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News and views from a British antique textile dealer who has always sourced the best linens and fabrics from La France Profonde. Now branching out into Vintage Armchairs for Seniors needing comfort and support. Contact: dbaer@onetel.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------
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- A BLEND OF BLAND (2)
- A cover up and a ticking off. (2)
- Fringe Benefits (2)
- Near to dropping (2)
- Needleworks on show. (2)
- Needling the enemy. (2)
- RURAL AND RUSTIC (2)
- What's in a name? (2)
- .. it (1)
- A CONNOISSEUR OF TOILE (1)
- A Big Show Off (1)
- A CHRISTMAS FEAST OF COLOUR (1)
- A CLEAN SHEET (1)
- A COOL RECEPTION (1)
- A Christmas Roundelay (1)
- A Dowry is for Life (1)
- A Dream House . (1)
- A FINAL TOUCH (1)
- A FIRESIDE CHAIR BY ANOTHER HAND (1)
- A MODEL PUPIL (1)
- A PUFF FOR POLLY (1)
- A Rare Chance (1)
- A SOFT TOUCH (1)
- A STITCH in TIME (1)
- A Turn around (1)
- A Year in Provence is not enough. (1)
- A bedtime story (1)
- A born again BARN (1)
- A dress for dreaming. (1)
- A drop in the stitching (1)
- A feast of colour (1)
- A good service for particular people. (1)
- A head start (1)
- A labour of love. (1)
- A network of fabrics (1)
- A piquant mix (1)
- A wonderful Source for all Things decorative. (1)
- ARE YOU SITTING COMFORTABLY? (1)
- ATTIC TREASURE (1)
- Accessories fora Victorian nursery scene. (1)
- Aiming for the best. (1)
- All things bright and beautiful. (1)
- All tucked up. (1)
- An eyeful of colour (1)
- Ancient and Modern in Brittany (1)
- And so to Bed (1)
- Another Bed Post (1)
- Antique Chintz (1)
- Are you being served?? (1)
- Army surplus (1)
- Auld Lang Syne (1)
- BEAUTIFUL BEDDING (1)
- BEDROOM BLUES (1)
- BEDROOM RELAXATION (1)
- BETTER THAN A HAYSTACK (1)
- BIKE IT? LIKE IT? (1)
- BONNY BONNETS (1)
- BROCANTEUR ROSIE AND FRIENDS (1)
- BUTCHER BOYO (1)
- Battered bodies (1)
- Beat the fprthcoming rise in VAT. (1)
- Beautiful dressing for beds (1)
- Bedtime reverie (1)
- Blankets for Summer Bedding (1)
- Blind Man's Buff (and Derek) (1)
- Blitz at the Blogs. (1)
- Blueberry Pye (1)
- Brass (1)
- Bronze and Wood Curtain Rngs and Poles (1)
- Bryony's Trade Card (1)
- Buttony (1)
- Buttony dies (1)
- Buying and Selling (1)
- Buying linen (1)
- Buying the best (1)
- CASING THE JOINT (1)
- CAVEAT EMPTOR (1)
- CHANNEL HOPPING (1)
- COLOUR ME BEIGE (1)
- COME OUT TO PLAY (1)
- COSY AND COSTLY. (1)
- Can you resist them? (1)
- Cheap and cheerful (1)
- Classic Romantics - heavenly people. (1)
- Collectors' collections (1)
- Come clean with me. (1)
- Connecting with the French 'Noblesse'.. (1)
- Costume affairs (1)
- Cosy and Comfy (1)
- Cosy quilts (1)
- Country life between the wars. (1)
- Cutting coats.... (1)
- Cutting your cloth. (1)
- DID YOU SEE MARILYN? (1)
- DRY GOODS (1)
- Dashing trims (1)
- Decking your table. (1)
- Dejeuner sous l'arbre (1)
- Dillinghams - where are you now? (1)
- Don't bother your pretty little head...... (1)
- Dower chest treasures. (1)
- Drawing a veil over things (1)
- Dress for a Date (1)
- ENGLISH SMOCK circa 1960s (1)
- EUROS ARE A PROBLEM (1)
- EVEN THE FLOWERS GO BLONDE (1)
- FISHING FOR COMPLIMENTS (1)
- FIT FOR THE PURPOSE picture wanted (1)
- FLOWER POWER (1)
- FOLLOW MY LEADER (1)
- FRANCE (1)
- FRENCH ORIGAMI (1)
- Fancy work for teatime. (1)
- Feathering your nest (1)
- Fine Lines and Broad Stripes (1)
- Fit for a Turban - go to Istanbul (1)
- Fortunate French Finds..... (1)
- French Finesse (1)
- French without tears (1)
- From Bath to Maine and back again..... (1)
- From Rags to Riches (1)
- From Russia with love? (1)
- Full House (1)
- GETTING THE SACK (1)
- GOOD WITH FOOD (1)
- GRAND ILLUSIONS (1)
- Get me to the Barn on time. (1)
- Getting on famously (1)
- Getting the Sacks. (1)
- Go on (1)
- Go with the grain. (1)
- Good Notions. (1)
- HANG IN THERE (1)
- HANG IT ALL (1)
- HEIRLOOM QUILT (1)
- HELP IS AT HAND (1)
- HEMP HAS A STRING OF USES (1)
- HEMPOLIN IS MY NEW TRADE NAME. (1)
- HINTS AND WRINKLES (1)
- HITTING THE HAY (1)
- HITTING THE SACK (1)
- HOW SAD IS THIS???? (1)
- High level fashions (1)
- Hollywood came to Bath. (1)
- Home-work (1)
- Hot favourites (1)
- How does your garden grow? (1)
- I love France and its Textiles (1)
- I love Linen. (1)
- IN HER ELEMENT (1)
