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Framed Vintage Tablecloth

27/07/2018 ♦

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I could use this tablecloth in so many frames - it seems to suit them all! This was a shiny brown picture frame that I've painted and rubbed-back a little. I can get 3 or 4 useable sections from the tablecloth and, now that I've already ear-marked it for another…

Another frame…

27/07/2018 ♦

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Isn't this frame just gorgeous?! It's a little bigger than the other one and it came ready painted in this duck-egg blue with gold highlights - and a slightly shabby/worn look of course! I've padded it then added this really delicate cotton with lace and bead detail in soft pink.…

And another…

27/07/2018 ♦

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I fell in love with this frame and I knew exactly what I wanted to do with it. I just loved the colour. I picked up some old woollen blankets some time ago, and they cut up to make great padding on little projects where it is still visible on…

French basket lightshades

19/02/2016 ♦

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As usual, I was in my element as I meandered through the array of twinkling jewellery, battered kitchenalia and fabrics galore at the vintage fair. I came out - much later - with a wide grin on my face. Aren't these fairs one of the best ways - ever - of spending a…

Painted Frame Memo Board

29/09/2015 ♦

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I was itching to make a nice big memo board for my sister. I could just imagine this propped against the wall next to her new sewing machine, virtually buried by pieces of fabric and scraps torn from magazines among her own doodles and ideas. She's always coming up with…

Vintage Brooch (Vintage style/shabby chic style!)

16/11/2014 ♦

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Don't you love vintage brooches? I think these look equally great on a summer dress, woollen coat, or your favourite hat - and I think I've used it on all of those since I made it! Using wide lace and sticking to just one colourway gives them a lovely shabby…