Tablecloth Thursday

Welcome to Tablecloth Thursday. Recently I found out that Sarah collects vintage tablecloths. Well, I collect them too...

So I thought, why not see if Sarah wants to join me in a blog feature...Sarah was agreeable, so when you leave here please stop at The Misadventures of Mama and Jack and check out her tablecloth post. Now all we need is you!!! Let me know that you will be posting a vintage tablecloth...and which Thursday...and I will link to your blog on mine. The more the merrier. For the record, Sarah has about 125!!! and I have about 50. So, if you have fewer tablecloths, you can use those numbers (with the significant other) as evidence that you have lots of self-control... and really need to find more tablecloths!

Most of my tablecloths are from the 1940s and 50s. I like the printed kind, although the embroidered cloths are beautiful too. Many are Wilendur, a popular name for cloths that often consist of four, nine or twelve "bouquets". I started collecting in 2001 after a coworker showed me how to use Ebay...big mistake! Now I buy most from estate sales. I am pretty picky now because I have so many.

My stepsister and brother-in-law gave me this book last Christmas, along with a vintage tablecloth from his family. What a thoughtful and treasured gift.

It's always fun to find one of mine in the book, but I don't get too excited about price because it's hard to find a cloth in mint condition. So, now that we have Tablecloth Thursday on the map, anyone for Hanky Sunday?

I've got a LOT of hankies!

 

Potholder Friday...

Tea Towel Tuesday?  Just kidding. I do hope you'll join us for Tablecloth Thursday though. Thanks for visiting Hollyhocks.

Note: Apparently what I need is a calendar...I thought I was posting on Weds. night for Thurs. and it's only Tuesday...Well, that gives all of you time to get ready for Tablecloth Thursday on your blogs...yeah, I meant to do that...

Comments

[Sarah]

How lucky you are to have a book! I want one, but they are so expensive and I always think "gee, I could buy how many tablecloths with that $30 instead?" LOL

Would you believe I do not have a Wilendur American Beauty in red? I have one in yellow, but it is round.

(I think book values on most everything is ridiculous, but $75 for that cloth? Seems like a pretty common cloth actually.)

[Jerusalem]

I am going to do my best to remember to post on Thursday! I have a very small - but very loved - collection!

[Jennifer]

Love your tablecloth collection and your teatowels too. I had the same exact Little Bo Peep hanging in my bedroom as a young girl. Hmmm, wonder if my mom still has it?

[nikki]

Your linens have me drooling! I haven't got near the tablecloth collection as you but I do have more linens total than any one person should be allowed to have! I'm actually trying to weed out a few things. I will try and post a tablecloth tomorrow.

[Nicky]

O dear!!! What an enormous collection of vintage textiles.I do not realy care for them but when you see them in a big pile is gets something special.Hihihi

[Karla]

I love vintage linens! I am still in the very early stages of collecting though so I don't have many!
Karla

[Jayne]

Oh wow! That is a lot of tablecloths! I probably have 15 - 20 & I thought that was a lot! I laughed about "Hanky Sunday" etc - your collections sound a bit like mine - they just seems to appear & grow out of nowhere!

[Lara]

Hi. My name is Lara Berch. I have just launched a new website with step by step art tutorials. I was wondering if it's possible to exchange links with you. http://www.laraberch.com
Thank you very much for your time.
Sincerely
Lara

[ffred harris]

oh my gosh! is there nothing you dont collect...are you sure we were not seperated at birth, your blog is just like me looking in a mirror!

[pinkgreen]

I just love those tablecloths. I have a little collection of small tablecloths but they are all too small for my table! I use them in the Summer outside though. Yours all look so lovely piled up together. What a lovely blog too.
Cathy X

[Darly]

I would love to participate in Tablecloth Thursday. I've got a few sweeties up my sleeve. Is it too late to join?
Sincerely,
Darly

[Cece Marie]

I gasped upon reading that whole bag of buttons for $3! Oh, I'm so jealous! I love your collections! Very reassuring to know I'm not the only one who is so smitten by vintage hankies, tablecloths, buttons, potholders, etc! You are a girl after my own heart!
:) Cece

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