Monday 16 July 2012

Magpie Monday - Wombling Free

An entire generation were introduced at an early age to the concepts of thrifting and recycling by a family of burrow-dwelling, pointy nosed, shy creatures who lived on Wimbledon Common.

Extolling the virtues of upcycling way before the term even existed, this ethos of making good use of the things that you find has been ingrained into my psyche.

I blame Tomermory and Tomsk totally for my inability to walk past a skip without checking it out.

Madame Cholet was the archetypal forager, cooking up delights such as daisy buns and grassbread sandwiches.

I truly believed they existed.  I still like to think that they do.

Wouldn't it be great.  Think how much Merton Borough Council could save on their street cleansing budget.

In a bid to teach Ruby the Wombling ways, I picked up this 1976 annual.  Once we've read all the stories, in true Womble fashion, I intent to use it for crafting, making cards and other goodies for like-minded children of the seventies.



In a rummage through a box of sewing patterns in a charity shop, I found this!!!!


Oh my Wombling word.  Make your own Wombles.  Can you imagine?

What have you manage to Womble lately?  Grab the badge and link up your second-hand finds.




Me and My Shadow



21 comments:

  1. Oh wow! This brings back such happy memories :)

    I remember the MacWomble too - he had salt, not sugar, on his porridge!!

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    1. Ahh there were so many fab characters. There's even instructions in the pattern on ho to make McWomble's sporan!

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  2. Ah what a great post and brilliant finds! *scrawls Make Your Own Wombles Pattern on to Must Find in Charity Shop list*

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    1. If you're very very good, and I can figure out the pattern, I may make you one!

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  3. Oh God, I looooved the Wombles! *warbles* Uncle Bulgariaaaaa, he can remember the days when he wasn't behind the times...*

    Great post! Can't wait to see what you make once you're done reading.

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    1. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah!

      The first ever record I had was a Wombles LP. Ho cool am I?!

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  4. you are sooooo lucky - make your own Womble! I too was brought up on Womble music - now I've got 'sing, sing, sing like a womble' buzzing round in my head, oh happy days! : )

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    1. Trouble is, I don't want to cut up the pattern - it's as old as I am!

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    2. you need a 'massive' roll of tracing paper!

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  5. Loved the wombles even went womble hunting on wimbledon common when i was little as we often visited family who lived next to the common ;0
    great little finds x

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    1. Ahh Womble hunting!! What fun. Did you find any? x

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  6. I don't believe I have ever heard of the Wombles or ever read any of the books, but they sure are cute.

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  7. Make your own wombles! Amazing! My mum is my inspiration. She's a total womble. The amount of weird stuff she finds walking the dog.. x

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  8. I have never heard of a Womble, but when I was a child I was not completely convinced that the Borrowers were not real. I occasionally left little bits of treasure around my room for them, just in case.

    I look forward to seeing what you make with the book. i have some cute ideas, but when it comes to actually cutting up the book, I chicken out.

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  9. Wombles are great - I picked up some Wombles books a few years ago that I've put away for nostalgia. Now have the tune whizzing round my head!

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  10. I've never heard of the Wombles, but it looks awesome!

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  11. Love the Wombles! Orinico was my favourite and I had a Wombles lampshade. Currently regretting my Magpie like ways as we have to move house and so much stuff to shift.

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  12. I have never heard of the Wombles stories, but they look like lots of fun!

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  13. I remember the Wombles!! I think they were a few years before my time, i was born in 1984. But i shall have a look at the youtube vid you posted as i am looking for an environment focused programme for my little D to watch!

    I have just posted my magpie monday post too...

    Aqeela xx

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  14. Hehe love the wombles! I have a feeling my little girl would love the wombles, I'm going to show her the video tomorrow! Cool finds lady! xx

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  15. Fab! I love old annuals. I make bunting out of them! It was on Red Ted Art the other day! Check it out! Great find xx

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