As well as our usual Saturday pitch at St Gregs, we will also be doing the Little Vintage Lover Fair at Heydon, Norfolk on Sunday (2nd Aug). I was going to take some photos of some stuff we were taking but Tracey has already started packing and I daren’t disrupt things by unpacking.. Needless to say we will ...
Monthly Archives: July 2009
Vintage Patchwork Cushion Covers
Busy getting ready for various fairs, Tracey has been making some beautiful patchwork cushion covers from scraps of 1940’s fabric. Thought I would share a few pics… The next two are not quite finished… Tags: ...
Ladybird Invasion…
Just talk a stroll to the post office….Great Yarmouth has been invaded by ladybirds… is this nationwide? The oustside of our house is swamped with them… They’re the nice ones too although they appear more orange than the regular ladybird! Tags:
Split Seam Suprise!
One of favourite embroided cushions split a seam, giving us an ideal oppurtunity to see what was ‘stuffing’ it! Out of the cushion came this, fairly plain 1940’s cushion… We just had to see what was stuffing it! Two More cushions…beautiful prints, we adore the art deco bathroom one…so nice ...
Free Vintage Knitting Pattern Lacy Stripe Jumper 1933
This week our free knitting pattern is for this beautiful sweater, the pattern dates from 1933. You can download the pattern free here To get more free patterns please subscribe to our free knitting pattern mailing list Tags: 1930s+knitting+pattern, free+vintage+knitting+pattern, free+knitting+pattern+jumper, free+knitting+pattern+sweater, ...
Still on a Roll!
The Vintage Gods must for once be on our side… after an amazing week of finding nice stuff last week our good luck seems to be continuing.. Here’s some of our favourite finds of the last few days.. Couple of gorgeous floral eiderdowns.. (we found three but one needs a clean)
Been Busy!
Have been really busy for the past week… summer in full swing with loads of stuff to do and people to see.. We’ve been finding the most amazing stuff seem to be on a real roll at the moment….clothing, textiles, books etc and had no time to write about any of it… but hopefully will make time ...