Sunday 22 December 2013
Friday 20 December 2013
Thursday 5 December 2013
7 years
Although I've only had a blog for nearly a year and a face book page for even less time , I have been selling my vintage wares for seven whole years now . It's started before that with an addiction to coffee pots and then fabrics . 7 years ago I was living with my lovely mum and saving for my own home due to a split with the father of my best all time make ever , Owen !
Whilst saving I purchased items for my new home to be and started making , bed throws , wall hangings and cushions. Although for years I have given hand made items and paintings as gifts.
Not having sewn on a machine since my 20s , a couple of instruction lessons from my mum got right onto something I completely love doing .. Keeps me from worrying and sane !!!
Along the way it has caused a little controversy and accusations of copying !! Now I don't mean copying a specific design ... I mean making cushions with fabric !! I know !!! I think the cushion was invented hundreds of years ago not in the past decade.
Seems rather silly now what with the popularity of handmade , vintage and little home businesses that have popped up all around the world . There are a handful if us that look the same as that's. because we have the same taste in fabric and were born in the same era.
Even the accusers use the word "inspired" when doing their designs and sometimes they are a blatant copy of something that have been around for 50 years.
My pledge to myself is to record inspiration by showing who and what has inspired me ... Sometimes an idea will come into my head and I will search the relative websites to see if its been thought of , or made before .
I started this blog as a record , if ever accused in future , to refer to as some sort of proof against plagiarism.
But mostly I'd like to point out that I'm so for any woman or man finding something in life that they adore to do and go with it . My passion has been sat in front of me for most if my life and I didn't run with it and now I am ....xx
Blimey !
I'm supposed to write on here as a diary to oneself . A place to put everything I've been making ... I've been that busy making I've just not had time to blooming well post anything
I've been coming up with the plan of fabric flowers with separate labels which can be attached ... More to come in the new year !!
Monday 14 October 2013
Dogs deers and ducks
Prepping for vintage fair and Gathered Handmade down in Dorset. Some I will make into cushion covers and the rest into plushies . I use vintage iron on appliqués for the inspiration and using lovely vintage ditsy flower fabrics with fab new gingham. There will never be many of the same fabric combo as I use small tiny offcuts.
Aren't they fab :)
Wednesday 25 September 2013
Vintage sewing books
I love vintage sewing and craft books so on a recent visit to Llangollen in Wales I was most excited at visiting the local cafe /bookshop . The cafe is at the front of an old theatre come cinema once called "The Dorothy Theatre" . Now the cafe is an old school fry up and a brew kinda place but up some wide stairs leads to vintage book heaven !!! A place where old library,college and out of print books end up . It's a maze of book shelves and stacks of books piled high.
The picture does not do it justice to how warren like this place is .
Some sections are a little more organised than others . But my search was for the craft and sewing section.
Sunday 4 August 2013
Where is this year going ??
I've got involved in a fab showcase called vintage playground and am working on this little cutie as one of my entries .. Sadly this one bit the dust due to a fed up Singer sewing machine - day wasted exchanging said sewing machine but I am forever grateful to the Argos customer service manager who did me a swap there and then . They usually send off for repair !!! Imagine my face !!! Anyway .... Back to it tomorrow
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