Crafting Curio Cabinet

Score no.2 from the Horder collection, some fantastic sewing paraphernalia!
Hand-me-downs and pass-alongs from 2 generations ago...

First a lovely handmade spool rack, very charming, not to mention functional.

Second - this cute, quaint and intriguing craft storage unit. I have never seen anything like it! It is at least 50 years old and I would assume it was custom made by hand, lovingly no doubt for an avid stitcher.

Standing around 3 feet tall or so, it contains spool pegs, compartments, hooks, a pocket and troughs for holding all your sewing bits. It's super neat. It folds shut and closes with a little clasp... a couple of handles on the top make it easy to move around. I'm thrilled to have it!

Perhaps the best part of all with these adorable objects is that the cabinet came stocked with all sorts of items decades old! A tin of old machine attachments, trims, buttons, wooden spools of thread, a variety of nostalgic needle books, a pair of scissors, pincushion and ribbon, all older than my mother. What a delight!

A tiny treasure.

:)

Doily Super-Stash

One of the pro's to having a true blue Horder in your life is the mounds of useful/useless items at your disposal.


Like a box full of crochet doilies. And when I say a box full, I mean a box FULL! Not a shoe box, a big box containing some 50+ doilies.
These little gems have been stashed away just waiting for someone like me.


When life hands you a box of doilies what else is there to do but make doily buntings?!

So introducing, Tea-stained Doily Wall Hangings. The newest super-sweet item to the This is Small House collection. Watch for them soon in the shop as well as our booth at the New Bloor Festival on Saturday, July 24.


Precious.