Quilt cover to cushion covers and elmer blanket

This might be my favourite blanket I have made yet! I used a fabric sample book for the front and an old hospital sheet for the back! Very cheap to make and I love the elmer the elephant type look to it!

 I made all these cushion covers from quilt covers that I have collected from car boots and charity shops - the first one (with orange flowers) is my favourite. I bought this quilt years ago and haven't had the courage to cut it up yet, I tried to put it on my quilt but it was a really funny shape so I finally took the plunge and cut it, I love the result!

Hope you have had a good weekend, I have been working on another blanket and spent Saturday with my sister making valentines t-shirts!

Log stool

This is my dads latest project - it is still being finished - there is lots more shaping to do and a big decision about wether or not to keep the bark on! I love it!

This is one of my recent finds - a very clever candlestick that holds a box of matches at the bottom.

I also go tthe middle 2 mustard spoons (I appear to be collecting them now!) The top one was from my Mum, it all started went I went with my mum to visit my Grandma and I did her washing up, whilst putting things away I came across a tiny spoon (it is smaller than any of these) and I loved it - so of course now everywhere I go I spot little mustard spoons!

Here there are hanging up in their little bucket home!

Vintage paper bunting

My friends asked me if I could make them some bunting for their kitchen, if possible with some birds on. Well instead of my usual fabric bunting (I wasn't having much luck finding any with birds on) I thought I would try something different.

So after a day of hitting the charity shops I came back with lots of materials for making it!

These were the first few flags I made

Here it is finished - I used old postcards, sheet music, an old map, old pages from a book, lace, stamps (with birds on), vintage playing cards, jigsaw pieces and pages from a collins bird book.

I really love it and hope they like it too!

You probably can't read it but the bird on the left is called rock bunting - there were a few different bunting birds - I had to include one of them!

Tewkesbury Abbey and recent thrifty finds

A lovely sunny day and the view across to the Abbey.

I lvoed that the garden walled seem to be made up of bits of surplus abbey!

I got this mustard bag on Wednesday thinking it might go nicely with my new teal dress, and then on Friday I came across these faith shoes for only £5, both from charity shops! They are a perfect match.

I got this kodak disc camera and film (one film already in the camera with a few photos already taken!) at a car boot for £2. I am not sure if anywhere locally develops the film but I will give it a go!

This is an old light meter I picked up from London camera exchange for £2, they always have something different in their odds and ends bin.

Finally I picked up these sugar tongs for 75p in a charity shop. After going to Well walk tea room I really wanted some so that I could do something similar at home. Here is how it looked!

I also managed to pick up a smaller sugar bowl but that is currently with my dad who is giving it a mat finish to match everything else. Have you found anything recently?