After a disastrous start I have sorted my camera out (it was on a really weird setting!) and have now managed to get some decent photos of my 1940s make do and mend dress. Why I’ve called it that I’ll… Continue Reading
Well, I’m afraid the post I had planned for this week will have to wait due to problems with my camera. After spending a good two hours photographing the dress I wore to the Dig for Victory Show, I uploaded the… Continue Reading
One of my favourite fabric websites did something a couple of weeks that is extremely dangerous for me. It sent me a voucher for five free samples of any of its fabrics. Now I know why they did this, it’s… Continue Reading
Well, it’s been yet another really busy month and I have so many blog posts backed-up that I really want to write, it’s driving me crazy. I promise I will try and get them all done soon as I have… Continue Reading
A couple of Christmases ago, just a few months before starting this blog, I fell ill with a heart problem the doctors just couldn’t get to the bottom of. Taking things into my own hands I searched for things to… Continue Reading
I am so excited to tell you about the fabulous day I spent at The Dig for Victory Show on Sunday, a 1940s festival held at the the North Somerset Showground but, before I start, I must apologise. This is probably going to… Continue Reading
This weekend I was really looking forward to going to Judy’s Affordable Vintage Furniture Flea in Oxford. However, once we’d done a turn of the room, we left empty handed and I was left a little bit disappointed. I was… Continue Reading
Well, May has been a bit of hectic month, the day job has been insanely busy, I’ve got full into sewing my own clothes again, which means I can create all those vintage style garments I’ve been fruitlessly searching for,… Continue Reading
This weekend I had a very rare few days on my own to get on with some of the things I have been wanting to do for a while but just haven’t found the time to do. Most of these… Continue Reading
I need your help dear friends. You may remember back in my February vintage on the web post that I’d come across the amazing dresses by Australian designer, Evelyn Wood. Well, ever since, I have saving my pennies so I… Continue Reading
