Vintage sewing goodness!

Over the long weekend my mother and I went country op shopping...OMG.

We went to five places, and I found amazing bargains. Patterns, material, notions, and the best buy of the day was the stack of 100% Aussie wool from the 1970s!

I'm over the moon :)

The next few weeks will be full of lovely goodness for me, with patterns coming in the mail from all over! I really must get around to actually sewing something :P

Old world charm

Excitementttttttt!
I had an amazing find/buy last week!
This antique lounge suite!!! Its wonderful. I adore the real feather filled seats, the wood carvings and the button backs.
They really do not make furniture like they used too.
Love!

Also as my first photo shows I then bought a awesome coffee table, its deff old but I have no idea of its marker or period. All i know is that its amazing and so very practical with its 12 draws.

Furniture addict.

Gerties New Book for Better Sewing

Gerties blog was the reason I got into sewing.
I had always been intrested but fearful of sewing, I understood it was going to be hard and expensive to start (anyone that says otherwise is mad!) But I knew after reading every blog post of hers over a weeks times I had to give it a try.

I have never been so excited for a sewing book before, and my excitement was justifed the moment I opened the cover. Its bright, inviting and has the same humor of her blog.
She makes things intresting and pushes you to try more. Its not a conventional sewing book, this is for vintage inspired sewers. If your a quick sew, modern kind of gal...dont even bother going anywhere near thing book.

All in all, this is one of the best purchases I have ever made regarding sewing in general let alone a sewing book.

Well done Gertie, I cant wait to see what you have in store for us next :)