Textile Treasures being listed for sale on the sister blog this weekend!

Some very cute textiles and similar items being listed for sale this weekend on my other blog. Just click on the link here  Many thanks, Lizzie xx

The Sewing (and sorting!) Room

 This week has been a busy one (as usual). Apart from drying out the stock from yet another soggy fair, I have also been sorting out various rooms at home. This room (above) became empty after son no. 2 took the spare bed off to his new flat (!)

 Ah ha, I thought.. space for a sewing room perhaps? Somewhere to sit and price stock? To attend to preparation....

 .. and to stash stock ready for the busy run of fairs this Autumn...

 So far, so good... it isn't a big space, so I will need self-control not to turn it into "a room of doom" (a very fitting expression coined by Donna )

Love the way the sunlight pours in and the old green painted shelves work well with my favourite piece of 50's Cactus fabric! So, lots of lovely priced and sorted textiles and buttons to bring to the Vintage and Handmade Textile fair on Saturday 1st October in Chipping Sodbury!

....and now for something completely different!

In the past few weeks I have been busy buying for the next run of fairs. These large wooden spools from France have been selling well, and they look great displayed on some of my Antique and recycled Indian painted furniture.

 Yesterday we restocked the Dairy House with this Indian cupboard with wire mesh doors (perfect for the kitchen). We also took some Indian gates and other pieces of carved wood items (below).

 The wood and metal work well alongside gorgeous old French grainsacks....

  This coming Saturday I am selling at a new fair in Ilminster at the Meeting House . I will be taking along a selection of French Linen sheets, Eastern European Mangle cloths, buttons, wooden cotton spools and a selection of these beauties (below)....

 Carved Antique wooden items from India. They look wonderful alongside the linen sheets and other stock.

 Most of them have been adapted so that they can by hung on the wall or used as candle sconces.

 I adore the layers of chipped old paint, some of them would have adorned buildings for hundreds of years.

The following weekend I will be having my usual stall at The Vintage and Handmade Fair in Chipping Sodbury, if there is room in the van I might bring along a few Vintage Indian items to ring the changes to my stand. What do you think?

le Shed Textile.....

The challenge was made by Linda of Lindiblog (http://lindaclift.blogspot.com/2009/08/come-on-girls-i-want-pictures-of-your.html ) to "show us your sheds"... or work spaces of a gardenesque nature.....

Well here is mine in all its shabby glory, complete with "misty" view into the interior thanks to a neighbours bonfire this afternoon!
As you can see I have been busy sorting, ironing & pricing the latest finds....

How am I going to part with this Hydrangea head fabric?

This is one of many (Mr W would say "too many") Lloyd Loom chairs where I can sit & sew... weather permitting.

NB :The cushion is not for sale, it was a purchase from the recent Honiton Textile fair. A girls has got to have a treat sometimes, I thought the fabric looked a bit "Silver Studio" what do you think?