Where It All Began

I love people’s reactions when they realize all our skirts and bloomers are made from vintage linens. It’s not something most people would have thought to do, but it was the most logical thing for me!

I grew up surrounded by antiques. My mother loves all things vintage, and our house was always full of treasures from the 40’s, 50’s, and 60’s. Eventually, she decided to start selling antiques, to feed her habit, as she would say, and that was the beginning of Moongarden Antiques (now Moongarden Vintage). I’d long been accompanying her to yard sales, estate sales, and auctions, and we upped our game once she started Moongarden Antiques. It’s like treasure hunting. 

But we were constantly coming across really cool things that had just enough damage to make them unsellable. My mom had long been re-purposing things (read on to see the hankie quilt!), so when we pulled a mildly damaged vintage sheet out of a box of linens, it clicked for me!

This was a box lot we'd gotten at an auction (this was about 10 years ago, and I think I still have the quilt with that particular hankie). We love a good box lot, because you never know what kind of treasures you'll find. This particular box contained a lot of vintage hankies, which is liking striking gold for my mom, because she takes those hankies to make hankie quilts:

Are you starting to see where my upcycled inspiration came from?