About Me
I am a self admitted vintage kitchen
linen fanatic. My obsession started about 8 years ago when I
inherited a vintage strawberry tablecloth from my grandmother. I
love the charm and history of the cloth would proudly display it on
my table. My Mother lived in rural Missouri and went to a farm
auction and bought me a huge box of vintage linens and I was hooked.
I immediately tried to find a reference book with information about
my bountiful treasures, and finding none, set out to create one.
I spent the next two years researching
linen manufacturers, designers, dyes and fabrics to give the vintage
tablecloth collector a reference guide for their own vintage
tablecloth collection. In 2001, “Collectors Guide To Vintage
Tablecloths” Schiffer Publishing, was published. It was followed
in 2004 by “Collectors Guide To Souvenir Linens” Schiffer
Publishing. These books were created with my Mother, Pearl Yeadon
McGinnis, (1942-2007) as photographer and editor. We shared the fun
of collecting and photographing the linens all over the United
States. She would keep a box of freshly pressed linens in her car,
and when finding a great spot, would pull the car over and drape a
vintage tablecloth over a farm fences or railing and snap away. Her
photographs were whimsical and sometimes “artsy” and added such fun
to my books.
My favorite tablecloths are the
whimsicals, with a special passion for vintage BBQ themes and
Broderies. My house is filled with vintage linens, and crafts made
from vintage linens and memories of the fun my Mother and I had
collecting them.
