Last Hoorah Continued

When we were at Granddaddy's antique mall I picked up one of these maps. When you open it up it has dots that represent the antique malls in North Carolina. I picked up the last one there but I did pick up 6 more at another store. If you would like one, email me privately with your snail mail address I will put one in the mail to you.

So now the Saturday begins! The plan was that my husband was going to cut down a dead tree on our property and chop it up for future fire wood. An all day chore. Remember Saturdays were our day to work around the house. He really did not want to do it and he was glad that we were getting some much needed rain. So I asked him if he wanted to go exploring again and he jumped at the chance. Besides checking antique stores we really do like to drive around and explore different small towns. So the towns we decided to visit this day was Welcome, Lexington, and Thomasville.

Today I will share with you what I found in Welcome at Finishing Touch Antiques and Consignment store. It is a small shop but it is packed with all kinds of stuff. I found this crochet lace wrapped around a piece of cardboard. I think it is hand crochet because if you look at the two ends you can see the difference in the points. The top section looks like the beginning and as the person went along the crochet got better and better. It has some stains and spots so I am going to soak it in some Oxiclean and see if they will come out. When I got it home I measured it and there was 10 yards.

Now for those of you who crochet, if I wanted to use a yard of this in a project how do I go about cutting it where it doesn't all unravel on me?
I found this old towel with this embroidery on it. The picture makes it look much better than it does. The stains on it are really bad but I just loved the embroidery on it. I will soak it too.
And the last thing I found at this shop was this pillow case in excellent condition. Look at the crochet border.
I will share Lexington and Thomasville tomorrow. I don't want to make the post to long and bore you. But I did want to share two more things here today. There is going to be an outdoor Antique Festival in Liberty, North Carolina (rain or shine) on September 25-26 from 8-5pm. They do this twice a year. Over 375 dealers come to this 100 acre farm to have this festival. We have not ever been so it might be fun to visit one time.

The other thing is that Bonnie over at Calamity Jane's Cottage is having a fantastic giveaway. Her birthday is also September 4 so tell her Happy Birthday and tell her I sent you.

With Passion,

Carrie P.

Color is my day-long obsession, joy and torment. Claude Monet