New old things 4

So today's new old things to show....

All sorts of wonderful old cutlery, all from my Grandma in Christchurch.

These travelled up with the tractor on the previous post.

Aren't I lucky.

I've been using the bone handled knives lots - I was going to take a pretty picture of them spreading butter on hearty home made bread, but I've been a bit slack in the bread making department in the last little while. So you'll just have to imagine.

I like eating my breakfast with the chunky silver spoons.

And....

exciting....

I just did some sewing (something I never seem to have time for lately).

For me!

And it came out ok and fits!

(Excuse the dirty bathroom mirror)

I managed to make this from start to finish, including making the pattern up, while the kids had their afternoon nap. I love it when they nap together.

I've had this fabric for ages, I found it at the opp shop, which is where most my fabric seems to come from. I've been meaning to make it into a top since I brought it home. It's nice and heavy and flowy (I think it's crepe?) and I love the colour. I was going to make something out of one of my Japanese craft books but time was of the essence and those patterns can be a bit time consuming to figure out and draw up. So instead I grabbed a good old faithful top out of the wardrobe that I've had for many years (from the opp shop - of course) and traced around it.

I think I may make another one and maybe this time I'll document it and put a tutorial on here and share the pattern with you all. A good quick 'while they nap' project.