Just returned from a lovely holiday in Wales with mini-me and my Aunty Peg (nearly 90 but still as sharp as a tack). Anyway, we went shopping in Narbeth, which I love, and I found a fabulous shop called (aptly)
Giddy Aunt. It was fabulous. I got some great lace, ric rac and broderie anglaise there but no pic because I am keeping some of it in case we have another sewweekly notions swap..... anyway the Giddy Aunt lady had made a great tea dress from a Thunderbirds duvet cover, so I went back to the charity shop and picked these up:
Yep, Teletubbies!
Then, when I dropped my Aunt at home, I filled the car with some of her old things she had looked out for me:
a wool suit she was given some time in the sixties...
a reversible duffel coat she wore riding her scooter with Uncle Bill in the 50s....
a pink dress she wore to a couple of weddings in the 60s
some gloves
some beads
and finally my favourite...
the photo makes it look rubbish but it is a dress and coat set bought for a wedding in the late 60s. It is just lovely: fully lined of course.
She also gave me a really cool 1970s sheepskin coat that had belonged to my grandfather (who died in 1978). Hubbie is going to wear it - he looks like a 1970s football manager in it, or a dodgy racegoer.
Thanks Aunty Peg xxx
wow, how kind of your auntie. Lucky you!
ReplyDeleteLooks like you had a great holiday Charlotte - I love that pink dress!
ReplyDeletethanks girls, just a few stone to lose and I might fit in the dress, tee hee
ReplyDeleteOh my holy Hannah!! Aunty Peg is one stylish lady!! I am going mad for the beads (you know my great love of costume jewellery), the pink dress, and the divine gloves!!
ReplyDeleteIs Aunty Peg looking to adopt another niece? *wink wink*
I am so jealous - and what a very special aunt to share these treasures with you. I love that these great outfits are getting another life - enjoy wearing them (or even just looking at them).
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