Today was Swinderby Antiques and Homes Fair, near Newark. I decided a day off work was absolutely necessary and was there for 7.30. This is a huge event with over 3000 stalls so plenty of energy and determination is necessary. Brace yourselves ladies - we're going in!
It seems to be an event where there is little heed paid to presentation on most stalls with much of the stock strewn around the ground! I did like this little grouping of apparently inconsequential bits and pieces.
Wooden cotton reels - £1 each! I'd be rich if I sold mine!
Patchwork quilts and crocheted blankets. I was hoping for lots of textile stalls but they were few and far between. Even the textile stall holders were disappointed.
Its always nice to get a bit of inspiration - I liked this idea of a patchwork of eiderdown scraps under the glass of a Lloyd Loom table.
Hang on - we're being watched.
Oh look - now a stall to stop me in my tracks - eiderdowns and quilts and lovely stuff...Loving that rosy pink one - might have to have that.
Some flaggy colour.
Oh - I see grain sacks - must check those out...I recently paid (well lets just say too much) for one of these to put on my garden bench. But these were £5 which, compared with others I saw, was really good value. Yummy - some are even monogrammed!
Stool anyone? There's probably enough for us all to have a sit down!
Loving these little fellas...
and someone's made a lovely little vignette...
Ooh -globes. Mmm - maybe a bit bright?
Ah - my favourite stall for presentation - I loved these vintage linen night shirts. These were great but I couldn't find the stall again when I went back to buy one. Apparently they look great over jeans or for lounging in with a pair of leggings - perhaps not for the office.
So, the moment of truth. What did I buy? Well it had to be the rosy coloured eiderdown, a defeathered eiderdown in a black design - I've wanted one of these for ages...
and some grain sacks...
So now all I'm good for is a long sit sown in a deck chair with a glass of Pimms. Not sure who's going to sit in that grey one in the middle! Oh, but the sun isn't shining. Never mind, it's not raining either.
Love Wend
