I have finally got around to completing work on my lobster dress! I purchased this lovely navy retro looking material, with white lobsters a few months ago from Fabric Rehab, www.fabricrehab.co.uk with a view to making a skater style dress. However, after making a tote bag from this material for my Etsy shop first, I receivedContinue reading “Lobster Dress”
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My retro 1950’s shirt dress
As readers of my blog will be aware, I am addicted to 1950’s style dresses. I love the femininity of them, the swirl, that “princess” feeling. Luckily for me I have an hourglass figure which really suits the 1950’s A-line style. When my son started school a few years ago, I enrolled on a weeklyContinue reading “My retro 1950’s shirt dress”
Pink, retro and typewriters!
I saw this in a shop in Derbyshire and fell in love with the baby blue colour. It’s an old Imperial 200 typewriter, all in full working order as far as I can see, although I haven’t tried it out yet. This lovely thing currently takes pride of place upon my mum’s old welsh dresser,Continue reading “Pink, retro and typewriters!”
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