Giveaway competition for YOU. Come on in!

Thank you for previous comments - sorry for the delay.  I have merely been mulling.....it's a blog eat blog world out there!

Here I was going for the: 'pared down, back to basics, decluttered look' in this moderately revamped room -  consisting of basic transposition of shelving from one room to another, 'Cupboard of Wonders' transfer and stuff shoving............

Mary changed into a workaday outfit 'specially

Yes: I think that I have just  about pulled it off..........nearly

Phew!

For a moment there I thought that I might have gone a bit over the top and tried to cram too much stuff on to the shelves but no - pared back minimalism it is.......

What do you think so far?

 Eric.....be careful (a UK joke!)

The room is far from finished so I am being selective in the bits that I show.  There is still 'The Great Wall of Embroideries' to BUILD  around 'The Cupboard of Wonders': this will consist of  a selection of my favourites built up over the decades displayed in  splendid flying formation!!

Lest further shelf building be also needed...............LOL

Logistically it is all a bit tricky - not least to spell

I know...too much stuff but I am slowly working my way through it all.  

I wonder if you can help me?

 Can you please tell me  the colour that I  have painted my table.....(I have forgotten now that I only see in sepia....)?

Only if the correct colour is stated (I will check pre-sepia memory bank) will your name will be put into a very nice (circa 1950) straw hat for a follower giveaway prize. Ho ho

When I draw the names from the hat I will let you know

 I am not after the EXACT colour name mind  ('Saddleback Brown', 'New Bottom Pink' or 'Nose contents Green'...) just the broad colour will suffice (hint - it is  not black!!).

If you would like to be entered into the Giveaway Competition just let me know what colour you think the table is and which one of these two items you would like.


 I might have to turn on the colouriser on for these!

Purse Number One: Made from some lovely 1950s botanical print fabric that I thought showed  nice seasonal colours.

Ah - that's better...

Just the right size for taking your coppers to the Co-op and making a milk purchase perhaps ('Is she of this century....?')

Both sides are the same fabric

Showing bottom as usual....

Sorry that the conkers are a bit dried up by now!

Lined with plain off-white linen

Number Two: Zipped number - suitable for a range of purposes as demonstrated below.

Made from original Swedish fabric - dating from the ?70s (maybe someone can enlighten me) and possibly designed  by Laukkanen - who designed for Almedahls and Rorstrand

I thought perhaps a large pencil case - for large pencils!

I have used my old little doll here to show the scale - now they look like GIANTS!!

If you would rather the 'straightforward' giveaway please let me know - I will understand - honest I will.

Eco Ethel I have NOT forgotten the Limerick competition - I am not sure how much interest there might be globally for it though....if you think that it is a 'go'er' I will revive it.

'There once was an old woman from Wantage,
Who loved all that was vintage,
She bought too much stuff, husband got into a huff,
 That silly old woman from Wantage'.

You try rhyming vintage (mintage, spillage, village....)!

'There once was a woman who loved vintaajh,
Whose collection became rather large,
One day it burst through, right to next door's loo,
So then she had to charge' (for viewing...oh dear I am not very good at this)

Arthur: 'Could do better'
Martha: 'Could do a lot better!'

There once was a young woman from Wold, who adored all that was old,

There once was a young man who did knit, but nothing ever did fit....

'There once  was a 'middle aged' (!) hoarder,
Whose house got into disorder,
She got into a pickle, became very fickle
and then found she had to re-order'

Oh dear...again

 I had actually penned a post with several  limericks but must have deleted it in errata!


PS: I will tell the tale of my lovely £25 Edwardian table when we do the 'REVEAL' of the winners! I won't be posting so much anymore so it will be a few weeks I think.

PPS: Did you notice the tub of PVA glue in the grate - letting the side down.....shocking lack of standards. One day I intend to open up this fireplace again, light a fire, turn on the old radio and snooze beside it....We are fortunate in that all the bedrooms and indeed all the rooms in the house still have their original fireplaces - that is a lot of grates to keep clean!

PPPS: No 'bet hedging' by suggesting colours such as 'reddy blue' or 'greeny pink' or 'blackie white' (I SAID THAT IS WASN'T BLACK!  Did you read the ruddy post?) !!!

PPPPS: I am not colour blind!!!

PPPPPS: Only one entry per follower and no trying the old 'beard and glasses' trick that you tried last time

PPPPPPS: Ejection can be a humiliating experience...sorry that I am sometimes doubly a cross stick (hint, hint)

PPPPPPPS:

Ahem.....

