4 posts tagged “vintage”

After a fruitless morning of car boot sale hunting (the signs started and stopped about 3 miles from the car boot sale; we had no chance of finding it) we came upon a little shop in the middle of nowhere called 'Bygones and Curios'. Really it was a large garden shed stuffed with wonderful things run by a lovely old man. I told him about our inability to find the car boot sale and he asked what I had been hoping to buy there. I said old napkins and other fabric, old stamps and old buttons, and he got a beautiful old tin full of buttons. I actually said 'Ooh' out loud when he lifted the lid. He said he bought the tin not realising it was full of buttons so they'd just been sitting under his desk for years. He let me take my pick and when I asked how much they'd be he insisted I take them for free. I'm planning on visiting him again and bringing him some cake to say thank you.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is an old dress of my Mum's that she had given to me to so I could cut it up for fabric. I decided to have a go at altering so I could wear it and it went really surprising well.

I took in every seam, and added some pin tucks and probably reduced it by 2 or 3 sizes.

The photos aren't great beacuse whenever I take photos on with the timer I can never seem to focus them, plus the lighting isn't great in my room, but you get the gist.

I love shopping in charity shops. I got a load of lovely fabric for £1.50, a cute retro Snoopy mug for £1 and some barely worn faux-Converse for £3, which are better than real Converse anyway because they are made by Clarks and have lots of arch support.

Making these was so much fun. I used my illustration sketchbook for inspiration so a couple of these are circus themed. I pretty much made these as I went along, which meant a fair few unpicked stitches but I think I got it right in the end. I've used a mixture of LaidOutInLavender's beautiful vintage fabrics and my own fabrics (mostly felt and cut up t-shirts).

 

 

I love these fabrics and I love the name Niamh (pronouce Neev). Niamh is particularly soft and cuddly and she dances with joy.

I started Oscar before I got the vintage fabric, so he's made out of an old t-shirt of my brother's. He has wire inside his arms and legs so they are posable.

 

The fabric on Rosie's ear is just about my favourite frabric of the lot and I only had a tiny square it, which is why Rosie is so tiny. Her lovely ears have wire in them so they are posable.

 

 

Quinlin was made from peppermint fabric so looks like he's in his pyjammas.

 

And lats but not least, Sydney the waving bear.