Thursday, 20 October 2016

Light Relief

So we will delve further into this weeks auction mega haul , ive now managed to get it down to 8 boxes after a huge donation to the church was dropped off . Now this was the little box among all the other stuff that I actually wanted , this will take me weeks to sought through and squirrel away .
We have a box of filthy dusty , that nobody could be bothered with . But came as a part of a bunch of wool and sewing machines and other strange .
Be still my beating heart, its yet more knitting patterns in fact loads of 50s and 60s dolly ones . Toy patterns taken from 50 s and 60s magazines etc etc .




One I have just the dolly for , but with my knitting abilities may bear no resemblance to this ..lol




And for all you vintage frock fans theres a nice pile of childrens dressmaking and ladies from the 50s , many are still in the postal envelopes unopened , some are used and incomplete but i may have a use for the covers from those . Yet to be sorted through properly , I can see this current haul taking weeks to go through properly .


So thats my light relief for the week , as i toddle off to the depths of Hull to escape the endless American election coverage , which goes to prove they have as much choice as we do in who leads us . Theyve been given a choice between an Orangutang and someone so slippery they make Tony Blair look honest . I think its time to stick Putin on the ballot sheets and just give up.
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  1. mamasmercantile20 October 2016 at 03:56

    Kate such an impressive haul, light relief indeed a great box to browse through.

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  2. Gill - That British Woman20 October 2016 at 05:08

    I had to laugh at your comments about the American Election. I have been ignoring it as much as possible here in Canada, as I have much the same opinion as you. Although, what happens there will affect the whole world I am sad to say.....

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    1. kate steeper20 October 2016 at 14:49

      I have wondered if Hilary is paying him to stand against her

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  3. crafty cat corner20 October 2016 at 05:41

    omg, I would be in my element with this lot. Down here the auctions are just full of furniture tat etc, never seen crafty stuff.
    Briony
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    1. kate steeper20 October 2016 at 14:48

      Ours can be pretty dreadful , but we do get the odd bulk buy ones now and again , they're the good ones , where the contents are still inside the furniture . You can even buy washers with the contents still inside

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  4. Hard up Hester20 October 2016 at 08:48

    What a lovely haul.

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    1. kate steeper20 October 2016 at 14:46

      I must be mental, the amount of cleaning sorting and mending that this will involve

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  5. Tricky Wolf25 October 2016 at 06:12

    Carly is a prolific vintage pattern hoarder. I let her off though because she does get round to using them eventually so it's always nice to see vintage patterns being brought to life and put to use

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  6. kate steeper25 October 2016 at 13:36

    Don't go there with patterns I've been trying to create a burka one for Sindy and Barbie ....sometimes I'm even baffled by how I think

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  7. Valerie31 October 2016 at 01:19

    Love that vintage booklet about making felt toys, and those old sewing patterns are so nostalgic. It's also interesting how sizes change over the years. A size 10 dress on an old pattern is more like a 12 or even a 14 now.
    Enjoying you blog.
    Best wishes
    Valerie

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    1. kate steeper31 October 2016 at 03:04

      theres huge size differences in vintage patterns , still love them though

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  8. E38 November 2016 at 15:02

    This is a great find, the benefits of recycling and reusing. I got a bunch of boxes when we lost my grandmother and discovered there is a major size difference in those older patterns.

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