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Contemporary Craft Festival 2018, Bovey Tracey – What came home with me!

The Contemporary Craft Festival and the annual pilgrimage to Bovey Tracey will be here before we know it.  It’s a brilliant place to meet new people and catch up with dear, like minded friends. For me, Festival 2018 was the best ever and I’m already panning next year’s trip.

As promised, here are just some of the goodies I purchased this year.

Red and Rust

Contemporary Craft Festival - Embroidery by Sue Bibby. Lighthouse by Kirsty Elson
Embroidery by Sue Bibby. Lighthouse by Kirsty Elson

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Contemporary Craft Festival 2018, Bovey Tracey

Contemporary Craft Festival in 2016 & 2017 had been so awesome that I just had to return again this year.

The Contemporary Craft Festival 2018
The Contemporary Craft Festival 2018

Ready, Steady Go!

Queues were starting to build as I arrived with the sun shining and my festival ticket was in my hand. The queues were already starting to form and I was anticipating the chatting and shopping ahead of me.

At 10am, we were all allowed in. My perfect day at Bovey Tracey was about to begin.  I had  a note of the stalls I wanted to visit, devised a list of potential purchases, filled my purse with pennies and I was ready to go.  Continue reading “Contemporary Craft Festival 2018, Bovey Tracey”

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Corsets, Bustles and Lace – Vintage Fashion in Bath

Whatever the weather, there’s plenty to do in Bath.
Me and my chum had been planning a day out in Bath for ages and we’d hoped for some glorious sunshine. On the day we visited it was cold and raining, but that didn’t curb our enthusiasm for a fabulous day out. After lunch in Cafe Lucca we went rummaging around the streets looking some for vintage shops and found the most wonderful Vintage to Vogue, tucked away down an alley, and very close to the Fashion Museum. 
After another cup of tea (we like our tea), we popped into the Fashion Museum for some more vintage treats. Lucky us! There were two exhibitions on – the History of Fashion in 100 
Objects and Lace in Fashion. Here’s a browse through some of the treats we spotted on our visit. 
Gorgeous garments dating from the early 1600’s onwards.
All hand embroidered and hand stitched.  The workmanship’s breathtaking. 

Dresses from the Georgia Period in the 1700’s.

These Muslin dresses of the 1800’s.
 

A beautiful printed cotton day dress dated around 1860.
   
An embroidered Dolman – part coat, part cape, dated 1870.
 
A gorgeous, embroidered silk bodice and skirt dated 1865. 
 
Fabulous vintage ‘fashion on a ration’ 1940’s pieces.

The Lace exhibition was a smaller curated selection of the most exquisite pieces, ranging from historical to contemporary catwalk couture. 
 
Examples of bobbin lace, tatting, crochet and many other forms of lace are on display. 
I never knew there was so many forms of it!
  And to finish. 
I fell in love with this little number from Alexandra McQueen.
 
 If you’ve enjoyed my edited highlights, then pop along to see the other beauties on offer – vintage embroidered gloves, tiny shoes and there’s also some lovely outfits you can dress up in too!

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