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Sunday, June 10, 2012

American Vintage~A Summer Montage





So many conversations in a vintage shop start with "My grandmother had one of those." And of all seasons, summer seems to evoke the most memories of the past. For me, vintage linens in particular make up the fabric of the season. From cozy colorful quilts, to cheery printed tablecloths, to soft and worn striped kitchen towels, each seems to carry in its very fiber the essence of the family farm, an old lake house, or the slap of the kitchen screen door. So I've gathered up some of my favorite images to share in a montage of a vintage summer.



Give me a lazy hot weekend afternoon and I'm transported to another time filled with juicy memories of watermelon and lemonade. To this day I prefer a charred hot dog to one cooked to perfection.





The buzzing of bees. Flies humming. A trickle of water from a stream or a hose. The crack of a croquet mallet hitting a wooden ball. It's time to gather up the vintage threads of summer. . . .

































































































My thing happens to be textiles. What triggers the ideal summer for you? I'd love to hear. I know so many of you still have rain and cold, but we've had the most blissful June weather we could ever hope for. And it's brought a flood of happy memories back for me. Our busy travel and visiting hasn't quite started yet, so there's been time just to BE. What a gift! I hope you get a bit of that time too. Thanks so much for stopping by to say hello!

Jacqueline




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43 comments:

  1. Wow...Jacqueline, such awesome images. Many happy summer after supper times were spent playing croquet and then hide and seek after dark. This post is so timely, as right now (in between looking at blogs) I am sewing a red and white cushion that looks so much like the red and white vintage towels you are showing us. We have had absolutely perfect June weather too and I have loved every minute of it! xo

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  2. Oh, Jacqueline, what a lovely post! Love the red and white theme!! And the memories!
    I have lost my blogging mojo lately, but have still been checking in on all your lovely posts.
    Hugs
    Jacqui

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  3. Looks like summertime to me! Just lovely!
    Happy Sunday.
    Ciao,
    Mary

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  4. Oh Jacqueline,
    You had me at the red and white vintage towels! :) This was an absolute beautiful post!! Such a wonderful summer setting!
    Simply lovely!
    Have a wonderful day.
    Sincerely,
    Melinda

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  5. Red is my favorite color and so those linens really appealed to me. Summer makes me think of the beach and music and fun.

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  6. Delighted to have enjoyed your vintage summer, Jacqueline! I love the colors red and white for sunny days...and you are totally right- summer is a season for childhood memories, collecting fireflies in a jar, stargazing in a night summer sky ...oh ...
    Enjoy!

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  7. Beautiful post Jacqueline! I love the red and white quilt and red and white is a true vintage color.
    ~Clara

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  8. Jacqueline,
    Lovely vintage red linens!!! The quilts get to me everytime. Hot afternoons on the Prairie spent under the shade of a great oak tree with a cool breeze blowing. We had NO air conditioning! Kids today would surely melt!!! Ha! The tablecloths with the cherries bring wonderful memories of my beloved Mother ~in ~law! Thanks for this "Ode to Summer" post, dear friend!
    Fondly,
    Pat

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  9. Jacqueline, these are such pretty images. Wow, did you capture summer. I love that large ironstone pitcher. Still on the hunt for the large ones.

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  10. Red & white and the images of cherries -- perfect for summer memories. Sally

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  11. Well YUM!! I'm loving your reds right now!! So pretty and you did an amazing job making it all look so good together! I love those pics...so sweet and summery. Wow...I think you deserve a spread in a big glossy magazine!!!
    Lovely!
    thanks so much for the treat.
    Doni

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  12. If I found that red and white checked pillow it would inspire
    me to do over a whole room in red
    and white. Lovely post.

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  13. Jacqueline: I love this!! I am seeing a whole different side of your treasures. Usually the whites and pastels and now, for summer, the reds. I love the cherries, little polkadot pots with ivy and everything else.. Very appropriate!!!!Happy Weekend.. Judy

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  14. What a lovely scene. Love the red and white!

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  15. WOW!!!

    You left out nothing- everything is perfect!

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  16. Oh, how lovely :)
    Greetings from Australia♥
    ~Pernilla

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  17. Instead of life sending me lemons and making lemonade-Could life send me your cherry tablecloth with 7UP?

