Oppe shop finds

We went shopping today, not the normal run of the mill crowd shopping  but the leisurely thrift store op shop shopping-what a lovely way to spend a Saturday morning….

Well look at the first book and not a page had been turned my shopping partner found it and for a nice price of $4…the second book is fantastic it’s from 1965 and has real understandable instructions for heaps of embroidery stitches-just what I need.

Lovely fabric finds this lot totalled $3.50 the fish print (1 metre)is a beautiful Japan print ,next is some lovely kiddie cotton (2 metre) and then 1 metre of calico..and last bit is beautiful..close up pic below.And the wooden hanger cause I love that style and the wee plastic bag has 6 wooden buttons in it

   This fabric is a real soft pink colour with the beautiful flowers on it-heck knows what I will use it for but golly it’s nice I couldna leave it there eh?

And look at this solid timber and like hey I know it’s blue but I could not leave it it was screaming at me buy me buy me..And so I did for the  sum of

see the top is a removable lid , and my stitchery fits in there perfect..not sure what I will pop in the front yet, but hey for $10 I’m not fussed…

Oh yes and my shopping partner was my dear hubby-what a man eh-and yep he got him self some gadgetty things too..

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Oopsie Daisy Stop

 

Today I again indulged and made something for me…….

Tadaaaaaaah Oopsie Daisy Doorstop, designed by Jenny and published in Creating Country Threads Vol 10 No 8..and such a joy to make..

Normally I would of chosen fabrics like Jenny used, however I am determined to step out of my comfort zone with many projects this year…

The reverse side..and yep I have stitched the handle down in places..due too a certain 4 legged creature-that would of taken this for a walk had the handle been left free…

Thanks Jenny for another awesome design..now on another note hubby needs a upper cheek slap bigtime as when I showed him my doorstop he cackled laughing saying "it looks like an alien” too which I replied have another beer…

(Shhhh don’t tell him but on looking at it in the pic I guess it does have a kinda alien look to it, but we shall just keep  that to our selves).

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OOPSIE DAISY

OOPSIE DAISY that's me today I'm oopsying with some daisies, back later with some pics
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Made for me..

Today was a carefree day to do what I want and totally I mean that –by finishing that blue thang I feel freeee…

I sat this morning with a couple of magazines and was browsing thru  the pages when this page jumped at me

Oh yes that’s right I remember seeing this on a blog

it read something along the lines of yeah “I’m in print”-way to go Dawn-  of Dawn Hay designs…-I soo need a nice new cover for my ironing board….

Yes I can go buy a cover but ugly fugly they all are and so many of them are blue….

I quickly realized I didn't have the requirements to make the cover like  Dawn had, but I could fudge it yep I can…

So I dug deep into the “one day I will use this box”  and found a lovely embroidered block I received several years ago and a sewing I went. 

ahh so much better than the old tatty one….

 

 

hehe see the chook such lovely stitching and so much better on here than stuck in a drawer.

Thanks heaps Dawn for the inspiration –whilst mines not as pretty  as yours it sure will get some use….

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KING BLUE COMPLETED (photo heavy post)

skippety do dah skippety day..my oh my what a wonderful day!!!!!!!!!!
Yep true it is this quilt has been like  a doom cloud  hanging over me ,not that it’s ugly,not that it was complicated,just that it is blue and I don’t like the colour blue..
So way way back in August last year I posted this pic.

Ekkk so much blue.

Then I cut it all up into 2½” strips..
Alas then it sat for a tad whilst I got over my blue shock…

Ahh look progress happened again I started sewing the strips together..
Umm and somewhere along the time line I cut them strips into squares..
And sewed them together in rows…

And then I sectioned it all off into three bits (pic above being one of the outer sections)
And then for months I quilted and quilted and back quilted and cussed and threatened to throw it in the bin bal blah blah……
then couple of weeks ago I finally had all three bits quilted.

AND now I have finished it all yeeeeeeeeeehaaaaaaaaaaah…..

There it is on our king size bed (now this is for a queen size bed-but the lady requested a bigger size)

hmm see how much it hangs I am sure she will be impressed…..
This quilt measures 104"x104” yep I have deemed myself totally insane ..and all sewing done on a simple domestic sewing machine.
Thank you you all for your words of encouragement and inspiration along the way (specially when so many of you know I don’t like blue….
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KING BLUE

Get set ~~~~~Get Ready~~~~~Gooooooooooooooooo

Ah I bet you thought i was going to share a picture…nahdahhhh nope not yet..but but but

I have the quilt and binding under the machine foot ready to sew sew sew……….It’s a given I will be back later today with pics of the finished MONSTER,

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Yeah another OPAM

woohoo being confined to my butt has been marvellous for getting some unfinished projects done eh?

