Rummaging in my drawers......

Sad again that these photos are on pinterest - despite no pin code, despite requests, despite watermark.......

Following the 'success' of my boring old Christmas cupboard post and also as a consequence of Annie at knitsofacto asking a pertinent question along the lines of: 'Do you have a list of where you keep stuff?' (not an exact quote)  - I thought that I would show you my drawers...

 I understand that some people keep undergarments in drawers and clothes in wardrobes - I keep neither!  Drawers and wardrobes are for  STUFF!  We know that don't we - we can SHOVE a great deal of STUFF into a deep drawer....shameful.....shocking

Dear Annie asked if I keep some sort of inventory of STUFF....indeed I do....it is located in my hippocampus - it is not paper/IT based.  My head has a mental image of STUFF location - this means that someone only has to mention 'Do you happen to have 'xyz'?' and like a gazelle I can swiftly locate said article and produce it a la Tommy Cooper and a conjuring trick.  This method sadly sometimes lets me down and the hippocampus fails to deliver.  When this occurs I spend an AGE searching through tins, jars, cupboards and DRAWERS looking for the ^*$%&%$&$% thing...Ha ha...serves me right not being organised.

Anyway this first picture is slightly doctored in that I moved the hanger (a hanger which I tried to sell for £1.50 - no takers so it will remain with me now forever and a day) - otherwise this is the drawer just how it looks when I opened it.  This chest of drawers lurks in the spare bedroom and I KNOW that my sisters rifle through this when they come to stay (I KNOW YOU DO - I SET A GOSSAMER TRAP).

I confess to folding the embroidery on the far right - all for extra effect and layerage

I would love to know if you are thinking if this is a little crazy or are you thinking: 'Yep - that looks about right - a jumble of stuff - same in our house'.

A little bit of rifling will reveal the underlying layers....

If you would like to see my other favourite embroidered places mats  you may find them here

I remember buying these (in a range of sizes) with a friend of mine - I will call her Mrs X - in a charity shop for £4.99 one or two years ago....all those hours of work for £4.99

One day I will do a 'proper' post where I show each piece in isolation.  The mats with the embroidered writing are beautiful - each one with a little garden, sundial and birds.  The quote from Shakespeare is life affirming for me - the sun sets and will always rise again...no matter what. An alternative interpretation is that the world just doesn't care a fig and will carry on regardless!

Repeating photos because I think that this is so lovely!

Bunny rabbit embroidery is earmarked (not in a sinister way!) for this Easter

Oh dear....too many embroideries....

This one is one of my favourites - the range of colours and beautiful flowers on fine, fine linen....it is lovely I think

Tablecloths live elsewhere...oh my!

These particularly embroideries are housed in our old Arts and Crafts chest of drawers - bought from Greenwich Market 25 years ago (a great deal of our stuff was bought 25 years ago I find) for £30.  Heart shaped handles notice!

Another drawer houses some Edwardian/Victorian linen that I used to wear as a teenager (I AM NOT THAT OLD) - for example:

This is an old  long nightdress (I added the ribbon and stitched a matching bow on the hem years ago) that I used to wear under an old pinafore dress.....paired with Edwardian brooches (another time perhaps....).....1930 black shoes with silver buttons (still have - cough, cough)........ to the LOCAL DISCO (!!!!!!!!!).....circa 1979.......later came to be worn just as a nightdress..............

Camisoles and petticoats another time (looking back...from the age of about 18 onwards..... I used to go around adorned simply in Victorian underwear!!!).

Of course I am in no position to tell my own children how to dress....

Please tell me that I am not alone...

Takes all sorts....

PS: I don't think that the world is holding its breath but just to say sorry again for lack of input and output....life has been very busy of late and creating stuff has been put on hold for a while.  Mind you I had a backlog of 'makes' building up....so I tried selling one of my vintage embroidered purses for £4.99...I am out of touch with the 'market' I think....no joy.  I took it to the local charity shop in the end as I got fed up of looking at it!  What do you do with all the things that you make (this question does not include edibles....I eat those!) ?  What do you do if you find it difficult not to make things.....I sometimes cannot sleep at night thinking about the things that I am going to make....sad  really as I have PLENTY of other things to worry about.

PPS: Jenny you were never 'in touch' with the market.....

PPPS Will be sad to see these on Pinterest.  Hundreds of my photographs have been there - mainly from Flickr but from here too.....some were to be found on page 31 of someones 46000 photographs...

I prefer our cosy chats...

Misfit again....