Archive for the ‘Handmade’ Category

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…

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)

An amazing Native American beaded bag c1860

Loads of nice fabric which our cushion elf soon set to work on!

The perfect ‘Twitter’ Cushion

Traceys felt flowers are decorating everything…

Got this 1920’s beaded dress last week, the condition is amazing for its age..

Got this stunning 1940s dress at a car boot sale!!

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 this week

I arrived home earlier today and Tracey had displayed some of her sewing finds in an ideal photo oppurtunity.

Sunday, Norwich lanes held their annual midsummer fair.  At St Gregs we already had our stall set up from our regular pitch on Saturday so it was kind of a stress free morning… Tracey turns into ruthless dictator when setting up her stall and we usually manage at least one good argument.  So kind of nice to get away without having my ear bent!

We decided on a two prong attack, we had our usual stall inside plus Tracey took a load of stuff we needed to clear outside…  The competion was on who would sell most….  Craig with his beautiful presented high quality Vintage and hand-crafted goods or Tracey outside with her any item for £3 Vintage clearance blow-out….GUESS WHO WON!

Tracey had the unfair advantage of live band musical chairs!  Which is always a big draw

I had big plans to take loads of photos, but it was busy, very busy, so I had to sneak a photo when I could, sorry my phone over exposes everything..

Early morning Pottergate before the scrum…

Dorothea bought more of her beautiful flowers and plants which she transported by local transport (madness).  She also makes the most amazing face creams, Tracey is now totally addicted to the rose & geranium!

The problem with having two pitches in different places, being really busy and not very organized meant we went hungry….well almost

Almost met some really nice, beautiful and interesting people including Rachael Dadd & Ichi who looked mighty fine…Gutted I didn’t get a photo!!  (If you read this send us one!)  Their band THe Hand had played the Dragon Hall the night before and were on the way back to Bristol after their European tour.. So are now probably viewing Banksys as I write this (jealous).  They’re playing the Art Centre in September so definately going to check them out..

Tracey makes the most beautiful fascinators from Vintage velvets most people look at them with bemusement as they just ‘dont quite get it’ .  The beautiful Maria had the looks and personality to carry it off. Maria I hope you got loads of compliments, you and your lovely friends really helped to make our day enjoyable..

We packed up and left at six but the party in the garden was just getting going with varous lives bands performing in a perfect setting…shame we were too tired to stay (how rock ‘n’ roll are we?).

Must just must also thank Morley Mouse House aka Will (Powerhouse) & Coral (Big Face) for keeping us entertained throughout the day. NEVER listen to Will!

 Cxx

Awoke this morning to an inavasion of paper dolls…….how they loved to dance!

We managed to catch a few, will look perfect in the boudoir, covering Tracey’s perfume bottles..