Textile Fair

I had a wonderful day today. I left the family in bed and drove down at 6.30am to Honiton to the Textile Fair mentioned by Niki on her blog. It was a beautiful morning. I watched the sun come up, the mist rise from the ground as the earth gently warmed up in the morning sun and drove along the most beautiful countryside feeling glad that I live here in Devon. I am normally making toast, changing nappies, ironing uniform, shouting at everyone to get ready and trying to get myself dressed at that time in the morning so I felt as though I were playing hooky! I arrived at Honiton in plenty of time to buy as a trader and get to have first look at the goodies in store. The first person I saw as I walked through the door was Niki. I instantly recognised her and we introduced ourselves and had a hug. She had a beautiful stall but was still setting up so I wandered off for a bit before coming back to by some gorgeous French vintage fabric from her. Well it was a small hall but there was a wealth of goodies there. I bought loads, spent lots of money, and came away with bags laden. I met some really lovely stall holders and made some great contacts in the textile (small) world.

After I had bought loads of fabrics there I visited the many antiques and charity shops that run up and down the High Street. The charity shops were hopeless but the antique centres were great and I bought a few more fabrics, curtains and a lovely wooden airer for displaying fabrics. I had a nice lunch of scrambled eggs with tomatoes and basil in with chunky granary toast before venturing home. All in all a very pleasant way to spend a Tuesday!

Just a few photos of what I purchased. I adore the Cath Kidston slippers in the top left hand corner. Brand new but at a fraction of the cost and adorning my feet as I type, ahhhhh bliss!