Showing posts with label unearthed vintage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label unearthed vintage. Show all posts

Sunday, August 10, 2014

Pretty in Paisley

As you know - I love 1960s and 1970s vintage. The colours and the designs are so fun and bright and bold. I'm not one for modern minimalism.

Recently I found that a local vintage store Unearthed sells a lot of beautiful vintage fabrics and patterns and I've bought a few metres of fabric from them. The fabric they sell is a little more pricey than what I am usually prepared to pay for vintage fabric. However, the store is beautifully curated and I love looking at all the vintage goodies. Plus I like to shop locally, because if you buy everything from the internet because its  cheaper, pretty soon there won't be anywhere to buy anything!

Recently I bought some lovely purple and blue paisley fabric from Unearthed and decided I wanted to make a dress from it. I didn't want to risk any mistakes, so I stuck with a tried and true pattern for the dress.
 It's a pretty simple frock - but the fabric kind of speaks for itself, you kind of don't want to use any complicated pattern when there is THIS MUCH happening with the fabric.
I had my hair cut yesterday - it looks so "under control" in these pictures. But I'll wash it, then it will be all big and crazy again.
I hope you are all having a great weekend! It's been mighty cold in Wellington - just a reminder that winter had a long way to go yet.