At the Book Fair I picked up some lovely vintage goodies. These two books have wonderful images and funny stories in them – I can’t wait to use some of them in my making! I also bought some craft magazines and craft book from the 1970s – so much orange, brown and macramé! Great!
I bought this sweet Baby Animals book for my girl, my boy got some Dinosaur magazines (can you tell he has a thing for dinos?!) and J got a daggy old quiz book – ‘hours of family fun’!!
At my mother-in-law’s, I rummaged through her fantastic collection of sewing patterns. We had a lovely time; her remembering the different ones she made for different occasions, and me drooling over the fabulously retro outfits! Here’s two I borrowed. They are only a year apart – from 1969 and 1970 – but very different, I think.
And here’s the fabric I bought today that will be perfect for making one of those patterns up! I was so happy with this find from my local Vinnies shop – 3.8m of vintage Finnish fabric for only $7!! A bit bright for me, but I love it anyway!
Ahhhh, so much thrifty goodness!
5 comments:
Aaaarrrggh! I forgot all about the Lifeline Bookfest! Maybe it's still on...I'll check. I remember last time it ran for a week rather than just the long weekend. Fingers crossed! Sure sounds like you had a wonderful Queen's B'day holiday (& drats! we've only one more Public Holiday now left this year). Can't wait to see what yu create with your cool vintage finds :)
Your blog looks delicious sweetie! I love the name you picked:) I really enjoyed your post about the collage greats, especially Joseph Cornell. He is my favorite:) Wonderful job Ali! Love, Jamie
Oh, what a nostalgia trip. Those dress patterns did it for me - I was living in Canada for a year in 1969 and married in 1970 and remember those styles as if it was yesterday.
By the way - Shaun Tan is being interviewed by Margaret Throsby this morning and after reading your post on him, I will certainly be listening.
Sounds like a lovely day Ali - can't wait to see that fabric recreated!
lovely thrifty goodies...i love vintage books!!
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