Archive for the ‘ Hoarding it ’ Category

And fabrics

For spring consideration, stuff kicking around the house. A gray and black and lilac on white rayon blend. Gray twill. Gray and white leopard poly/rayon blend. Black and white dotted cotton blend. Magenta sheer silk. Purples (except the velvet) Purple on white polyester Fun, c/o Gaffney’s and Vogue, mostly. Yard sales, too[ READ MORE ]

Cleaning up all the scraps

I’m such a terrible hoarder. Can’t bear to waste anything. So I have bags and a few bins of fabric scraps I guess I was saving for linings and bindings. And because they’re beautiful. This project might be the answer. A scrap quilt. I get to use all those charming little pieces, and someone gets [ READ MORE ]

Foot fiasco

The  dress I’m trying to finish this weekend – with POCKETS – is telling me it needs a zipper foot to do the back zip. I’ve tricked my machine into sewing zippers without a zipper foot, but I’ve been trying to improve the quality of sewing, so I want to try to do this right. [ READ MORE ]

Patterns are my “puppies”

My friend B found a puppy store close to our job she visited whenever she felt down. The puppies just… cheered her up. Fixed her day. Got her out of bed sometimes. She tried at length to get me to go with but I never did. I like puppies and all but for me, “puppies” [ READ MORE ]

Buttons!

I also hit the cashmere sweater jackpot, too. But that’s for another story.  I paid full price, too. All $2.49 of it for the bag. Didn’t even wait for the Monday sale. Best part might be the teeny old prices.    Worth it? I don’t know what the handwriting means though. Thoughts?  I smell some [ READ MORE ]

Word on Georgie-girl

Sleeping standing up. Nose pokes out.

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