Gothic Goings On!

Last Saturday we visited Whitby as it was the Goth Weekend.

It's one of her favourite days of the year, so on Friday night Mini Goth had preparations...

The weather was pretty unpredictable but we did have some bouts of sunshine.

I apologise in advance for the copious amounts of 'very proud mother' photos!

I was also pretty proud of the Steam Punk skirt I fashioned out of a rather nasty bridesmaid's dress I bought from a car boot for £2!

Lots of Gothic shopping opportunities!

Well, we are in Yorkshire!

I love the atmosphere and everyone loves posing for the camera!

Now you don't see that everyday!

It's truly amazing watching everyone in their costumes...

The antique jet jewellery in Hamond's is so beautiful.

By midday it was pretty busy!

So we braved the steps up to the Abbey ruins...

Time for dinner!

Sander's Yard is such a lovely place, here's hubby's pumpkin lasagne, (I couldn't resist a mouthful or two!)

Here's Mini Goth, in a world of her own...

And on our way out there was the Moaning Lisa to see us on our way...

Hilarious!

Farewell Whitby, thanks for a brilliantly spooky day!

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Floribunda...

I've loved every stitch of this piece of machine embroidery but it's taken a very long time to finish.

I really love finding old pieces of clothing and making my embroidery wearable.

Here's some photos of when I was stitching it....

She took a long time to make because I didn't sketch beforehand, I just began to sew directly and let her evolve.

Which was quite exciting really!

So here she is...

'Floribunda'

the last snip has been snipped

and

the last stitch has been stitched.

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Hebden Bridge...

In the half term break we had a day out at the lovely Hebden Bridge.

It's a really hippy, arty place, full of fab independent shops and smiley folk.

There are also many wondrous charity shops...

(A Fisher Price Tippy Toe Turtle for £2?

Yes please!)

And how many towns have an actual milliner's shop?

Hat Therapy is a gorgeous shop, I wished that I'd had more time to spend there, but I'll be back!

Hebden Bridge is full of quirkiness, and I really enjoyed taking lots of photos as we mooched around...

And then there's the pizza...

A real Italian cafe, my enormous pizza was just a fiver!

Someone else enjoyed it too...

Fancy a bit more shopping?

Lucy and the Caterpillar is a gorgeous vintage shop, full of treasures and bargains.

Have you ever seen such a beautiful till in all your life?

Look at those snow boots!

And then there was just enough time for a walk along the canal before we set off home...

See you again some time Hebden Bridge!

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