Shabby Chic Thread?

cat64

Thanks NE girl will have a look at that. :T Daisy that mirror was a real bargain - in the charity shops around here they go for around £12-15:eek: so you did really well.

daisy_steiner_2

Rose Sparky, you got some real bargains there. I love that glass bowl.

piratess

Kisto! ... those prints are lovely! ..
The one with the butterflies on is it wrapping paper?
I ask because my BF used to work at the place which supplies this paper "stewo" and ive got loads of it! lol In different backgrounds to for using on my scrapbook
But im going frame a few peices! as it looks fab!!!!!!!

mary43

rose_sparky - what super bargains !! Last boot fair at out school was cancelled due to bad weather...........can't wait for the next one.......should be at the end of the month.............having said that I must resist the urge to buy yet more 'stuff'............I''m trying so hard to de-clutter............lol

vintagepleasure

cat64 wrote: »

Hi, I'd like to use up some of my fabric collection and thought I'd make some bunting, would someone be kind enough to let me have some instructions? Do you use double thickness fabric for example? Thanks x

It depends what kind of look you want.I tend to cut 2 long triangle then sew wrong sides together along the long edges.Turn the right way out use binding tape to connect them all together sealing the other triangle edge in as I go.
You can just use pinking shears to cut the triangles out and attach them to ribbon or binding tape.That way is much quicker and uses less fabric and time.

vivw_2

icandream wrote: »

Hi Vivw: From the site somebody mentioned earlier in the thread: halfcost.co.uk
And I'm hugely grateful to them.
They are reduced to £4.99, and I've bought three, and they are so incredibly useful (and well made). They also have some of Linda Barker's £45 cutlery, selling for £7.99 a set of 4, and it's gorgeously heavy cutlery. I've replaced mine, as our cutlery was basically all bits and pieces from garage giveaways collected over the years (and very ugly)! So thank you to the original poster.

Thanks so much. I've now ordered two housekeeping boxes and two sets of cannisters all in cream for less price than some are charging for one box.:j:j:j

miss_phish

NEgirl wrote: »

Nothing that caught my eye but i did make £247 (thats already taking out the fees to get in and lunch etc) so all in all a good day despite the lack of bargains!! :rotfl:

Wow, you did really well!!!

:T

daisy_steiner_2

vintagepleasure wrote: »

It depends what kind of look you want.I tend to cut 2 long triangle then sew wrong sides together along the long edges.Turn the right way out use binding tape to connect them all together sealing the other triangle edge in as I go.
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That is the way that I do them too.

kisto

piratess wrote: »

Kisto! ... those prints are lovely! ..
The one with the butterflies on is it wrapping paper?
I ask because my BF used to work at the place which supplies this paper "stewo" and ive got loads of it! lol In different backgrounds to for using on my scrapbook
But im going frame a few peices! as it looks fab!!!!!!!

The butterflies one is also a photo off of http://www.sxc.hu but of course it could have just been that somebody photographed the wrapping paper.

NEgirl

http://www.sewingmachine-sales.co.uk/sewing_machine_info/video/33/universal-tape-binder.html

was just thinking how much easier binding would be if i could have one of those!!