And hubby couldn't stop me ner ner ner don’t use my left foot to sew hehehe…

Ages ago I was in a nine patch block swap..I requested blocks in brights with a black centre-only cause I hadn’t done anything in brights..well these blocks have been in and out of the drawer so many times..then ding light bulb moment happened friday afternoon…

Chop the blocks up add some novelty (eye spy ) charms that have been sitting in another drawer for long long time and yadaaahhh a quilt has sprung…

Hard top get a good pic as it’s blowing a lovely cool breeze here today, so there it is 1 lovely bright (not for an epileptic –hubby said) quilt…

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Op shop finds

well yeah lucky me had some great op shop finds last Saturday…Lucy (who is a slack  blogger ) was up here in Darwin for the Superbikes as her son races a Suzuki..
Ahh looky Lucy is back home  now I can post a pic of us..

Anyways on Sat morning I went and picked Lucy up

and we went bargain hunting and we had a ball…

I scored this beautifully made calendar holder-although not my colour the work is beautiful and I can makeup a pattern too all for $2.
This gorgeous top may just end up being a calendar holder or a cute bag and for just $1.50 .
Then there was this various bit’s and bob’s from several different stores..
Oh and a trip to Spotlight ‘cause I had to get some ribbon and embroidery cotton for a up coming project and well umm the fabric started screaming at me so I was good and just bought 4 bits….
This was the first time Lucy and I had met ion the three dimensional form…
We had a wonderful time and yeah we will be able to do it all again in 12 months time….
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OPAM’s and a giveaway.

Well all is well as can be..pain is bearable and pain meds not giving any great side effects yipeee-no not yipee sitting still does not sit well with me but alas I must do as I’m told cause  dear Hubby is home with me..”sit down” “let me do that” yadee yadde yah..

So what is one to do but finish off some UFO’s…..

Table runner and 4 coasters.

Hexagon Christmas table runner, these hexagons where from a group swap –I started sewing them together October 2007 and am happy too say now April 2010 they is done.

Cover mat for my printer.

oops just realized this is the back of the mat..be right back with a pic of the front……

Ahh here we go now you didn’t miss me eh?

Ahh that’s it, from memory this fabric was called ginger blossom, Originally I made this mat to take a photo to transfer onto Roclon-which I did and made a wee bag which can be seen here. Anyways I realized on Sunday that it would be the perfect size to sit atop my printer.

And way back in 2005 I bought every Golly pattern I could find on Ebay and started making me some

golly appliqué blocks..well sadly these poor blocks sat in my WISPS (works in progress storage)drawer without any faces..over the past week or so I have giving these poor golly’s life and finally have finished my hanging…(just need hubby to make me a hanger)..

Very hard to get a good picture of this due to our lovely fresh overcast day today…Anyways so that is it I am happy with it but am now over doing any more golly applique..so I am happy to swap my golly patterns for some variegated embroidery thread (pinks-greens-browns-reds)…

so If you would like to be the new owner of these 14 appliqué patterns speak up now…..

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Off I go

Well today has happened to come around too quick for me but alas I must go to the hospital so the surgeon can bash my foot around(cortisone injection and bone manipulation).

Have just finished sewing the binding onto my golliwog UFO and will take that with me to do the hand sewing…

There is still time for anyone to step up and take my place….

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Make do Mini Quilt Challenge

Well well well finally Mr Blogger lets me in grr to blogger somedays.

Lyn set a challenge last year with some very very old hand sewn hexagon blocks that she bought,the participants were given 5 blocks each and had too use at least 4 in their item.

4 of mine were roughly the same size and then 1 was bigger..I thought about what I was going to make for a while and then this idea came to mind and I set about doing it…all by hand just as the blocks were sewn by hand .,..OH yeah and man were these blocks fragile…

oops looking at the picture I have not bent the hanger properly shhhh don’t tell hubby..he felt so special when I asked him to make it for me-I painted it a dark green…and I am actually happy with the way this has turned out-thanks Lyn for the opportunity to participate..

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Ugly fat ¼ Swap

Well “yipideedoodahday” the storms that started at 4pm have now calmed and I can safely do this post..gosh we sure had some rain…

Yeah yippee looky what I received in the mail from Lauren.

A lovely needle and thread wallet, I so so needed another one of these it’s fantastic..

And this is the inside-lots of pockets to fill and a plastic zippy pocket too and a cute pincushion (which I have added some maroon ribbon to and it hangs from the button that holds the plastic pocket)..thanks heaps Lauren I love it…

And this is what I made and sent too Lauren…

A Covered notebook-wee needle case and a dandy size pincushion.

