Sunday 30 November 2014

A Good Rummage ...

It has been a busy few weeks.
Including another trip to gorgeous Somerset …
… to the Shepton Mallet Antiques Fair…
… to stock up ...
… be seduced by …
… and drool over …
… beautiful things.
Tables of treasure.



Heaps of scrummy linens, lace and trims …
… to rummage through.


Card boxes of teeny buttons ...
… to dive into.
Happy dance.


There was a beautiful display sheet …
… showing the sewing skills of a little school girl.
In the 1800’s.


Such exquisite stitching …
… so weeny and so perfect.


Would have loved to take this home …
… but with a £850 price tag …
… I put it back down.


Instead, got this sweet little fella ..
… 1930/40’s hand stitched teddy …
… with an enchanting smile …


… only 2” high.
Lovingly made for the apple of somebodys eye.


A sweet little pair of silhouette pictures.
A French 1926 journal …



… charmingly illustrated ...




… and some deliciously worn jewel boxes ...



… eagerly awaiting some sewn words.
All for the Duchy Vintage Party at the Bedruthan Hotel this weekend.


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Thursday 6 November 2014

Pink Glass Buttons and 1930's Pixies ...

A quickie post.
To share my teeny, but delightful, haul …
… from the Trull Textile Fair in Somerset …
… at the weekend.


A scenic drive through charming pretty villages …
… and endless, rolling green hills …
… to Trull, a village nestled deep in the Blackdown Hills.


My finds.


Edwardian embroidered edging, lacy cuffs …


… wooden bobbins and linen buttons …


… three weeny pink glass buttons ...


… and 1930’s fabric covered with pixies …



… and rosy cheeked little girls …
… in red frocks.



So, so sweet.
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