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  18. Aaaaahhhhh! Jacqueline, that was such a wonderful post! Loved it all! Yes, indeed, you should be in a magazine---or your own book!
    Love, Kay

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  19. Hi J,
    Well thanks for the big bundle of summertime cheer!! I can feel the sun and smell the picnic!! Sweet Tea!! I'm glad to hear you are down there soaking up the sun, having a lazy day :-)
    Hugs,
    Bella

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  20. Love the linens...love this post! I just got a bunch of adorable red and white linens from ikea...they don't have wonderful summer memories with them just yet, but they were only 75 cents so I couldn't resist. Happy Summer!!

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  21. I'm with you! I love linen any kind any era! Good for me it is my biggest seller in my booth, your pictures were great, I was swatting flies while reading it!

    Carol

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  22. Red & white, you're speaking my language! I love everything about this post. The quilts, the tablecloths, the glassware, all of it! Thanks for sharing.

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  23. Just love all your wonderful linens.
    I have a pie safe stocked full.....and used often. Love to change them out with each season.
    Kari

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  24. all that red speaks of summer time,and picnics for sure.
    I like textiles too... the older the better.
    Your picnic looks wonderful. the tea delicious.

    Pat

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  25. What great images - I love the red and white quilt and the wicker food cover and the jam pot and the old milk churn is fabulous.

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  26. You have the most wonderful collection of textiles, Jacqueline, and I always enjoy seeing how you use them. Love all the red and white for great summer memories. Your accessories are perfect...loving that milk can on the table with the towel through the handle.
    Mary Alice

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  27. A lovely post on your vintage lines, I am so glad I have kept some of mother in laws.

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  28. What great photos, you always have fantastic ideas and photos. Love the vintage linens. Just laying on a quilt outside looking up at the clouds seeing different shapes makes me :)

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  29. love the red and white collection, jacqueline:) the wicker cloche and old suitcase are awesome!

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  30. This post is bringing me back to my kitchen growing up! My Mom loved to have pops of red year round but more so in the summer. In my home I whiten things even more for summer and at my campground I embrace red, white and blue. Thanks for such a beautiful post!

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  31. What a lovely post Jacqualine...

    What would have been even better if this great-grandmother could have spent the afternoon enjoying the summer weather and sipping our tea.

    Appreciated all the red in the post.

    Joyfully,
    ~Sylvia Faye

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  32. Oh my goodness this is so pretty! Your pictures are great and this post really does bring back great memories!

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  33. I just love your summer montage!! It certainly evokes all those summery feelings for me!! Gorgeous!!
    Blessings~

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  34. I want to be with all that red, white and blue. Everything is lovely.

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  35. Gorgeous post. I love the outdoor areas. The blue pheasant table cloth is so pretty, but of course everything else is too! Great job. I'm ready to picnic!

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  36. Oh how I love this post! Beautiful red and white and some blue too. I love all the vintage linens and the 7 Up bottles. It just sings summer to me. :)

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  37. Oh my goodness, you really captured it... all you left out was the scent of honeysuckle... homemade peach ice cream, or peach cobbler... lightening bugs, and fans running all the time, i'm old enough to remember no air conditioning, and a big ole attic fan turned on at bedtime sucking in the summer scented night air...

    Cindy

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  38. You just cannot do summer any better than red and white. Do you think that is because I'm Canadian??!! Maybe! Beautiful post, Jacqueline!

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  39. Your photos are wonderfully refreshing! A setting of nostalgia if ever I've seen one!
    I, too, prefer a charred hot dog. Thanks for sharing.
    Paige

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  40. Your vignettes remind me of summers when I was growing up. You have a wonderful collection of vintage linens. Love the red and white tea towels.
    Summers always make me think of catching lightening bugs when I was little. I still love seeing them.
    Have a great Summer,
    Babs

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  41. These are such lovely and evocative images, Jacqueline. Those vintage linens, trays and glassware remind me so much of my childhood. To me, summer means big jars of sun tea.. adirondack chairs with large striped pillows.. old canvas market umbrellas casting a shadow over the book I'm reading.. verandah rockers and wicker chairs with overstuffed white cushions trimmed with lace.. the sound of birds at the feeder or birdbath.. the buzz of cicadas in the trees overhead on a hot day.. and of course the chiming tune of Ice Cream truck! I hope you enjoy these last weeks of Summer, Jacqueline!

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  42. Oh I have linen envy. I especially love the cherry towels.

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