Dawanda Discovery Sale

Dawanda Discovery Sale Newsletter

For those of you across Europe you can catch the last day of the Discovery Sale on Dawanda. For new customers many shops are offering -15% including me!

Perfect for getting that smug feeling for doing your xmas shopping early, or just a treat to brighten up the dark winter days.

new cushions in my etsy shop, the top one is a rare David Parsons fabric called Kite Strings

Sale in my vintage shop

This weekend sees lots of etsy stores with a special sales for their Christmas in July promotion.
As part of the event my vintage shop has 25% off all stock by entering code CIJ2011 at the checkout!
You can visit my shop here have fun x

New vintage fabrics

Well you know what I mean....new to me! Love the print above and the pattern details in each block, I have no idea of the deigner of this and it is a lighter weight cotton so perhaps is a dress fabric rather than interiors.
and this is 'Herbage' by Susan Cook designed for Heals in 1968. The colours of these two are making me hope for some warmer weather, but no, as I write there is snow starting to fall. Time to cosy up I think!!

Both covers are now available in my Etsy shop

Silly Sale UK is here!!

From 7pm GMT tonight the UK Etsy sellers are holding a massive Silly Sale and this is one you really don't want to miss! Banners and cake toppers from millalove


There is something to suit every style and budget and this is the best excuse to get some Xmas shopping done early. The beautiful cushion above is from the awesome Emma Lamb



Totally adorable baby slippers by cazhoffy
and xmas decorations coutesy of picciolo, now you know you are going to need these!

There are hundreds of goodies like these available to find the sales head on over to Etsy and search silly sale uk.

I will be taking part with sale items in both my shops and will be highlighting some of my offers here later!

Pink elephants on parade!

Having visited a local vintage fair at the weekend I was inspired to tidy up my vintageuk shop and add some things that have been patiently waiting for photos. So among other things out came this childs mug, so adorable and I am having the pleasure of its company in my workroom until it sells.

Happy Birthday Miffy!

C0ngratulations to Dick Bruna whose leading lady Miffy is celebrating her birthday today. I think she's looking pretty good for 55 don't you?

Life here has been pretty frantic and stressful but now the strees is going and we are just left with frantic!! I am so busy with my ebay shop, sales of my cushion covers have been wonderful, and am also trying to keep stock back for a couple of Xmas fairs that I am doing. Blogging has very much taken a back seat.....sorry :(

sarah and I had fun making some leaf images in the back garden (not sure how the colours will show up for you at present as I am on a new laptop and have to sort the colour settings yet)

I made this LOVE cushion the other day and used four of the Pop Flowers colourways from Cath Kidston. I just don't get why this was discontinued it is the most popular Kidston fabric I use.

and for a bit of a Tadaaa! look at this vintage Magic Roundabout fabric I got, a perfect match for the blue spot, so I made up a pait of small cushions which are now in my ebay shop.

Must get around to sorting my Etsy shop which is looking very sad, and restocking Folksy too!

So much to do and so little time!

xxxxx

Still here....still sewing!

Such a long time since I have blogged, but life has been all over the place here and it has had to take a back seat. I still have my youngest at home but we are hopeful that all will soon be well again, her energy is definitely returning and so therefore is mine.

Sewing has been constant the cushions I showed you in my last post are proving really popular as are the ones made from Orla Kiely fabric.

Last Saturday Laura and I went to the Knitting & Stitching show at Ally Pally quite a trek by train, but sooo worth it. I was so pleased to find this fabric which I have used before with a black background. We had a go at extreme knitting on 2 foot long needles using yarn that is the offcuts from the woollen mills up north, in fact we loved it so much we bought some.

I have been brightening the grey days with some purses this one uses a Michael Miller fabric which I may need to get some more of. So far the rotten Royal Mail strikes haven't put off customers, but I have a couple of Xmas Fayres to look forward to.

Had you noticed I hadn't mentioned the builders?.......they should be doing my house by now........I am staying calm but Xmas may not be very stylish or comfortable this year...I'm staying calm..I'm staying calm.

Buckles

I came by these beautiful buckles the other day and have been photographing them today out in the garden. They are made of plastic but have the most wonderful pearly effect that makes them resemble mother of pearl.

I love the ice cream colours and was very tempted to keep them for myself, but I must resist.

So they are available here

My vintage store has seen a trickle of sales and is rather fun. I have had items included in treasuries and on blogs which is really lovely too!

VintageUK

I have a new shop as of today Vintage UK is open for trading on Etsy! Regular readers will know I am a fan of vintage and i have long pondered the idea of opening another shop to allow me to spend some time sharing finds from here in the UK.

So please stop by and have a look new things will be added in the next few days as time allows, I have already had a lot of international convos so it looks like it may be worthwhile.

Wish me luck!

Rainy Day Play

I found these this box of snap cards this morning in the local charity shop. it's more like a game of pairs really, but I just love the style of the illustrations. Some of the items would be quite odd to a child nowadays, like the horn and the roly poly man!

So tired

This week has been so busy with family and sewing but I have finished a few Miffy purses today to add to my ebay shop. I also have some of them listed on etsy. They have been really popular this xmas and even better now I have added colourful linings to the latest ones.

The Miffy fabric is vintage and was a find in a charity shop a couple of months ago, eventually it will run out, which will be so sad, it is so sweet to work with!

Apologies for the dark pictures today, the light is so bad

taking photos is really tricky!