Morning dear readers!
It has arrived! The postman came yesterday lunch time and I signed on the dotted line.
If you are a regular reader to my little blog then you will know that I am working on a mermaid design and I have been gathering what I need for a couple of months now. When you work in vintage you can not just go to the shop and get a yard of this or that or 6 of those buttons, it is a waiting game.
I like to design and then hunt and gather just the right materials for whatever I am making. I know it probably takes longer but I like it all to be as I have envisaged in my minds eye.
I want some paisley for the Mermaids tail and I was browsing on Ebay and there it was! so excited was I, as I have wandered vintage fairs too and could not quite find what I would like.
This is how it came when I opened the padded envelope. The lovely lady
that I had purchased it from had put some other vintage fabric around
it as a gift and tied it with ribbon! .. it was like Christmas.
Here it is in its glory, I think it is so beautiful and
exactly what I had imagined!
A close up of the fabric for you to
look at it is stunning I think.
The fabric in question is a 1935/40 rare paisley and I am so thrilled with this, I do believe my mermaids tail will be exquisite!!
I will be cutting out the tail this week to pop into the mood basket for the mermaid picture.
Have a great day and Happy Stitching!
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ReplyDeleteSarah,
ReplyDeleteI agree the fabric is just gorgeous....can't wait to see the finished product!
Diane x