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WIN! My Handmade Vintage Tea Towel Purse

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A few days ago I handmade this pretty clip frame purse using a vintage tea towel with art deco styling at a wonderful Make Lounge workshop. It’s quite a large size at 20cm wide and 15cm long so it can … Continue reading →

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Make a Snap Frame Purse from a Vintage Tea Towel

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Vintage tea towels are easy to thrift, mega cheap and full of ace graphics and lovely colourways. The great part about using them as a fabric to make a new object is that most old tea towels are completely unused … Continue reading →

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Make the Purr-fect Cat Basket

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Last week I joined the Last Wednesday Knitting Club‘s 1st birthday knit crawl, where we spent the day making stuff in the best knitting shops around London. We started off at Fabrications in Broadway Market where I was quite taken … Continue reading →

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A Thrift-ola SOLD OUT Gallery on Flickr

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Wowsers. What a whirlwind the past three weeks have been since launch! I haven’t done much else except wrap, pack and post orders – hence the radio silence in blogland. Oops. I’d like to say a massive thank you to … Continue reading →

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Gather Round, Clap Your Hands and Holler!

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Welcome to Thrift-ola – the all new super fun second hand wonderland full o’ fun homewares, pretty accessories, craft books, kooky kitchenalia & oodles of bric-a-brac. You can delve into the haberdashery and snap up all the stuff you need … Continue reading →

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