To cut a long story short...the other day I came across a lovely lady with a rather large stash of vintage and retro fabrics who was selling them for a donation to a charity she helps out with. I chose these pretty lot to take home with me! I am so very very happy indeed. Some of the prints seem so familiar to me, I must have had clothes made from them when I was a little bird!
I have been dreaming and scheming up many ideas for how I will use them. I really like the idea of making some half person/half animal woodland/bird folk so that I can make tiny clothes for them out of the retro loveliness. Some of the prints are so small they would lend themselves perfectly to tiny clothes.
My other new crafting fad has been foxes. I've been making a few of these foxy brooches using freehand embroidery to draw and colour in the fox. They do take rather a while to make and I'm pretty googley eyed by the end but I do like them so I'll make a few more and hopefully get some in my etsy shop. What do you think?
Well, I must dash now...off to bellydance now on this cold ,windy and wet evening!
Sweet shimmies to you all
Love dotty
xxx
great fabrics. Love the foxy brooches too!
ReplyDeleteThank you! I think I love the fabrics a little too much! I'm definately in a flowery retro kinda mood!
DeleteGreat fabric stash, I love that little fox, you are very clever! :) x
ReplyDeleteI thought you might like it! There m,ight be something foxy heading your way soon...I'm nearly!!! finished putting together your parcel...I have one last happy thing to make!!
DeleteI'm loving that fox and the fabrics! x
ReplyDeleteYou're right the tiny patterns deserve to be used on something of a similar scale.when i
ReplyDeleteI was dressing my dolls house dolls many years ago I had difficulty finding something with such a small print.
I think they are freaking FABULOUS!!!!
ReplyDeleteAmazing work, mama!
what a wonderful buy, you will have some envious boggers now.
ReplyDeleteFox looks great, have quite a few around here.
What a sweet little foxy and lucky vintage fabric find too... it is lovely to be in the right place at the right time isn't it... C x
ReplyDeleteOoooh these foxy brooches are FAB! I LOVE them..and your birdie from the previous post. Love your creations! Also loving our parallel lives..how freakishly delightfuly spooooky :)xx
ReplyDeleteDarn..meant to also say that I have vintage fabric stash evy ;)xx
ReplyDeleteWow what a great haul and I love your little foxy brooches - well worth the googly eyes!
ReplyDeletethank you! My eyes are now recovering from their extreme googliness! :)
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