Last week we got back from the gorgeous Isle of Wight for a week of beaches and sunshine. I did manage to quickly take a look in a few charity shops as we drove through Newport and managed to pick up a few things. As I’m trying not to spend I was pretty restrained. I can’t resist vintage sewing patterns and having sold a few from my collection recently I had room for a few more. In one charity shop I found a huge box full of 1960s patterns, there were about 50 there and all just £1 each. It was really hard to choose as there were so many and in the end I went away seven of my favourites. They are also all around the right size for me. I haven’t had much time for sewing recently but I’m definitely going to try to make some of these soon. I found two vintage pillowcases for just 30p each. I always snap up pillowcases either to add to the miss-matched pillow on my bed or for small sewing projects. I’ll probably use these two for sewing as the ones on my bed are all pink or blue. I also […]