That Was So Much Fun, Let's Do it Again!

You never know how something is going to come out some times.  It sounds like a great idea, but is it really?  We knew we wanted to do a Vintage sale in our amazing 140 year old barn. We knew we had some great Antique and Vintage goodies to sell. We knew we love to curate and style said Vintage bits.  But, we didn't know if anyone would find us, or love our goodies in the same way we do.

Well they did!  We had a steady stream of folks right at starting time, were actually busy most of the morning and early afternoon, and they all seemed to like our style, antiques, and accessories!

It was all so fulfilling, amazing and fun!  It has given us a belief that we are indeed on the right road, to add the Vintage business back into Retromantic. While we still consider our needle arts accessory manufacturing our "day jobs" it is fun to get back to our roots of playing with old rusty bits and even what some would call junk.  Thank you to all that came to visit, and shop, and to all that shared our facebook event! We heard over and over that they heard it from someone at work. Amazing.

Sooo, now lets do it again.

October 14 & 15 Friday and Saturday we will be open for Barn Brocante II. It is Fall Art Tour weekend so there are lots of places to see in the driftless area. It is also the same weekend as the Time and Again Vintage pop up shop, so check them out and then make the short drive over to Sinbad Road.


See you in a couple of weeks!

kath and molly

Branching Out

While we are having wonderful long Memorial Day weekend ,just a few days ago we were busy shooting our newest line.  Pretty floral embroidered doilies, dresser runners, table cloths and napkins specifically. Kath has had a cache of them for years that we pull from as props for our booth set ups for trade and craft shows. They are a pretty addition and soften our wood products. We sell some on occasion. A while ago she got crafty and ran up a bunch of runners out of them. We have some of those on our ETSY shopRetromanticFripperie, and sell them at our shows.

Now we've decided to really go into the linens business. The first shoot is today and Kath has been busy freshening all those beauties. We love all the work and love that went into them so many years ago. How did they do it? Most likely they had a passel of kids, a household and maybe a farm to take care of, meals to make, gardens to tend, and still they had time to stitch so many pieces to make their lives beautiful.

Well now we are so happy that we can save these works of art and share them with all of you. We never mind that they aren't perfect because that means they have been used and loved.

Our minds spin thinking of all the things that can be done with these heirlooms above and beyond their original purpose. But we are leaving that up to their new owners.


Be sure to check out our ETSY shop in a couple of weeks to see and share our new passion.