Thrifting and Sewing.

This post is a bit of everything today. Brace yourself!

Lovely linens have been on the line today for a freshen up and a bit of sunshine.

My latest thrifty finds - a stunning single bed quilt! No single beds here - but layering on the sofa on those cool winter nights - just perfect.

 More vintage linens...nothing like embroidered blue birds...love them!

Looking through my Mums Lutterloh pattern book from the 1950's and wondering how the heck she learned to sew from these patterns.

I guess she was inspired by these very elegant and classic styles.

I suppose I could make any of these patterns up if I tried. Just not inspired enough I guess, or purely because of my poor time management skills. :)

I am more inspired at this moment in time by

flowering trees in the backyard. I could look at them forever.



 Wishing you a happy week full of inspiration.

Pam x



Attachment to Vintage China

A very old piece of Japanese china has travelled a lot of miles with me as I have moved around over the years. It has been packed away in storage, left at my parents house and even lived in a few countries. It has been in Australia for quite some time now and here to stay. It's cracked and has been glued back together a long time ago and the glue is now discolouring... but I can't bear to part with it.

You see, my father bought this jam pot for his mother (my most favourite nana) for her birthday when he was 5 years old, that was 80 years ago now! Any wonder I am emotionally attached to individual pieces of china I own that have a certain family history and a lovely story. !! Hoping you would agree here...?

I have kept my eye out over the years for additional pieces, they do crop up occasionally and when I see them I just can't help myself. I found a perfect jam jar years ago.

Then a few under-plates in the same pattern.

Snapped a beautifully crazed and discoloured gravy boat ...

...then all of a sudden before I knew it a small collection was well and tuly born.

All of these pieces were found years ago and I haven't seen any since. I don't know how popular this Japanese anemone-ware was back in the thirties.

The anemone-ware sits quite nicely next to the peony-ware pieces I have collected.....I won't tell you what is next to them!!! I don't use these pieces on a daily basis as they are very old and do not like being washed in hot water too much. They are proudly displayed in my china cabinet.

The blue floral linen tablecloth was one of my op-shop finds this week.



Do you have an attachment to vintage china story?

Vintage Valentine Tea Party at Lilly Cottage.

At Linda and Tim's Vintage Valentine Tea Party yesterday, we were surrounded by so many handmade goodies and other gorgeous items from their store Lilly Cottage. on Bribie Island..... Not to mention endless cups of tea in vintage china and home-made scrumptiousness.

The red velvet cake was truly special...as was Tims's footwear!

Very Cool!

Very Dapper Tim.

Great to catch up with some bloggy friends too!

Thank you so much Linda and Tim (and your three children) for hosting a really lovely afternoon.

Can't wait for the next one!

Flowers, Craft and Liquorice Roses

Sunday!

A trip to the local flower farm was on the agenda today, but I didn't find what I was looking for in one of them so I had to go to all three farms. A terrible shame!  I think, in fact I know I came home with more flowers than I should have. A girl can never have too many flowers though... right?

The gerberas are just delightful.

I finished off a few more lavender pillows,  french inspired with a touch of vintage.

Then I caught up with a friend who is immersed into cake decorating. She created these liquorice roses for me. Made from soft Darrell Lea liquorice...strawberry and green apple flavours.

Nothing like a very cruisy Sunday sometimes.

Pam x.