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Indigo Violet: September 2013

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Sunday, 29 September 2013. Timaru - Operation FOSSIC part 5. Still reeling from the glories of the Hospice Shop, I found the Red Cross Shop very underwhelming, and didn't choose anything there. The St Vincent De Paul was a lot larger, more welcoming and buzzing with people. Green knit, $5. This was actually in the fill-a bag-for-$2 section but I didn't want a bag of rags! Pink and black voile top, $5. Petticoat from Savemart, $6. Last week spring seemed to be in the air, so I took a few outfit photos.

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Indigo Violet: June 2013

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Sunday, 30 June 2013. More Crown Lynn pottery, kitsch and bargains. I want to show you some wee treasures I found this weekend. A tiny fawn on a toadstool which is actually a bell. 4 from Broad Bay China. Embroidered card table cloth, inherited from Nana. A little sewing box, also $4 from BBC. On another inherited (unfinished) embroidery). It has a beautiful red satin lining. Some bits of broken jewellery, $2 from BBC (my fave shop). Crown Lynn Colour Glaze mismatched green trio, about $9 from BBC. In th...

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Indigo Violet: April 2013

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Wednesday, 24 April 2013. Anzac Day - dedicated to my grandfather. This is Gerald, in about 1916, looking quite dashing in his uniform. I still have the NZR badge on his shoulder - I think it stands for New Zealand Regiment. From the top: his gun club badge, RSA badges, gold cufflinks, and Lodge badge. I am so lucky to be the custodian of these mementoes. In the background is a 1940s red tweed coat of my mother's. Gerald is in the front row, second from the left. The same shot, with hand-written names.

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Indigo Violet: August 2014

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Sunday, 24 August 2014. Reasons for blogging part one : with a special guest. It's been so long (2 months) since I last blogged that I almost forgot how to do it. But that doesn't matter because a visit from Australian blogger extraordinaire. Leisa of Vintage Bird Girl. Has inspired me to post. I had to crop myself out of the picture because I am extremely vain and it wasn't a good photo of me! It's lucky that Leisa's and my tastes are so similar -. Some groovy fabric which I'm going to make into a skirt,.

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Indigo Violet: December 2013

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Thursday, 19 December 2013. If I should take a notion, to jump into the ocean, ain't nobody's business if I do. A local sewing shop and haberdashery is (sadly) closing down, and is offering massive discounts, so I couldn't resist buying some trimmings. Rose ribbon, black sequinned trim, red embroidered trim, black beaded and embroidered trim, striped ribbon, silver nugget buttons and black lace. Haberdashery is a splendid word probably brought to Britain by my. It's quite therapeutic in an odd way. In th...

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Indigo Violet: July 2013

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Friday, 26 July 2013. I can't remember where I bought this little ceramic cat, but she wasn't very expensive:. She reminds me a bit of one I found on Potshots. And here is her little sister which I bought recently on the internet. Cute! Sunday, 21 July 2013. On Saturday I met my fellow blogger Penny-Rose. For the first time, for a short road trip to Otago Peninsula. We had a great time and I feel like I've known her for ages. The first stop was the legendary Broad Bay China. No, I didn't buy it, sadly.

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Indigo Violet: August 2013

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Monday, 26 August 2013. Remaking a fifties / eighties rose print dress. I've just had a couple of weeks off work to recharge my creative batteries. I was hoping to have a lot of sleeps in, but my cat Lola decided to moonlight as a feline alarm clock. Anyway, I managed to read lots of books on fashion history and design. I've been wanting to attack my stash of vintage fabric and patterns (which has alarmingly grown to fill 4 or 5 boxes! Finally it needed some extra oomph so I converted the old scarf colla...

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Indigo Violet: January 2014

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Sunday, 12 January 2014. Precious gems and precious friends. I've been dithering about what to write about, until last night when I was inspired by a friend I'd invited round for dinner. We were talking about art, and how we wanted to be artists but didn't consider ourselves good enough at it. She said the only time she felt she was an artist was when she made jewellery. This is what it looked like before. Here's some of my recently acquired jewellery:. I love this orange one as it reminds me of lollies.

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Indigo Violet: October 2013

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Monday, 28 October 2013. The Dupre system - home dressmaking perfected - simplified. Home dressmaking the Dupre way.". I found this 1930s book at a vintage sale in Oamaru. It's in quite good condition for a seventy year old paperback. The line drawings of 1930s fashion are beautiful. Its former owner was Dorothy J. von Schramm. Most women give up dressmaking from bought patterns in despair.". This evening dress has a wide circular collar, extending to a ruffle and bow at the back. So many lovely styles.