Adventures in thrifting

I'm not supposed to be buying any more fabric until I've used up some of my stash, but I couldn't resist this lovely floral sheet from the Children's Hospice charity shop. It wa only £1.99, so it barely counts. It's such super-soft cotton that I think it would make great bedding for B when she's a bit bigger, or maybe even some summer clothes!

Vintage baby clothes

I've recently been inundated with lovely vintage baby clothes for lucky B. the first batch came from my sister, who has a bit of a fab collection. It looks like B is mostly going to be rocking red gingham this summer! The second batch was in a lovely surprise parcel from France sent by my friend Emma who had been helping her mother-in-law have a clear-out. Sadly I think some of the things in the parcel, especially this beautiful little white top, would be more suited to petite delicate French babies rather than my sturdy little English girl, but I'm just enjoying looking at them and think I might be able to replicate a couple of them using some of my fabric stash.

Treasure-hunting

As I walked into town this morning, the display in the window of one of the local charity shops caught my eye. In the centre was a set of vintage crockery with a pattern that I recognised. As a bit of background, my family are generally champion hoarders, bargain hunters and thrifters - especially my middle sister, who is the queen of this kind of treasure-hunting. We can't resist vintage loveliness and I realised that I recognised the pattern from my youngest sister's house. A couple of quick texts later and I was struggling home up the hill carrying six dinner plates, six bowls, six cups and saucers and a fruit bowl for my sister, all purchased for the princely sum of four pounds! I was on a bargain-induced high for the rest of the morning.