~York Festival of Vintage~

On Sunday we went to the vintage event at York racecourse - a fantastic day out and well worth the £8 entrance fee.  Lots of vintage homewares, furniture and clothes to coo at and covet.  I wish today's cars were as aesthetically pleasing to me as these old Ford Anglias. I could just hop into one with a headscarf and some red lippy on...

I got my fix of eiderdowns...

Of course, as usual at these things, too much loveliness and too little pennies - but I did buy a vintage Butterick blouse sewing pattern for £7, these recycled crocheted flowers for £3...

This linen floral fabric for my standard lampshade project.  A bargain at £4.50 I thought.

Three pairs of sugar tongs...

Daughter: "Do you really need those; you already have some?"

Me: "Yes"   (For my vintage tearoom/B&B of course)

It's also interesting to look at the work of vintage-inspired crafters and designer-makers.

Daughter L loved this memory quilt and took some inspiration from it for her Textiles 'A' level

I also met Kelly Reagon, the designer-maker of 'Martha and Arthur' , vintage-inspired children's wear.  Kelly has used her talents from the fashion industry to create a range of well-made gorgeous garments for children.

Childrens clothes in gorgeous fabrics

Kelly behind her stall,   pinafores and dresses in florals and  plaids

Martha and Arthur are in the process of creating a website, but can be found on Facebook or via the contact details below

Now I am off to carry on cutting out my prototype vintage blouse!

~Lavender Sachets~

Just a quick post before The Great British Sewing Bee...If you have a nostalgic fondness for 1970s hankies, and like me you buy them and never use them, you can make them into lavender sachets.  I was inspired to do this by Sally at Poppycock blog, who included a small lavender sachet when I bought a gadget case from her Folksy shop.
I bought my dried lavender from www.jimandjenny.com (seller giftsscotlandtd9) on eBay, 250g for £4.99 with free P&P. What a lovely parcel it was, I can't get enough of the smell of lavender - I nearly put my head in the jiffy bag...

5 x 50g bags for £4.99

It was hard to cut into the hankies, but better than never using them (I think!)
A quick machine stitching, stuffing with lavender, then trimming with pinking shears resulted in these little cuties, which I'll use when parcelling up my eBay sales...

I'm now on with some lavender hearts and pillow, made from vintage fabric and doilies, which I'm selling at a fundraiser this Friday.

~Giveaway Winner~

The winner of my gardening giveaway, drawn by the Random Number Generator is....

Jane at Plain Jane blog!
Please email me (lavenderattic@hotmail.co.uk) your address and I'll pop it in the post for you!
Thanks to everyone for their entries and comments.
Sally x