Friday 19 November 2010

Vintage Threads

Small treasures:


I love vintage haberdashery, especially anything involving retro typography, so when I was having a tidy up I couldn't resist lining these up and taking a photo to celebrate their loveliness.

Most of these have gorgeous wooden spools, my favourite is the small spool of "service khaki", which is only an inch high.

3 comments:

sinkingonbrink said...

Love these! I'd even be tempted to frame them and put them on the wall ( :

AliB said...

I don't suppose you know where I can find these do you? I only have 5 and I'd like to own at least 20 but they are hard to find outside the UK. :(

Bugs and Fishes said...

Hi Ali, I inherited most of these from my grandmother so I'm not sure exactly where the best place is to buy some from... but you could perhaps try searching on Etsy? I often see vintage sewing notions & haberdashery bits for sale on there and even if you can't find a seller local to you, you may find some who ship internationally :)