I recently completed a commissioned art piece for a friend...she wanted to give her mother a special present for her 75th birthday...so she packaged up a box of bits & pieces/odds & ends that belonged to her mother's mother and asked me to convey the life of this woman, whose passion was sewing...
I started with an old wooden drawer...it would act as a type of shadowbox...
After a layer of whitewash and a backdrop of polka dot tissue and old pattern pieces, I began the assemblage of layers...the vintage thread holder was a prize possession and took center stage with a pearl and rhinestone button added to the top...
A menagerie of buttons strung on a silk ribbon adorns one corner...
while in the other corner, a trio of wood finials mimic the shape of the metal oil can
(used to keep the sewing machine in fine running order!)
Every flat surface of the drawer was decorated in some manner...
the top was given a patchwork of vintage wallpaper designs that copied the look of calico quilting....
while the sides were embellished with old sheet music...
and sprouted a few posies made from old zippers...
The crowning touch was my own addition of "SEW" created from vintage wood type...
Treasured memories that can be viewed...rather than stuffed away, never to be seen and often forgotten.
I would venture to guess you might have a few such items yourself...I challenge you to unearth them...arrange them...and enjoy them daily...
Linking up to Saturday Nite Special at Funky Junk Interiors...lots of ideas of ways to show off your treasures...
And sharing the vintage love over at Knick of Time - Tuesday Vintage Style
