Vintage crafts, thrifts, and inspiration


Category: Needlepoint

  • Classic 80s kitsch

    Classic 80s kitsch

    Needlepoint magnets! On a thrift trip not too long ago, I came across the motherload – or actually grandmother load – of vintage kitschy magnets. (I know it was “grandmother” because one of the magnets said so. This was a store that tends to get donations from singular sources, so I knew they were all…

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  • Art Deco Vase #1

    Art Deco Vase #1

    I think my favorite 80s style – one I actually love, rather than just get ironically amused by – is the 80s art deco revival. It has clear art deco influences, yet remains distinctly 80s. Art deco lines, 80s colors, and a clear fascination with vases. There was a series of longstitch needlepoint kits from…

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