Op-shopping....material goodies

Today was actually grocery shopping day but I decided to save fuel & go to Spotlight (big Aussie fabric etc store) as I needed toy stuffing, & then on the way home check out some op-shops....hmmm, how terrible a task ;-)


Mousie at the moment is having swimming lessons at school as she is lucky enough to go to a public school that has it's own pool. I found a really groovy brand name sun-top for her (she is growing so fast that her sun-suit is getting to the stage of cutting her in half...ouch!) at Vinnies for $1...hardly or not used....bargain!

How 'groovy' is this? I love the pattern!!

I also seem to be in the habit lately of finding vintage souvenir hankies, so I grabbed

those too...

Sydney is still in it's original wrapping, while the QLD ones
are somewhat newer

Tableclothes, of course, are another weakness...

Cooktown, Qld

50's (?) orange & floral...

Last of all...a wonderful double bed sheet...

I really love this...you need to see it close-up....
You'd love it 'Aussie" Dee!

Have lot's of ideas for these fabrics! xxx :-)

Op shopping finds

I went to our local post office on Monday to 'farewell' Tasmina as she makes her way to her new home in Tasmania & decided to have a quick look at the little Lifeline op shop nearby. I mainly wanted to check out the sewing bits & pieces but of course 'had' to have a quick look at everything else ;-)
Luckily enough I found some nice thick french embroidery thread in black for 50cents...lucky because I'd just run out of black! The Pyrex carafe I'd spotted weeks ago & had said to myself that if it was still there the next time I looked I'd buy it. Sure enough it was still there peering down at me from a top shelf. This is the first one I've seen that still has it's lid, so for $3 I'm delighted to give it a home & what a lovely pattern...'sunburst' ??
I love a nice vintage t-towel & someone had taken the trouble to crochet the ends of this linen floral one. This will become a lined shopping bag & I'll incorporate the crochet as it is quite pretty. $2 for that...it seems to be the going price for unused vintage t-towels but it wont cost much more to make the bag as I have everything I need :-)

Lovely vintage floral linen t-towel...

Pyrex carafe with lid..

Creating...recycled material

With Mousie back at school & the rain bucketing down outside (lots of flooding going on in SE Qld & Northern NSW like last Jan!) I've cleared off my work table & uncovered the sewing machine again ( I did sew cushions at the beginning of the month but mysteriously things from other parts of the house seem to migrate to & breed in my creative space ;-(  )
Mousie needed a painting shirt/apron for school so instead of ripping the sleeves off an old shirt I decided to recycle some items from the op-shop to make a swish double-sided apron. I had a long cotton skirt I bought just for the material & some groovy looking pillow cases (where do all the matching sheets disappear to??) that I really love the colours & pattern of...

I based the pattern on Mousies vintage  'cooking at home apron' (op-shop $1)...

I'm really pleased with the results & am thinking about making a longer version with some pockets across the front for me, without the name tag...lol! I still have plenty of both materials (fabrics)...mmmm, I shall add it to the 'to-do' list :-)
xxx

Front with glimpse of back...

Back with a glimpse of the front...

Oh dear! Nearly forgot to actually post the final pics...hahahaha...Miss Mousie said she is going to wear the plain side outside so everyone can see how I embroidered her name...Isn't she sweet! x