cat Pee on Antique Autograph Quilt Top ... Unsalvageable?

About 10 years ago, I acquired a ca. 1915 autograph quilt top, made up of solid red & white blocks - the white ones have inked signatures. I think it may be a "Red Cross" quilt top since it's World War I era. I had it folded up at the foot of a bed u...

VINTAGE BEAR PATTERN HAND MADE? RUG, YOUR THOIUGHTS PLEASE

I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT RUGS OTHER THAN YOU WALK ON THEM...FOUND THIS AT AN ESTATE SALE, WAS TOLD IT WAS OLD, NOT SO SURE THAT IS TRUE. WAS ALSO TOLD IT WAS HAND MADE AND NOT MACHINE MADE,,,AGAIN, NOT SURE THAT IS TRUE. THE BEAR PATTERN IS WOVEN IN, I D...

Sewing people, help with "what's this called"

I bought this so long ago, I can't even remember how I found it, much less what to call it.It's a trim but 7 3/4' wide.

Italy vintage tablecloth? Help define

Hello .This tablecloth remained from my grandmother as an old Italian tablecloth.Recently I received information that this is a vintage of the USSR.Spent a lot of time and did not understand the country of origin.Help identify the origin.https://www....

Crochet Fantasy Magazine Pattern

I am in search of a vintage pattern from Crochet Fantasy magazine. Unfortunately I do not have the month/year. It was from the late 1980s-1990s. It may have been on the cover of the magazine, but I am not sure of that. The pattern is for a Christmas ...

Resolved! Vintage Tatting or Crochet??

This beauty was discovered in an elderly relative’s estate inventory. It looks like a form of tatting to me, not your average crochet piece. I’m assuming it dates anywhere from 1920s to 1950s but that is just a guess. Anyone able to give me any in...

SEWING SUPPLIES

Hello - Does anyone know what these vintage sewing supplies are used for or referred to as in addition to the obvious (string cord rope etc etc)? Thanks , Christopher