Tag: vintage

• Yay!!!!

  Finally I’ve done it! I’ve got a stitchy corner with all my pretties on show… Want a peek?! I got the dresser from eBay and the rest is repurposed from elsewhere in the house or my stash. The big dresser drawers are full of yarn!!!! The yellow vintage Brio box is 50 years old and…

  Pollie Math

  June 12, 2011

  Doing stuff, Purchases, stitch, Zen

  craft space, Post, sewing room, stitch, storage, vintage

• Sneaky peek

  Well, coming back from a sparse, clean, White seaside house made the chaos of our office space and, indeed, whole house seem even more awful. So we’ve been cleaning, tidying and fixing up all weekend and I’m absolutely fed up of it but…….want to see where I’ve got to in my stitchy storage endeavours?? A…

  Pollie Math

  June 7, 2011

  Doing stuff, Purchases, stitch

  buttons, craft space, storage, tidy, vintage, yarn

• Eggs-actly what I was after

  I finished the garland on Friday, just in time!! It’s the first thing that Elder has really contributed to – I’m so proud of him!! I’m also pleased with it as it’s my first time working with previously embellished fabrics and customising it. Plus I’d never made flowers before so that was fun. Here’s my…

  Pollie Math

  April 25, 2011

  Family, Making stuff, stitch

  Easter, making, stitch, vintage

• Quiltmania(c)

  as promised…here’s my Texan beauty…sawtooth star, all hand pieced and quilted…I love it…I hope you do too.

  Pollie Math

  April 5, 2011

  Purchases, stitch

  eBay, memories, purchases, quilt, retro, vintage

• Confessional

  oh dear…ebay-itis has struck again…I am now the proud owner of another vintage quilt currently being shipped here from the US. A blue sawtooth star beauty…oh, it’s lovely and I have a good, practical use for it already in mind. Honest. I’ll post a picture as soon as it gets here. It’ll be worth the wait.

  Pollie Math

  March 24, 2011

  Purchases, stitch

  eBay, purchases, quilt, reasons to be cheerful, retro, stitch, vintage