This is my secondary blog and is designed as an archive of my handmade creations, past and present. I also add dates of fairs I'm attending, where I offer for sale my handmade pieces and also carefully sourced vintage goods. I hope you will enjoy taking a look, Niki x

Wednesday 24 July 2013

A Variety of Items Heading for Nostalgia at No.1...

Thought I'd make some coat hanger covers for a change, based on 1930's styles...I was inspired by the shape of the vintage hand embroidery which had once been part of a tablecloth...the design seemed to follow the shape of the hangers...
I used C19th French linen for the other side.

Any precious scraps of the hand embroidery that was left over, was combined with vintage floral fabrics and used to make lavender filled sachets.

A little revamp project was required for this pretty chippy painted chair...
It appeared to have had three re-covers in its lifetime, so I stripped the whole lot off and started again...
I used a stunning French Scheurer fabric from 1884!



A lined basket handmade using a pretty ditsy print vintage lingerie fabric...Lovely for baby essentials.

I've put together several vintage gardener gift sets.
And in-between times make myself busy using some of my favourite French fabric fragments to make more lavender-filled sachets. Always a great seller at my shop...






Thanks for visiting,
Niki x