{"id":62,"date":"2006-10-02T22:06:18","date_gmt":"2006-10-02T11:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.butterflyrocket.com\/?p=62"},"modified":"2006-10-02T22:43:49","modified_gmt":"2006-10-02T11:43:49","slug":"thrift-challenge-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/butterflyrocket.com\/blog\/?p=62","title":{"rendered":"Thrift Challenge Update \u2014 Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Thrift<\/p>\n

Ohhhhh how excited was I when I found these in amongst the patterns in my local op-shop!?? Those of you who are familiar with my blog are probably aware by now that I love collecting vintage imagery of fancy dress costumes (like this<\/a>)…so yes…I was just a wee bit giddy to find three vintage fancy dress guides! The ‘Weldon’s Fancy Dress’ is a bit tattered and I think it’s missing a few pages…but for 60c I don’t care! Just look inside…<\/p>\n

\"Thrift<\/p>\n

I did buy a lot of sewing patterns <\/a> as well, including some great Weigel’s patterns (they have the best illustrations on the front) and various craft orientated patterns including dolls, doll clothes, Christmas crafts and Easter crafts. I also scored an Enid Gilchrist ‘Toddler Clothes<\/em>‘ pattern book!<\/p>\n

During September I collected the books below from various op-shops. Some for their ideas\/content and some for the illustrations.<\/p>\n

\"Thrift<\/p>\n

‘What Can I Do Today?<\/em>‘ by Linda Nichol, 1973. ‘Over 100 projects for girls 6-12’<\/p>\n

‘Daily Sketch Modern Girls Annual<\/em>‘ with articles such as ‘Breeding Budgerigars for Pocket-Money’!<\/p>\n

‘The Sleeping Beauty<\/em>‘ Illustrated by Arthur Rackham, Told by C.S.Evans. (New edition 1987. Original edition 1920) Gorgeous silhouette illustrations.<\/p>\n

‘Our Favourite Story Book<\/em>‘ 1940s or 50s. Illos such as this<\/a> and the price tag made it find it’s way into my basket…<\/p>\n

‘May I Bring a Friend<\/em>‘ (orange cover\/no dust jacket) by de Regniers\/Montresor 1964. Lovely graphic black line illustrations and strong flat colour.<\/p>\n

‘The Children’s Party and Games Book<\/em>‘ compiled by Joyce Nicholson, 1979.<\/p>\n

‘Children’s Parties<\/em>‘ by Tessa Webb, 1973<\/p>\n

‘Educational Origami<\/em>‘ (no imprint\/publisher\/details available) Very simple graphic instructions.<\/p>\n

‘Colourcraft<\/em>‘, 1976 (red cover, no dust jacket) \u2014 Various crafts including pet rocks<\/a>, fabric painting and other decorative ideas<\/a> .<\/p>\n

‘Woollen Dolls<\/em>‘ by Madeleine Banier, 1974. ‘Knit them, crochet them, make them from skeins!’ This<\/a> amused me, as did the ‘wedding dress’<\/a>!<\/p>\n

More September Thrift Challenge to follow… <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ohhhhh how excited was I when I found these in amongst the patterns in my local op-shop!?? Those of you who are familiar with my blog are probably aware by now that I love collecting vintage imagery of fancy dress costumes (like this)…so yes…I was just a wee bit giddy to find three vintage fancy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-favourite-books","category-second-hand-treasures"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/butterflyrocket.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/butterflyrocket.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/butterflyrocket.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/butterflyrocket.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/butterflyrocket.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=62"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/butterflyrocket.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/butterflyrocket.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/butterflyrocket.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=62"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/butterflyrocket.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=62"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}