This is the story of Betty the caravan, how we came to have her in the Lewis family and her makeover so far... She was bought from ebay from a lovely family from Leicester. We bought her with some money left to us from my Grampy. His wife, my nan, was Betty and this is where the name comes from. As a young girl the best holidays were spent with Mum, Dad, Josie, Nanny (Betty) and Grampy and so what better way to remember him than start some memories of our own with our very own van!
Wednesday, 14 September 2011
Fabric Fabric Fabric!!
So the dream for the whole owning a retro caravan came from a book I was bought by my good pal Mel, called my cool caravan by Chris Haddon and Jane Field-Lewis. When we got Betty we decided to go old skool retro so it was in keeping with her 1970 birth date. This was so so so much fun. Especially when you have the wonderful wonderful people at the Eternal Maker only 40 minutes down the road in Chichester. Their echino fabrics are the most reasonable and they are well worth a visit, wall to wall loveliness! So I filled my boots on the 70's prints for the curtains and the cushion covers. The seat covers I could never have done without my lovely Auntie Tess (xxx) as I didn't even know where to start. We bought hard wearing Cath Kidston Polka Dot from the fab Cath Kidston outlet in Gunwharf (they were very very helpful as I kept changing my mind!) and got cracking.
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Lovely! We own a1975 Luxliner, and have started to get it looking better. I'm enjoying your blog. Cheers, Nigel and Lee
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