Simply Neutrals Tuesday - Fabric Fragments

Because we spent so much time in France, I hadn't been to any English boot fairs for a long long time. But last Sunday, I finally managed to get to the last Icklesham boot fair of the season. I did find a few little bits and pieces, but my favourite finds were these, just little bits of salvaged fabrics from garments spanning many decades -

1960s heavy satin embroidered and beaded evening gown fragments -

A beautiful Edwardian battenburg lace collar which the seller had rescued from a tattered dress -

Late 19th Century hand made broderie anglaise trim, most likely from a Victorian undergarment -

Collar from a 1950s wedding dress. The silk is shattered, but the embroidery is salvageable and so pretty -

Also amongst the bits and pieces was this beautiful, large lace motif -

Hop over to Wen's blog and drool over all the other beautiful neutrals!

I bought a couple of other fabricy bits and pieces as well, like this gorgeous piece of a lace flounce from a 1930s Hollywood style evening dress -

but they don't really fit in with this Simply Neutrals post, so I'll leave them for another day.

Haven't been blogging much lately, I have been so busy trying to build up stock in my Etsy shop with lots of gorgeous French treasures from my many collections.

Toodlepip xxx