Pear drops on fabrics and fabric with kittens
Bright shiny china and old knitted mittens
Second hand wallpaper tied up with strings
These are a few of my favourite things

Stacks of old linens and mint vintage poodles
Baked cake with chocco and cream that just oodles
Doorknobs and old bells and fairies with wings
These are a few of my favourite things

Girls in old dresses with embroidered  big sashes
Doilies like snowflakes and glued on eye lashes
Em-broidered cloths that then morph into things
These are a few of my favourite things

When the machine bites
When the scissors snip
When I'm feeling sad
I simply remember my favourite things
And then I don't feel so baaa-aa-a-hh-d

PPPPPPPPPPPPPS: I hope that you sang along

PPPPPPPPPPPPPPS: Pat Pending

PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPS: That was me on the flying trapeze in case you were wondering...

PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPS: 'She'd fly through air with the greatest of ease....'

PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPS: I have never been a great fan of bare back riding myself - no - I shall stick with the trapeze if that's ok


Tra La La........................................








Arthur: 'Does anyone know what she is going on about........?'

Martha: 'Some will see what is in front of them I think'


THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR ENTRIES - THE GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED AND YOUR ENTRIES ARE BEING COUNTED AND DOUBLE CHECKED AND VERIFIED AND RE-CHECKED!

DOUBLE GIVEAWAY .....haul away...

 Hello again.  As you seemed to like the fabric that I recently bought I thought that I would make this purse as a follower giveaway do - dah.

I have not finished writing my essay....

A nice little purse - just right for small change and going to the Co-op I think.

Purse reverse...

Just think - the only one like this in the whole widey world

Lined with 'proper' lining fabric that - so the old label on it says - was part of delivery of sample linings for Burberry macs! Fancy!

 A few open and shut photos!

Showing my bottom as per uusch

 What do you mean you don't go to the Co-oop?????

 Can you  see that in the mirror there is a reflection of a few bags.....

 Did you like my cotton reels ? I was going to burn them on the fire (as firelighters).  What was I thinking of!!

Oh dear - perhaps a case of 'over branding' going on here!

My Custards are nearly curdling!!!

Of course we associate The Custard 'brand' with the finest quality and special value! Mary Portas tells us that branding is a good thing

Thank you to those who have asked if I sell the things that I make - one day.

No - Mary Portas did not ask me that!

As the 50s fabric might not be to everyone's taste I also made this as Giveaway Number 2:

Cathedral window patchwork is an old favourite of mine that I have been making since I was a teenager (not making this particular thing since I was a teenager!!!!).  I admit that it is a bit fiddly and time consuming so not something that you could go into production with really....

 Here it is in the process of being made:

 So this was made with some very pretty vintage Jonelle fabric - I love the colours and the flowers are perfecto for this time of year.  

 I am spoiling you here with the cathedral window bit as the vintage embroideries are the very last pieces that were sent to me by Cath Kidston when they asked me to make those purses for them.  Of course I have hung on to every little bit!!

Little bits of embroidery being arranged....because you're worth it!!

Vintage thread using for stitching into place!

Dear Maille had very carefully sorted out these threads the other day - do you do that too.... keep the shortest feasible lengths....just in case....of course you do...that is what we do!!

A bit of a fiddle faddle....

Not the neatest of stitching - I still have my rubbish glasses remember!

 I finished making this at 06.30 this morning....because you're worth it again!

 So once that central panel is done you can build around it

 I spent a fair while just choosing the buttons and had to sift tin after tin to get the right ones....because you're worth it again!  

'Purse' reverse

 I would use this as a lotions and potions bag - it is lined with plain cream fabric rather than wipeable stuff that I usually use for make up bags for example. 

Oh dear -  just noticed a stray thread on the photo above.

 Bottom

Side

Full frontal

 Thank you again for all of your kind comments - I will be replying to previous post comments later today - for now I am going to do some gardening as it is looking very purdy at the moment and I aim to enjoy it while the sun shines.

If you wish to enter the 'giveaway - haul away - giveaway' (that song has been in my head ALL day) you just need to be a follower (I realise that some follow via bloglovin')  please just leave a comment below and please ensure that there is way of getting in touch with you (we remember the 'embroidered purse debacle' of 2012). Just say if you would like to be entered for 50s purse or cathedral window.

In the event of no entries I will  claim both prizes as I am in urgent need of both a little purse and potion bag!!!!

I will post to anywhere on the planet so long as you have an address.

Thank you most kindly as always

PS: Just popping back to add that I will run the giveaway for a couple of weeks