Bootsale Booty!

I had decided not to bother with the car bootsale today, and have a well-deserved rest instead, but it was not to be. A French dealer phoned me to tell me she was there, and had put aside 2 bin-liners of Antique fabric for me to look at. As you can imagine, I needed no more encouragement, after all, not often is one offered an exclusive peek at newly discovered antique French textiles!

The first bag was filled with linen & cotton damask tickings in the dreamiest of colours, and a couple of pieces of really pretty fabric, one in an Arts & Crafts style reminiscent of a William Morris design, and another in a bold, styalised design in lovely colours.
The second bag turned out to contain some 50s florals, curtains, bedspreads, patchwork scraps and the like, but I decided against these as soon as I saw the contents of the 3rd bag... A lovely selection of unusual different handmade curtain panels, combinations of embroidery, filet lace, crochet, voile, net, linen, all in the deepest shades of tea & clotted cream. I had to have them! My favourite was a crocheted pelmet smothered in large flowers, and 2 life-size dragon flies! I have never seen a crocheted dragon fly before. I think I wil keep this piece, as it reminds me of my garden, which is currently filled with wonderful visiting dragonflies, heralds of midsummer.