Showing the inside of the notebook with a pocket and the inside of the wee needlecase..thanks Too Jenny & Fiona for hosting this swap..

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RAK winners

Some of you may not know but I do a RAK (random act of kindness) every month on my blog,

at the end of each month I jot down the names of all the people who have left a comment for that month and then I stab the paper with my eyes closed and the  landing place of the nib denotes the winner.

Well I was remiss in Feb –but have just rectified that and the winner is Joy

And the March winner is Tracy ,

please email me your snail mail addresses so I can pop a something in the mail to you..

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KingBlue is quilted

Finally finally the bits are quilted, .

I have just quickly thrown  the three bits on our king size bed so you can see it’s size..

now this is going to be on a queen size bed I am thinking she will be happy with the size..All to do is join the three bits together with a small strip of the aqua fabric then binding..not going to kid myself this will probably take another couple of weeks..

But it has got me thinking quilts in sections done with one of them quilting frames for your domestic machine may be the way to go…

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Block 1 finished

Yeah doing th ehappy dance I have finally managed to finish block 1 on In Pops Garden Bom

designed by Rose,

 

Such a joy to stitch and now I’m itching to start block 2 –hopefully I can start thee tracing and assembly one night soon..

thanks Rose

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Foot update

Ok have been back to the specialist today to view the results of the MRI… the mortons neuroma has not grown back, there is fluid between the 3rd and 4th toe and a small lump on the ball of the foot….I am in  to the hospital on 14th April for cortisone injection and bone manipulation of my left foot…I am not under any false thoughts - this will hurt-does hurt-and if anyone would like to go in my place they are welcome….however I truly need to go don’t I –like heck we only have one set of feet and mine still have plenty of miles planned to do…….if this does not alleviate the pain for some time-then I have to get an appointment with the visiting foot specialist..oh the joy of living where you only have visiting specialists grrrr..am thinking I’ll book an appt with this dude just so I know I am on the list, won’t hurt to cancel if I don’t need it…

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ULUI runner

Yeah I can post on my blog again woohoo…I tell yah some days I just feel like putting a big red X on blogger-but today it’s being nice so I shall continue.
Last weekend Jenny posted she was making a table runner to help her sit out Cyclone Ului, well what an awesome idea –lovely oppsie daises in the corners and a pack of charm squares (well I have several I really need to use)…
Soo I opened the draw grabbed a pack-printed of the daises –grabbed some plain fabric traced them out and hiho hiho a sewing I did go…..and I looooove it ..
Beautiful Moda-Fabulous Fall charm squares…
Oopsie in the corner so sweet just makes the runner I reckon. mental note to self iron our creases before taking a pic---yeah yeah one day…..
I did have a problem selecting the border fabric so I was brave and asked Mr Techno to come and assist and within seconds he had chosen the fabric that I used..good man think I’ll keep him…
Thank you so much Jenny this was a delightful project to do…
Oh yeah and yippee another finish for the OPAM for March.Cheers Vickie
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Now back I must go to the blasted king blue quilt

Ugly fat ¼ Swap

Yeah I have finished my items for Lauren for the ugly fat quarter swap…had so much fun and am thinking Lauren will like them if not they can always be given as gifts…

Oh yeah and I’m doing the happy dance ‘cause that means I have finished 3 items for March….

‘Knowing how much bloggers love to see photos I thought I’d best post one.

this is the 2 scraps I had leftover-not bad I thought…oh what you thought I was going to show you a pic of what I made..hahaha get real not till Lauren has received them…

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Was lost but is now found.

Ok I wasn’t really lost but sheeeesh sure felt like I was…too many things happening and not enough hours in the day and the weeks have just flown by..

My foot is still being painful and i am booked in for an MRI on the 26 March.

I have been doing some sewing stuffs (in my mind) with this bundle ,that I received from Lauren in the the ugly fat quarter swap. Gist is you send your partner a fat ¼ of ugly fabric and some trimmings  and your partner can add 1 fat ¼ to it and then make you something and turn it into something that will make the fat ¼ more appealing

 

Lauren sent me a florally fat ¼ ,olive green trim,cream ric rak a vintage looking key some pink buttons and a kit kat-well I’ve munched on the kit kat whilst thinking what to make out of this and return to Lauren..hmmmm some plans are actually happening now…

I received my purchase from that wonderful online bookstore yes you know the one…the book depository uk.

