Cushion Number 30 Something.

You may remember here I posted about a gorgeous vintage tablecloth that I had received from Simone at Beach Vintage. Well... it has now been re- purposed into a cushion for my lounge. What else?

The colours are stunning, bright and happy for summer.... yellow and roses. Mmmm!

This past year I have completed a lot of handmade projects. Sewing cushions and pillow from vintage fabrics, tapestries and tea towels was one of them. Yesterday, I counted them - I really don't know why! I stopped at 30 pillow slips and cushions covers. I am using them all and they are everywhere! 

 The odd new cushion cover I have bought was not included in this cushion calculation! Aaaaargh!

There are a few more vintage tea towels and fabrics waiting to be chopped up and re-purposed. I think I may just take a break and admire them from afar for a while as they are stacked in their neat little piles.

Have you done a cushion calculation at your home? You might be surprised!

A CK Floral Find, Stripes and Circles.

A solitude rose plucked from the garden this morning and a few finds this week.

A gorgeous Cath Kidston Rosali (Ikea) doona cover from the local op shop.

When I saw the tag I was more than happy that it was a single because I knew it was destined for the day bed out on the back deck anyway.

Brought it home and discovered it was actually a double in size. Yay! Needless to say there was a little tucking-in  happening around here this morning.

A few new cushions.

 Totally mis-matched with florals, stripes and circles. A touch of rebel and spontaneous personality one would say?? Love it anyway!

The vintage stool, still in original condition was found up north in an op shop for about $3. The cane planters are big and heavy and were $2 each.

It is always a mix of old and new around my home.

Have a lovely weekend. x

Come Aboard Our Vintage Yacht.

As promised, here is our vintage yacht in all her glory.
Essentially, she is in fairly original condition, apart from general maintenance each year.

She is a  Herreshoff  steel ketch, 36 footer in the Nereia design.
 Designed in 1947 and built in Hobart in the 1970's.

 

Welcome aboard our little beauty, complete with original brass fittings...

...Gorgeous warm original Tasmanian oak hideaway cupboards...

Masses of books and DVD's to while away the hours and masses of cushions to nestle in to.

You may remember here, I posted about making cushions and covering the seats on board. The cushions were made from from tea towels and vintage fabrics, the seats with new upholstery fabric.

We always see lots of these out of the water...

...and in the water...

...and this weekend copious amounts of youngsters learning to sail were out and about.

 

A weekend away is not complete with a magical sunset...

...and this weekend did not disappoint.
I hope you enjoyed a tour of our little vintage yacht!

Pam x

Giveaway Winners

Oh such a late post for me, but better late than never, especially when I have just drawn the winners of my giveaway.

Congratulations to

Jane from Blondies Journal and

Cate from Vintage Mum

 Please email me your address and I will happily put your cushion covers in the post.

I hope you love them.

Pam

Changes and a HANDMADE GIVEAWAY

Things have changed.

It is all good...
... but...

I don't have as much time for blogging as I used to.

I don't have as much time for leaving comments.

I don't have as much time to enjoy new blogs.

Suddenly weekends have become very precious again.

On my way to work every day, I have to drive past one of my favourite places...the WAC.
One of my favourite haunts for vintage items.

It is all shut up because it is way too early of course.

There is always, always, always the furtive glances at the window though, as I crawl my way through the traffic.

I love my new job and I am where I am supposed to be, but I have promised myself I will always make time to take photographs and to blog.

 For me, it is really important to keep up my creative side and it is also equally important to share this side with all of my lovely followers.
So, I am going to...

Because you have all been so supportive and very welcoming over the last 16 odd months - yes it has been that long - I have decided to give something back. Something I have made myself that I am hoping you will like.


A giveaway...and a choice of two of my vintage style floral cushion covers for two lucky followers. All you have to do is to choose which one that you would want to win and let me know in a comment on this post. Feel free to spread the word and share the vintage love.

This is number one: Vintage chenille with CK Ikea Rosali Fabric Cushion Cover

 This is number two: A classic 1950's vibrant red rose fabric Cushion Cover

This giveaway is open to overseas followers.

An insert will be optional for an Aussie winner.

For an overseas winner, I will be posting the cushion cover only, just to keep the postage costs down.

I will draw the winner on Monday evening 5th September. Good luck.

Giveaway has now been extended until Monday 12th September!


I love blogging and will keep it up albeit a bit slower.
Check out Posie's really interesting post about why some of us blog and the challenges of competitive blogging.

Pam x

Weekend Vintage Finds

On Saturday Morning our local Retirement Village hosted a Trash and Treasure Market and an Open Day.  I have been to a few before and there is always a treasure or two to be found. The ladies are lovely to chat with and keen to show their new items they have crocheted, or jams and jellies they have made.

I found these gorgeous Vintage Hanley plates. Just perfect to use for lunch. Six dinner plates and six side plates for 20 cents each! Bargain.

There was a barometer underneath the tables without a price. So, I asked one of the ladies how much it was and she gave it to me for free as they had just dropped it and one of the hands had fallen off. It didn't matter, as it was immediately appealing to me and it would be easy enough to put a new mechanism in it.

Look where it was made....an added bonus for me as I am a bit of a lover of all things French.



Then it was time to create some more floral loveliness and these florals are what I came up with to add to my ETSY store.

So enjoying sewing these cushion covers from my stash of vintage and vintage inspired floral fabrics. Such a joy!

Floral Cushion Covers

I have just re-opened my ETSY store to share my love of floral cushion covers. Honestly, I have made so many now and after so many enquiries and sales here they are online I have some very special fabrics in very limited quantities that I have sourced on my travels and really, why just keep them on the shelf? Some of these fabrics may be familiar to you as I may have already blogged about them in previous posts. That's probably because I have made cushions for my own home from some of these.

What do you think?