Sweet Fabric:
making me laugh

We had the very bestest time ever.

Nan didn't put the camera away & I didn't get it out.

Thursday: trip to Kyo/The Mill/How Bazaar was amazing & of course my regular Melbourne haunts seemed somewhat crap in the shadow of the Day 1 shop. I stitched & laughed 'til I cried.

Friday: Nan hatched an exciting quilted garment plan. There was much swearing & carry on about the quality (or lack thereof) of the Janome & many pro Pfaff arguments were put forward. I stitched & laughed 'til I cried.

Saturday: Shopping for craft supplies & a bit of parental running around for me & a lot of time with the Janome for Nan. I stitched & laughed 'til I cried.

Sunday: Camby Market & back home to the trusty Janome for Nan. I stitched & laughed 'til I cried.

I didn't feed her (like at all - - - I was too busy stitching & laughing 'til I cried), but I think there's plenty of nourishment in a Capiroska & I made her plenty of those.

I've been very lucky to meet & make some really truly ace real life mates because of this space. Let me tell you...Rummage is one of the best.

Big giant ups to The Date & to The Frenchie too for making it happen.

Hoping that your weekend was fabulous too. x

From the sublime to the ridiculous.

Just the way things are.

Happy weekend to you all.

This made my heart skip a beat.

Five envelopes and then the card. I love the run-on of daught
er.

EDIT: It's not my birthday - sorry. I thrifted this yesterday. See the date? 1 January 1954.

Happy weekend.

Hugely inspired by Trixie Delicious & my love of stating the obvious. This just gave me a huge giggle.

In the words of teenage girls everywhere "no offence".

If you know someone who might appreciate this (or something a little less blatant) there's a template over at Feeling Stitchy today.

A few months back The Date & I went shopping for a hall table. We bought a fabulous old hospital laundry trolley which is doing the job perfectly.

On the same day we purchased these signs which, in a former life were in situ at the Kew Police Station.

The little guy laughed out loud when he came home from school & saw the "mess" sign at the bottom of the stairs.

& this outside the door to the laundry craft room.

This kind of stuff gives me a real kick.

Claim: WKHZPB9XZRFN

I understand that the emoticon is a necessity of faceless communication (& I've been known to throw in a :) myself every now & then but I admit, I'm not a fan.

I've got a fabulous book filled with gold & one of the pieces of advice is...

Don't use emoticons ;-)
they're just annoying

BUT I reckon when you've got your tongue planted firmly in your cheek it's probably OK. I made myself laugh if nothing else.
8-) = wearing glasses
B-) = wearing cool shades

My research did lead me to these characters of note. One a super model & the other a super woman:

:-.)

&

######:o)

Teeny tiny port glass with offerings from the walk home from school.

I had a lovely evening last night at The Aviary catching up with old school mates & laughing until tears were streaming down my face. Absolutely nobody can make me laugh like those girls can. It's really good to laugh until your cheeks hurt!

I'm completely on a roll with the redwork, filling every spare moment with a few more chain or stem stitches and getting a huge amount of pleasure from the small repetative stitches.

Hoping your weekend has been a cracker too!

I'm a roller!

When I learnt to embroider from my highly skilled neighbour she was most emphatic...

"embroidery works in progress should always be rolled"

I'm all about the kit, I have kits for every craft project. So, before I could begin stitching up my quilt project design I had to make up a special quilt project kit.

I thought I'd share with you the step by step.

I think these would make a great (& almost free) gift for any stitchers in your life.

So no more scrunching or folding people...it's all about the roll.

PDF how to available here.

How To Fabric Covered BoxView more presentations from kootoyoo.

Sometimes I find myself quite funny.

Aunty Cookie Eyechart from the letterhead crafter's panel + temperamental sewing machine = glasses case.

I enjoy cutting comments. Many of my very favourite people are superb at dishing it out. Most enjoyable when directed at me...go figure.

I gave myself a giggle when I took "The Cookie Cutter" literally & made these.

There is another element which I was too chicken to photograph for fear of being sued for breach of copyright but you can find it over here.

I admire a geek (of any kind).

This fabric picked up at the Op Shop tickles my fancy. I'm old enough to remember Commodore 64 & Apple IIe.

Just look at that seam joining the panels - can you even see it? You might need your specs. Clearly I'm not a sewing geek - I couldn't be fagged with that effort.

On the seam front...have you been following Liesl's Seamalong. She's super good.