vintage treats + KCWC

do the 80s count as vintage?!!!

my mum came to visit a few weeks ago, and brought with her a few sewing bits and bobs which she's had in her cupboard for yonks! (she's a bit of a hoarder!)

all packed up in this cool tin



filled with lace and broderie trims, some lace collars, cutout patches.....



i think some of them came from my aunt who used to be a designer, and then had her own boutique.



and these cool tapes, i remember playing with these when i was a kid, not sure what to do with them though - any ideas? especially the number one?



and she also brought these beauties



Burda magazines from 1986! two in german and one in english (at least the german should be easier to figure out than the japanese craft books!)



how cute are these two?..



nice specs!...



i actually quite like this one...



and these could be cute in some nice fabric...



kind of scary but cute too!..



i really like the boys all in one



and as it's KCWC in a few weeks I'll definitely be making use of some of these trims and patterns.... now i just need to find some leg warmers and velvet scrunchies to complete the looks!

whoooaaaaa!

didn't mean to be quite soooooo long between posts!

things have however been pretty productive around here, but as usual i forgot to take pictures!

basting is completed on the single girl quilt, that things is mahooosive, i thread basted as i'm hand quilting and safety pins just get in the way and add too much weight, but it took quite a long time to thread baste so i'm just imagining how long the hand quilting will take!





and i whipped up this little nappy carrier for my smaller bag, the tutorial is from Anna of noodlehead, and was really easy to follow, but i did unpick the whole thing and make it smaller, as I wanted something pretty small, so i made it just the right size for two nappies and a packet of wipes.



i've got a few other finished projects to show you, a few projects on the go and a HUGE list of things I need to make!