My Purchases ...

Apologies for poor photos - late at night, artificial light and too tired to display everything properly, but I know some of you were keen to know what I'd bought. I had put some items in the car to take to Dairy House tomorrow before I thought about taking photos, but this will give you some idea ... I bought the two pictures last week. The roses are embroidered and the other, is a print of "Miss-Chief" by Annie Benson Muller.

I was pleased with the 1930s towels/teatowels. The patterns of the damask ones show up beautifully in the first photo, particularly the one on the left.

Do you like the sewing basket with its original cover, pincushion and needle case? It has a little mildew but that will clean off and it should then look the bees knees (whatever made me use that expression? Not one you hear very often today!). The jar of buttons wasn't cheap, but there are some very tiny glove buttons in there, and I have one or two doll collectors who are always looking for tiny buttons, so I think it was worth splashing out. I haven't begun to look at them yet. Perhaps we should have a "guess the number of buttons" competition, although I don't think I have the stamina to count them all in order to declare a winner - certainly not before the wedding at any rate. Only 2½ weeks to go ...