Vintage Treasure Finds

Vintage treasures that I have found.......some I have kept and some have found new homes x

Look what i got from a skip and its not the babies x x x 

1940's, 1950,s suite, a sofa and two chairs covered in Sanderson roses

And i love it x

Some images from the Jubilee celebrations x 

My first mosaic

 My latest *make*.....after saving up plates forever...i finally tackled my latest project. This table was from the recyling centre and cost me £1.50. I had painted it with chalk paint and waxed it , but it's used as a foot rest and my grandaughters have a habit of scribbling over it.

 I got the plates from the recycling centre too, they must of cost me less than £5.00 and the nippers were about the same from E-Bay.

I really enjoyed doing it but I can't say its something I will be repeating as it was very painful on my hands.

 Its very satisfying to do...you wrap the plates in a quilt or towel and smash with a hammer.......

 Then use the nips to shape the china...you can make perfect little squares but I wanted it more free form...and with my hands I think that would of taken a hundred years!

 I found that by grabbing a handful of pieces and working fast the shapes seemed to fall into place whereas if I took my time and painstakingly sorted through the shapes it seemed to be much harder.

Here is the finished table....I have to wait 24 hours for the pieces to set before I can grout them.

I made a little heart from the handles of two cups, and I loved including the back stamps/makers mark . It's by no means perfect but for a first attempt I am sort of satisfied..

A work in progress......

I have finally finished the first corner of my poppy tablecloth...it's my first major embroidery project.

 I chose poppies because apart from being one of my favourite flowers its also what I called my youngest daughter..

 I do miss red poppies though....all the poppies in Sidmouth are yellow and I have no idea why, i am presuming it has something to do with the soil. I have seen a few red ornamental poppies in peoples gardens but all the wild ones are yellow or at most a very pale orange.........

I have already started my second corner and already I can tell a difference...my embroidery is much finer and neater on the second corner....infact when I look at the first corner I think its pretty bad...and want to do it all over again!!! It's going to be a long project, I have another  three corners to go...but when I have finished it I plan to sign it and put the date in one corner, I am hoping it will become a family heirloom and that  Poppy will one day pass it down to her children x