- INITIAL SUCCESS (1)
- IS IT JOUY? (1)
- It all comes out in the wash (1)
- It comes up Roses all the way. (1)
- Jewels of the Sea. (1)
- KEEP IT CLEAN (1)
- KEEP UP WITH THESE DATES (1)
- KITCHEN SINK ART (1)
- Keep in the fast lane. (1)
- LES PUCES DE PARIS (1)
- LES SINGERIES (1)
- LOVELY LINEN (1)
- La Noblesse in France (1)
- Ladies' Amusements in past times (1)
- Les bleus de travail (1)
- Linen (1)
- Linen Tapes for sewing (1)
- MAD FOR TICKINGS (1)
- MIX AND MATCH YOUR LINEN (1)
- MORE PALAMPORE (1)
- MY BLUE HEAVEN (1)
- MY TRIBUTE TO ALL (1)
- Mad Dog and Welshmen (1)
- Madame Chairman (1)
- Making your bed (1)
- Metis can be any union of cotton. linen and hemp (1)
- Mezzaras and Palampores. Indian shawls (1)
- Mini boxes and books for dainty ladies (1)
- Money for Old Rope (1)
- My Irish linen cupboard (1)
- My Jungle Look. (1)
- My Space. (1)
- My Tickings have moved from 'poubelles' to Palaces (1)
- NAMES TO DROP (1)
- NEW SKILLS (1)
- NON-SMOOTHIE (1)
- Natural fibres (1)
- New life for old linen and cotton off-cuts (1)
- No flies on the ox (1)
- Novel costume (1)
- ON THE BUTTON (1)
- On her wedding list (1)
- On the level (1)
- PERSONAL PLEASURE (1)
- PICTURES IIN PRINT (1)
- PRETTY GOOD (1)
- PRETTY GOOD STUFF. (1)
- Patterns from the Past (1)
- Pictures without (much) Paint (1)
- Pockets on a string (1)
- Pulling the crowd (1)
- QUITE BAER (1)
- Quaint and queer garments (1)
- RAGS AND RICHES (1)
- RAW AND ROUGH STUFF (1)
- RICHES TO RAGS (1)
- ROMANCE IN THE GARDEN (1)
- RUSSIAN COMFORT (1)
- Red is for danger (1)
- Repairs to old linen (1)
- Rich and creamy (1)
- SEW WORTHWHILE (1)
- SHIRT-TALES (1)
- SHOWING THE FLAG (1)
- SLICK AND SMOOTH (1)
- SLITTING AND STRIPPING - DANGER (1)
- SOFT OPTIONS (1)
- SPACE AT A PREMIUM (1)
- SPEEDY GONZALES (1)
- STAGGERING BEAUTY (1)
- STITCHES IN TIME (1)
- SUPER SOFT SELL (1)
- Scentimental (1)
- Sensation is a soft Cushion (1)
- Setting the stage:- an Old Rose colour scheme. (1)
- Sewing a Fine Seam (1)
- Shirt Options (1)
- Singing the Blues (1)
- Solid cream - hemp and flax in the linen cupboard (1)
- Speed Dating (1)
- Spinning it out (1)
- Spun Gold (1)
- Stain removal (1)
- Starting young.picture wanted (1)
- Steiff teddy bear eyes and boot buttons (1)
- Supping with the Devil (1)
- Swinging high and low (1)
- TALK OF THE TABLE (1)
- THE ABBEY BARN GLASTONBURY (1)
- THE ECONOMICS OF ECONOMY (1)
- TIPS FOR TIRED TEXTILES. (1)
- TOASTY WARM YOUR TOES (1)
- TOP DRAWER STUFF. (1)
- TRADE ADDRESSES (1)
- TRAFFIC JAM (1)
- TRUNK CALL (1)
- Table manners (1)
- Take it Easy. (1)
- The Dancing Class (1)
- The Drying Ground (1)
- The Maid was in the garden (1)
- The Song of the Shirt (1)
- The US museum in UK (1)
- The bare necessities.of life. (1)
- The distaff side (1)
- The jungle look (1)
- The land of HANSI (1)
- The very best (1)
- Things of Beauty are........ (1)
- Tickings are strong (1)
- Tickings are my first love (1)
- Times have changed.. (1)
- To Blog or Not. pictures please (1)
- Toile de Jouy is unique to France and highly prized. (1)
- Trawling for treasure. (1)
- Treasure in the attic (1)
- Up and Down the Markets (1)
- VILLAGE LIFE IN BERRY (1)
- WASHDAY BLUES (1)
- WASHING MY DIRTY LINEN (IN PRIVATE) (1)
- WASTE NOT (1)
- WASTE NOT........... (1)
- WHITE AS SNOW (1)
- Waste not...... (1)
- What did I forget? (1)
- White as a sheet (1)
- Work and play. (1)
- Workwear to last a Lifetime. (1)
- a souvenir (1)
- and thereby hangs a tail. (1)
- bed time stories (1)
- creepy crawlies (1)
- down-proof and washable. (1)
- good enough to eat (1)
- hanging out the clothes... (1)
- patches and holes (1)
- photo needed of all things I made. (1)
- pique (1)
- plain and fancy (1)
- singing the blues again (1)
- softly (1)
- starving workers emigrate to Canada. (1)
- tea and textiles (1)
- toile and quilting (1)
- traditional patterns are all-time classics (1)
- windows. dust and blinds (1)
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About Me
- elizabeth baer
- Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
- News and views from a British antique textile dealer who sources the best linens and fabrics from La France Profonde. Contact: dbaer@onetel.com
Oh, how I do wish that I did not live on the other side of the Atlantic. I know how much I would enjoy this fair.
ReplyDeletePerhaps another time?