Bridge Coat of Printed Velvet....

I go Vintage hunting every day I can..it seems to be an obsession and has been since I was a teenager.  One of the things I love most about it is the thrill of finding what appears to be a very non-descript item and discovering that is full of fabulousness!!! (not sure that's a word but never mind!)

That is exactly what happened a couple of weeks ago when I sighted the blue dustcover of this book on the shelf, and as it looked kind of vintage, I gave it a

peruse.....

The first thing I noticed was that it must have been printed during the Second World War as it was printed to "War Economy Standard", so far so good...

Inside were such visions of loveliness!!! Beautiful 1930's fabric design and dresses and illustrations that set my heart aflutter!

 First a lesson in the difference between machine printed material (on the left) and handprinted (on the right), both divine in my humble opinion!

And then the first dress  - a handprinted voile afternoon frock no less!

Cushions...

Fabulous 30's designs....

A Nursery hanging....

 A handprinted elephant crepe dress....

An amazing wall hanging.....

 An absolutely divine voile afternoon frock......

And finally a bridge coat of printed velvet - who ever heard of a bridge coat - let alone one of handprinted velvet!!!!  Oh my goodness I so want all of these!!!


 So the book stays on my shelf instead of in my stall which is where it should be ...because maybe, one day, I'll use this book to teach myself to do this amazing stuff... or maybe not, but I'm not over looking at it yet.....