Vera treasures at Hawthorne Vintage

July 31, 2007 at 5:45 pm | In crafty to buy, oregon, vintage crafty | 5 Comments

We found our china hutch on our first visit to Hawthorne Vintage, and ever since then I’ve been a huge fan of the shop — there are dozens of vendors selling there, and each space has amazing furniture, collectibles and trinkets to look through. But my favorite is Galen Murphy’s incredible Vera Neumann collection. I have always loved her gorgeous prints and thanks to Galen, I’ve picked up some new treasures this month!

Kayte and I visited the shop during her visit, and then yesterday Cathy of California, Cathy (of Bossa Nova Baby/Crafty Wonderland/PDX Super Crafty, to keep things straight!) and Diane headed over with me for an encore.

Galen has a display case full of Vera scarves, and I found these three I couldn’t live without…

He also has tons of her sheets, tablecloths, and linens in his space.

I love the red flower especially.

And this set reminds me of Amy Karol’s Modern Table Runner from Bend-The-Rules Sewing.

I also found some pretty flowered pillowcases and matching flat sheets, and I’m going to make a comforter cover with one of them. Pictures to come soon, hopefully!

If you go:

Hawthorne Vintage (Galen’s space is straight back, in the second room)
1515 SE 48th Avenue
Portland, OR 97215
(503) 230-2620

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What beautiful scarves!

Comment by Felicia — August 1, 2007 #

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Loved the scarves, place mats..

Your doing a great job Galen.

Auntie Linda

Comment by Linda Pitts — August 1, 2007 #

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I live in Southern California, but happened upon this place while visiting my old home town of Portland. I too found this little treasure trove at Hawthorne Vintage.
Besides the excellent selection of Vera, Galen also carries super-cool vintage vinyl hangbags in all colors.
He has an eye for the right combinations of fabrics and knows what’s in. I wish his space was bigger!!

Comment by Monica Lee — August 5, 2007 #

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Oh my goodness. It’s vintage Vera heaven. I’m so in love with everything I see in your pictures!

Comment by Suzy Lorenzen — August 6, 2007 #

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I can’t believe this place. I have quite the collecton of vintage Vera but this may be something I have to look into and walk away with some new items especially the sheet sets.

Comment by christina — August 6, 2007 #

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