The Custards: vintage pattern and colour

Welcome to new followers and fellow bloggers.

Thank you for crochet kindness on last post

I hope that you are all well and busy tra la la'ing whenever and wherever you can. Life busy here too and sadly lost umph for sewing at the moment - will try and regain umph asap as lots of things in my head to come out. I keep getting 'stuff' out ready to sew and then, after looking at it for a while, putting it all back again.

I might be thinking: 'What's the point?'

Best to start a post with a positive - it really draws the reader in I find....

Perhaps not all strictly 70s but you get the gist I think

By the way I always bake whilst using the bowl upside down....

and I ALWAYS rig up a tableau prior to mixing a Vicky sponge....it is the usual way of things.

I assume that it is the same the world over.

I have a few of these old Staffordshire pots - they mainly live in the children's bedrooms for 'bits and bobs'. I had to do a bit of rummaging for these photos!

It is best to have a range of mixing bowls ... and rolling pins and aprons (not featured....another time!).... you never know when the change of mood will strike.

My sister Gail (trying to make up for the sold NODDY CLOCK no doubt....'For crying out loud LET IT GO!') gave me these tea towels (in dire need I seem to recall...)

I keep chalk for the chalk board in this box...obvious place for it really.

A little change of colour palate here....some taken a while ago (hence the daffodils!)

I take lots of photographs of mealtimes....lots....

and of cups of tea

and juice....

We like to set the table a la 70s style (not really!)

I bought this Arabia Finland dish on the left in a charity shop (not such a great deal if I tell you that a friend of mine bought a set of these, all with lids and all different from a CS for pennies) - ditto the bowl on the right (£2.75 - still has its label on the bottom). Tablecloth was 50p from CB a few years ago.

The pot on the left is really a jam pot (jam pot lid not featured!)

Do not put 70s glasses in the dishwasher - these ones here used to have yellow dots on them ...Sister Gail (STILL trying to make up for the NODDY CLOCK) found a whole new set for me - tra la la.

More table 'displays' to come as we progress through the year

Best wishes

La Cootard

PS: A final hurrah -

This is a recent shop display from 'The Shop that opens slightly more than it used to open' (where I bought that very nice curtain fabric and was given a free pot)

I didn't catch the shop open and after a week the display had changed to something else

It now has a very nice 60s settee and coffee table in situ....

Anyway jolly colours - I bought a turquoise version of the yellow dish below just two weeks ago from a CS for £1....and dropped it whilst unlocking the front door...

I have a few Melaware cups and plates - I bought them when the children were little - it is unbreakable so good to use for everyday not just camping and picnics