a love affair

I love church fetes!

I love vintage fabrics!
I love vintage prints!
also have a thing for vintage pillowcases!
for the princely sum of $2.. the lot ..WOW !
Absolutely gorgeous prints..I think a couple are Liberty ?

The little old lady thought the silk lined patchwork jacket would "look lovely on you, my dear! "

The clairvoyant in me is saying it will look much better deconstructed and sewn up into a gorgeous quilt!


What little treasures did you find this weekend?

x PJ x

psst....a little advice....

I was clearing out my photo files and came across some pics of my bestest op-shop find ever ,so far as resale goes !
So if you have any of these in your cupboard or find some in your op-shop trawling adventures, grab them !
I paid the princely sum of 50cents for a glad bag of these guys, not sure why I purchased them really, but I did. I listed them on ebay and imagine my shock when they sold for $365 AU !!
The bidding was furious and there were 6 bidders from Germany alone.
Seems they are highly collectable..but I found the little windfall very useful for a fabulous shopping spree at the fabric shops in Melbourne.


Never know...maybe your brother had some...quick ...go check your Mum's cupboards!!!

More Unbirthday swap fun!!

Hot on the tail of Miya receiving her swap package from me..I received my package from Miya !!
What a fabulous box of goodies !
A lovely handmade by Miya clutch purse and mini purse..( favourite colours pink and blues) with some yummy lip balm .

A vintage tin full of vintage sewing notions ...including wooden cotton reels...I LOVE old wooden cotton reels !!
oh, and see that little vintage wooden ruler in there, it is from a shop , Kramers' , in Cincinnati, where Miya lives...how cute !!!


AND...drum roll....this totally fabulous vinyl record box - screen printed and made by Miya...


one of the faces is Miya screen printed on it ...see her in the middle here ??
along with other notable dignitaries..hehe...



I had to hide it from my son after he wanted to claim it for himself...told me it was too cool for me and that he should have it ...hummph...I think not !!

As this was an Unbirthday swap..Miya had asked for a little info..one question was..what was the worst birthday you can remember ? ...well.......I wrote....


Worst birthday in my very vague memory was my 11th Birthday. Sitting on the side of Mum and Dad’s bed...Mum passes my present, a paper grocery bag ..( Mum being a trendy eco-reylce person way back then)...which contained one after the other of crochet covered coat hangers !!! What the ? !!
I started to get upset, cried and ran off ( I mean after the seventh ugly nylon crocheted coat hanger, wouldn’t you ?? ).
I eventually gave in to the calls to come back ( was sobbing on my bed in the next room ...thinking what horrible present givers they were and maybe I could trade them for someone else’s parents ! )
They convinced me to dig past the last 3 coat hangers..at the bottom of the bag was a box containing a watch ( some groovy brand that I can’t remember ) and a compilation music tape that had all the chart hits at the time.....Barry Manilow- Copacabana, 5- 7-0-5 , by an artist I can not remember, and Baby it’s You..by Peaches.
I quite liked the pressies ( not the coathangers ) and still have nightmares of giant crochet covered coat hangers taunting me !!

So, in the spirit of this piece of background information I give you the final item in Miya's swap package she sent.............





LOVE it all Miya...thankyou..yes....even the coathangers !!!!!


x PJ x

Great finds at the op-shop ....

Some "cute as " Oilily Matroyshka doll cord pants for Emily.



Funky green / blue/ lemon fabric apron....so vintage...made in Australia..
.hhhmm to keep as is or to cut ..????

Not sure of it's intended purpose, but it is Arabia ware made in Finland...very collectable...
I just love the design !

Totally stunning vintage linen tea towel .


Have I ever mentioned that I love op-shops ! ?