Hello there all you kindly people!
Hope you are having a good week and getting prepared for the snow they are promising us - well, we in good old Blighty that is..... we still get all excited about the weather!
Well the nights are well and truly in, real 'Winter evenings' now, where the only warm place is around the fire, snuggled with a blanket around my knees.
I like a little candle light too, I find it soothing and gentle on the eyes..... no good for sewing or reading mind..... but nice for contemplation!
Busy busy here this week ~ I had a 'that's it - can't stand it any longer' moment.... the 'it' being the tatty paintwork in the sitting room..... well all the house really - but lets break it to Hubby P gently!
I rummaged about in the shed to see what paint we had, and came out with some large tins of 'Farrow and Ball' - posh paint...... indeed expensive posh paint. Obviously it was a 'find' from a carboot sale - there is no way I would or could afford Farrow and Ball prices.
Sooooo - ever so posh ere now with our posh paint on the walls!
Of course new paintwork makes everything else looks a bit sad and worn - still its homely and warm.... and its paid for!
I've been searching for weeks for my thicker 'Winter' curtains - I've put them away somewhere 'safe' - I can't find them.... anywhere!
So I looked to my stash of fabric and found some really rather nice, very old, heavy-ish cotton barkcloth curtains, 1940/50's I should think.... very very nice.
First of all in the spirit of Make Do & Mend I had to find some header tape - so I unpicked some from an old curtain (a rather nice Laura Ashley curtain as it happens - I think it may become a door curtain, so I can sit and look at it, and it can hang and look pretty!).
As you can see I have finished and hung the first curtain ( I really must get on with the other).
I just so love this pattern, and the muted old fashioned colours are just lovely.
Of course some of us ..... namely Charlie the cat.... didn't lift a paw to help!
xxx Keep warm..... Take care for now xxxx
Charlie is staking his claim on the chair ready for the snow!
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Lazy cat...
ReplyDeleteLove the curtains, very pretty.
I admire your motivation! Lovely fabric x
ReplyDeleteThose crystals are beautiful x
ReplyDeleteYour curtains are lovely and I like your little green armchair too x
ReplyDeleteOooo cosy indeed, the curtains are v.pretty.
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Talk about great minds thinking alike! I've just made a curtain too - it must be something in the air.
ReplyDeleteLove the muted colours on your barkcloth curtains.
as you can see I am browsing your old posts, didn't know you back then, lol, the question i have is about your amethyst, (geods??) my gosh hey are amazing , where did you find them may i ask?I love them, I have a few base ball size, but wow, yours are amazing!!!
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