Rekindled Pleasures

Rekindled Pleasures I repurpose vintage finds usually textiles that appear to be at the end of their life.

Rekindled Pleasures revives old unwanted items and gives them purpose again. Since I find my materials at second hand stores, you can be promised uniqueness in my creations. I love rekindling new life into old items! ❀ ✿ ❁ I love old linens and lace, mercury glass, all things vintage and shabby chic!

Sneak peek at my next (much smaller) tote… 👀The sweet Prairie girls have been sitting patiently waiting for a year or so...
09/18/2026

Sneak peek at my next (much smaller) tote… 👀

The sweet Prairie girls have been sitting patiently waiting for a year or so to be created with.
I found a Lonestar Quilt that was completely done with solid fabric, and I knew these girls would stand out.

I am in my happy place when I can create. ☀️When I saw this brightly colored farm quilt, I envisioned a large tote bag t...
09/17/2026

I am in my happy place when I can create.

☀️When I saw this brightly colored farm quilt, I envisioned a large tote bag to carry everything needed when going to your kids ball games, going to the gym after work, or even as an overnight bag. It definitely can be used going to the farmers market on Saturday, too.

You’ll find three large deep pockets, cut from a beautiful yellow feed sack. The denim handles I created from jeans that my daughter out grew.
If you followed me for any amount of time, you know I love to use vintage sheets from the 60s and 70s as liners in all my bags.

~ $65 plus ship
~ 18”x 13.5”x 4.5”
~ shoulder straps drop 13”
~ recycled vintage materials
~ 3 large slip pockets

My day got away from me before I got to finish this bag. I am so excited how the denim handles add so much character to...
09/16/2026

My day got away from me before I got to finish this bag. I am so excited how the denim handles add so much character to the bag.
Of course they’re little more time consuming than making the handles from the quilt.

Yay or nay on the denim?

I wanted to try something different for the handles of my next tote bags. I have a small stack of denim jeans that I’ve ...
09/14/2026

I wanted to try something different for the handles of my next tote bags.
I have a small stack of denim jeans that I’ve been saving every time someone outgrew theirs.

I think this colorful quilt will go well with my daughter’s blue jeans… we shall see soon enough. 😆

I got this scrap quilt from North Carolina, because of all the bright colors! It was an old farm quilt as the cotton bat...
09/12/2026

I got this scrap quilt from North Carolina, because of all the bright colors! It was an old farm quilt as the cotton batting had not been processed through a gin. Many feed sacks used.

Work in progress…cutting out a large tote bag. Stay tuned

With everybody back in school this week, I thought this was a perfect time to share what I found at an antique mall a fe...
09/07/2026

With everybody back in school this week, I thought this was a perfect time to share what I found at an antique mall a few weeks ago.

I have to know who else is old enough to have memories of using Big Chief tablet paper??
I also noticed it was came from Drug Distributors out of Topeka, Kansas.

Last year I found this Jacob’s ladder quilt and almost didn’t take it home with me as most of the fabric was shattered. ...
08/31/2026

Last year I found this Jacob’s ladder quilt and almost didn’t take it home with me as most of the fabric was shattered. But I loved the red and white color scheme and I knew I could get three Christmas stockings out of it.

$35 + ship

🎄7” opening | heel to toe 10”

🎄Front & back are created out of the same quilt so you can hang it either direction.

🎄lined inside

I am tickled pink that the colors in this quilt did not bleed. After its bath in the tub, I put it in my washing machin...
08/29/2026

I am tickled pink that the colors in this quilt did not bleed. After its bath in the tub, I put it in my washing machine to soak and spin out because this quilt is SO well made and “sturdy”. That’s when I threw in three color catchers just in case it were to bleed. I opened up the machine after a couple minutes of soaking and the water was definitely turning navy blue from the indigo fabric on the back. I decided to quickly push it to the spin cycle. ☺️ it came out fine and my color catchers were a dingy blue grey. 🙌🏼

Because of a few stains in areas, I will be repurposing this piece of Americana art, so others can enjoy the vintage fabrics from circa 1890-1920s.

Saturday bath time 🛀🏼! I’ve been hanging onto this quilt since beginning of summer. With the dark colors and the possibi...
08/29/2026

Saturday bath time 🛀🏼!
I’ve been hanging onto this quilt since beginning of summer. With the dark colors and the possibility this quilt has never been washed before the fear of the fabric bleeding, had me worried. The back of the quilt is an indigo blue fabric, notorious for bleeding.

So I dipped one edge of the quilt into cool water mixed with a cup of vinegar. No bleeding!! 🙌🏼
After soaking for a little bit in this water I will give it an OxiClean bath and try to spot clean some areas with Dawn dish soap (great name 😉)

Look how dirty the cool water/vinegar is!

Pattern:
Fabric appears to be late 19th century

The prints on the 1930-40s feed sacks will always be my favorite. American way of life.
08/10/2026

The prints on the 1930-40s feed sacks will always be my favorite. American way of life.

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