Isn’t it beautiful yep and it’s all Jenny’s fault –yep it sure is I wouldna fib to you..see I won some Cath Kidson stickers and pre cut fabric hearts from Jenny and I just fell in love with them and had to have something more…

ANDDDDDDDDDDDDD my purchase from my favourite online supply place Nancy’s Notions came today yipeeeeeeee.

hmmm goodies a twiggy layer cake a magic vine charm pack some melly & me patterns a table runner pattern some iron easy ands some country fair pear tossed floral fabric which is a nice strudy cotton…

OH yes and I have been doing sewing on the make do memories mini quilt challenge hosted by Lyn golly gosh these blocks are so fragile-what a joy it is to be able to help preserve some and oh dear what a nooncehead I am –in all my wisdom I decided to hand sew my project cause the original blocks are hand sewn..hmm will I make the deadline date yes I think I will……

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Retail therapy

Yep that’s the one-go spend money to make yourself feel bettterah and I must say that this was the first time for me this year to purchase??????????????????????????? yep you guessed it fabric…
So I pressed the buttons and a shopping I went..my first stop was that place yes that one the book depository uk-oh dear me I was so controlled I only purchased one book-will show it when I get it…
Still feeling somewhat icky-undecided-confuzzled-and with the desire to spend I zipped of to Nancy’s Notions—oops spent up a bit there-but truly it will be used and some of it is for my March RAK…
Ok what has got me in this mood???????
Well my blasted foot has been playing up again to the point where walking with anything else but joggers/trainers on my feet is very painful..now in this climate that’s just not on..
Anyways’ I’m off to see the specialist tomorrow and see what he has to say-for those who have not been in here long-I had a Mortons Neuroma removed Oct ‘08-truly you have to of had one of these to understand the unbearable pain(truly I’d go thru childbirth again rather that this foot).
So we shall see what he says tomorrow..hmmmm probably send me off for an ultrasound $$$$ , truly $70 to go to Dr and get referral-$120 to see specialist tomorrow..$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ so spending some on me was my justification to make me feel better…
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Cynthia has arrived.

Yeah yipee look at that tag its an origeeeeeeedidge Singer service tag.

 

Oh she is soo pretty..I am over the moon …

She has been kept so well and still sews fine, has a knee lift operation…

And of course such a lovely gem deserves an awesome name-and I have called her Cynthia in loving memory of my dear who passed away late last year…

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Oh Dear

What a wonderful end to the week to go to the PO box and find this pretty pretty prize awaiting me.

See them hearts they are so darn cute and the book is full of stickers lucky me won this in the January tea towel challenge from Jenny , have you joined her Feb challenge??? Thank you so much Jenny-have had a few ideas jump around for the hearts…

I had such craftiness planned for this weekend but alas none of it happened-due to some horrid bug that decided to latch on to me late friday night..felt like a Mack had slammed straight into my back and my vision was a tad screwiffy..

Not wanting to sleep the weekend away I decided to do some cooking.

Hmm yummy chicken and vegie soup cooked in the crockpot-I always remember nan saying chicken soup fixes all ails…

And one rather flat looking gluten free loaf of bread..but it still tasted yummo and went well with the soup.

then we had

Some berry slice with cream…hmm now i think this recipe came from Peg (cause she always makes  yummy things).

And do you know what this is?????????????

It’s Monday nights dinner, can’t wait to sink my teeth into it so tasty….

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ECHO Echo hello

Never never never will I say yes I can make it if you would like…never ever ever,

the king blue has a batik like fabric for the backing..and gawd I washed it twice before using and still it is horrid and it does not move freely under the machine..and I am sooooooo over it…I will   state that the minutes of froggy stitch-backward stitch unpicking-time waster stitch has added to hours…so I spent a couple of hours here and there on ebay (truly time just zooms when on there) ended up getting and old singer machine yeah (have wanted one for  a long time)..shall post pics when It arrives…

Umm and nothing else to report but I truly wish I could fit the king blue into this bag..

I was at a op shoppe /thrift store today and the lady grabbed this bag to pop my goodies in –well I busted up laughing and she said “oh dear sorry I’ll get you another”..I said no no I love that bag it is so me…she then looked at me like I was a tad loopy-but that’s ok I don’t go there often,It is 100% cotton and I feel it will get used a fair bit-but unfortunately the king blue will not fit in it..aw well back to do some more of it tomorrow evening.

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Happy Valley, South Australia

hmm anyone reading here who may live near Happy Valley????????

Please drop me a line,

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A QUILT for a special lady.

 Please pop on over here and read this....post ...
There is a giveaway happening but not just any giveaway -
There is a quilt being made for a special lady and below is the main focus fabric-print (think that's the right word),
anyways if you are able and would like to participate you just make a 6½" ninepatch in line with the colours below and send it too Bluebird Quilts...remember go read the post

Picture borrowed from Bluebird Quilts blog.
This is such a worthy 'cause -sure hope you are able to get your skiddles on and donate...
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