New old stuff

One of my favorite things found in a flea market this Sunday is this adorable green runner with pink and mauve roses on.

I just love it! I was 5 SEK and looks great in the big window just in front of my desk.

Thrifted vintage table cloth 1950s rose pattern (Photo copyright HA)
Thrifted vintage table cloth 1950s style rose pattern.

Most of the fabric I find I plan to cut up and make new things of this winter, but some are just to beautiful to destroy. I leave them to others, or buy them to make my home more great.

I’m also collecting fabrics of all sorts. I bought this breakfast pattern fabric mostly with my mother in mind, but it was at least 4 or 5 meters (20 SEK) at the same flea market that I might keep some for my self. I really like the pattern, it would look good on one of my mothers home made pot-holders!

Thrifted cotton fabric with coffee pots and egg for breakfast pattern (Photo copyright HA)
Thrifted cotton fabric with coffee pots and jam for breakfast pattern.

My mum is coming for a short visit this week (soon!) and this is one of the presents I found for her. I love this one too, a kitchen towel to put in front of a towel hanger (paradhandduk). Design by Ullas.

Isn’t it nice? I found a lot of her (“Ullas”) towels at Tradera and I really like the illustration style a lot. I even thought of starting a collection! But no, maybe just one if I can find the right one to a reasonable price…

Vintage Paradhandduk Design by Ullas Thrifted vintage towel hiding towel with Swedish blue cupboard design (Photo copyright Hanna Andersson)
Vintage Paradhandduk Design by Ullas

Mum is also getting a couple of home made things, but I’ll have to show the pictures of them later. I hope she will like them.

And another bargain I found an won at Tradera. A lot of beautiful ribbons for my quilts:

Traderafynd of vintage ribbons from Sweden (Photo copyright Hanna Andersson)
Someone’s collection of ribbons – now mine, all mine.

Wow!

Lastly I finished knitting a cap for my boyfriend, it’s blue and fits him quite well. It’s the same pattern as my pink cap but with a white square in the middle (at his own request). He calls it his boulder cap (bouldermössa), and I think they look sweet together.