Fantastic Fabric Find. Op-Shop Show-Off April 2nd, 2013

Tim Main is a fantastic new zealand artist. he was, and still may be based in christchurch as i remember doing a studio visit some years ago, and deliberating over buying one of his screen printed harekeke fabric wall hangings. i didn't buy one in the end, can't remember why, but i do recall really liking the modern-day-new-zealand-william-morris look of them.
rifling through a box of hideous chintz, in case of cool chintz at the auctions in Kaiapoi recently i had a heart-stop op-shop moment. four Tim Main wall hangings!!! i must have looked a little excited as an old bloke leaned over and asked what i'd found. i hastily shoved a hideous chintz in his face and said "look at these, they'll be perfect for covering my dog's bean bag". he turned up his nose and turned away, and clearly my blatant lie (dog? beanbag? sewing? me?) worked a charm as i got the box for $2. yes, that's 50c each folks! that's $139.50 off the retail price of each at the wonderful store store bolt of cloth.

ideally what i'd like to do with them, or at least a pair of them is hang them in lieu of a bed head board, like these images from my pinterest account, though i can't see the husband agreeing to ditching our cool bed head any time soon... what do you think? what would you do with them?






had any fantastic finds yourself lately?

are you an Op-Shop Show-Off like me?

 or are you more modest about your superior second hand shopping abilities?!

do you like to linky?

it’s charitable, green, cheap, exciting, fun, nostalgia inducing, potentially lucrative and often just plain necessary. whatever your reason for second hand shopping we’d love it if you joined us on Tuesdays here at blackbirdhasspoken.blogspot.com for Op-Shop Show-Off, a linky open to all, all week, to link up a blog post about any aspect of your second-hand shopping life. tell us your op-shopping philosophy, or divulge your secret hunting techniques. let us know about your wants, or skite (English translation= “show-off “) about your amazing finds. review the best op-shopping spots in your town, or request or give information on your fascinating finds, you’ll always be talking to an appreciative audience here.

 How to link up?
1. post your second hand shopping related blog post.

2. link to Op-Shop Show-Off in your blog post, so your blog readers can come over and peruse or post in the linky too.

 3. scroll to the bottom of my latest Tuesday Op-Shop Show-Off post and click on the linky tool, then follow the three easy steps.

 4. don't forget to leave me a comment to let me know you linked up.

 5. have a look at some of the other linkers posts/blogs, they're all people after your own heart!

 6. grab the Op-Shop Show-Off Button from my sidebar to decorate yours (paste the code into a HTML gadget under the 'add a gadget' part of the layout section in blogger and save).