Quilter's delight! More goodies coming to the fair...

It's been quiet on the blogging front but with good reason...

So much to do with the Vintage Bazaar Fair coming up tomorrow, SATURDAY 29TH OCTOBER 2011!

I thought I'd post a few more pictures so that you can see what you can expect to find on my stall. 

I will have French Enamelware, Vintage spice jars, decorative items, painted furniture, pictures, lots of fabrics & embroidered linens and many other pretties.

If you like quilting or sewing, you will be spoilt!

Little quilt parcels

 Jam jar covers

 Quilt cuttings in various shapes (birds, pumpkins, snowmen, gingerbread men, apples etc)

Twine

Quilt pieces

and

fabric...

I almost forgot...the painted and decorated  fold-able shelves below will be available to buy too!

I hope to have whetted your appetite.

My stall is on the left hand side of the main hall as you come in.The stall is against the wall just two stalls away from where you pay your £1 entrance fee.

For more details about the Vintage Bazaar click HERE.

See you soon!

A bientôt!

Isabelle X

Fabulous FABRICS!

On one of my recent posts, I mentioned that I had bought some fabric from Donna Flower. A few days later, my parcels arrived. The presentation is always so neat and pretty.

You can always rely on Donna's website for a fantastic selection of vintage fabrics! It is no surprise, that Cath Kidston has mentioned Donna as being a supplier of antique & vintage fabrics in her latest book SEW!.

I was very disappointed not to have been able to attend Donna's Open house event recently but these parcels made up for it in some way.

I like a wide variety of textiles, old and new. My absolute favourites are vintage ones, especially dating from the 1930's, 40's & 50's.

PARCEL ONE



1950's Abstract Floral Cotton


1950's French Floral Fabric (So beautiful!)

PARCEL TWO







1950's Purple Rose Velvet Fabric (Photo doesn't really do it justice!)




1940's Bloomsbury Style Floral Fabric (Love it!)




1940's fabric Red Roses on Blue


1950's Stylised Floral Fabric (Really love the design)

Other textiles obtained recently. I acquired some discontinued sample books - Cath Kidston and Baer & Ingram full of fabric and wallpaper samples.




From Cath Kidston book


From Baer & Ingram book

There were also a couple of Ebay purchases

Liberty Tana Lawn Fabric "Felicite"


Cath Kidston fabric


Yellow and grey vintage sheets

I hope that you are all enjoying the half term holidays what ever you are up to! No school runs or getting packed lunches ready for a while ;-))


A bientôt!

Isabelle x

Ilminster Vintage Textiles Fair

Liz's stall

Today I headed off to Ilminster (Somerset), I went to the Ilminster Vintage Textiles Fair. There, I saw some familiar friendly faces and had the pleasure of meeting Niki from Nostalgia at the Stone House for the first time. Although I have bought things from Niki's website on and off over the past 2 years and have exchanged comments via email & blog, we had had not met face to face up until today. Both Donna's & Liz's stalls were beautifully presented!

Basket of corsets


The one that got away.... I saw her on Liz's stall but made the mistake of deciding to look around first as she was the first thing I saw. When I went back to Liz's stall to buy her, she had gone! I was trying to be so good, you know... not buying the first thing you see in case you see something else... What was I thinking of in this case!?!

Donna's stall

Some of the things I came back home with

I love the colours of this Heather design fabric

LOVE this cushion cover!

From Donna's stall

Gorgeous fabric also from Donna's stall

From Donna's stall again...

Beautiful lace collar, pearl hat pin and mother

of pearl buckles

Really enjoyed the time I spent there. It was nice seeing some friendly faces and to see an array of such beautiful vintage fabrics, buttons, trims etc...

After the fair Alan & I drove to some villages nearby so that he could take some 3d photos to add to his Somerset 3d website. We finished off the outing with a late pub lunch.

A bientôt!

Isabelle x