Oooo! A squidgy package !! From Canada !!!
I had visceral reactions to autumnal colours last Autumn . . .
. . . and thought about realised I might vowed to myself to get more autumnal colours into my closet . . .
Now I’m finding fabrics in autumnal colours, even in summer weight fabrics !
Sometimes you just gotta do what you gotta do. . .
It’s that time of year and I, for one, am a bit busy. How about your good selves?
Join me for Virtual Tea this week and we can talk!
Over here, our postal peeps are done in… A few small bits of fabric were sent from Georgia at the end of November and are still “in transit.” Good thing they aren’t anything for the holiday.
Earlier in December several pattern companies had sales, so I got busy ordering PDFs, then downloading the files to send off to PDFPlotting for printing.
Because of the C problem, my apartment complex’ office can’t receive oversize packages. (Patterns come rolled in a long box, not folded flat.)
Remembering that, I called PDFPlotting and asked about a better way to ship. Got an answer right back with an alternative (UPS) for only $2 more. Well worth it — no hassle getting them right to my door in 2 days. Phew!
Then Vogue Fabrics sent word they were having a short-but-sweet fleece sale. I realised my winter wardrobe was getting is threadbare, assessed the new patterns, and ordered fleece. After the dust sorta settled I ordered again.
The day I realised the Atlanta cotton wouldn’t arrive this week BOTH Vogue orders arrived. Talk about a Happy Dance! The last night of the sale I decided to order a bit more . . . . . .
What can I say… it’s been a tough year. 😀
A minor achievement this week: 2 small pillows stuffed, sewn up and completed.
Ta-dah ! ! !
These are the fronts.
Love that hat, but ain’t too keen on the corset. But it’s red, so that’s okay.
A bit of searching round t’internet and I found this panel is actually part of an entire quilting series. Hmmm . . . . . 🤔
A bit more thinking about it, as we know we do with something we really want to enjoy to its’ fullest potential . . . . . 🤨
Taking a deep breath, ignoring my fierce promise-to-self not to buy any more fabric, I decided to acquire just a teeny bit more.
But only so’s the whole rest of the original purchase could be used and enjoyed to the full, instead of always regretting I hadn’t used x or y instead — y’know what I mean? 🙄
Next week a small squidgy package is due . . . . .
There’s more to come, Lovelies! 🤣 😆 🤣
For several reasons. First off ~~~
I forgot to thank Cathy (nanacathy2) for her suggestion from several posts ago that I look for the telly program Heartbeat.
BritBox carries it, but only the first season. 😡 However, there are more episodes listed on YouTube.
Huge Thank You’s, Cathy — I loved it! Both for the scenery and for the look back at how restrictive the 1960’s were for women. For instance, there’s no mention of the brave Dagenham sewing machinist women at the Ford plant, and their strike for equal pay for equal work.
For those who don’t know about Heartbeat, Wiki says, “Heartbeat is a British police drama series set in 1960s North Riding of Yorkshire based on the “Constable” series of novels written by ex-policeman Peter N. Walker, under the pseudonym Nicholas Rhea, and broadcast on ITV in 18 series between 1992 and 2010.”
The other reason to celebrate is New Zealand’s re-election of their Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, who’s been a shining light through the C-19 crisis. So many of us outside New Zealand are delighted for her, and for all New Zealanders!
The headline in the Christian Science Monitor started “From Legos to bra clips…”
That, combined with “turtle” and “wheelchair” definitely had me intrigued.
Then I discovered this article, with 2 videos that include diagrams of the “chair” and an update on Lego Turtle’s release back into the wild.
Happy First Weekend in August, Lovelies!
It’s been severe storm warnings this afternoon and yesterday, with morning temps into the extreme range.
Am not complaining about the storms, as they do cool us down considerably. Phew!
But one does avoid phones, and most electric appliances… Reading from a real book is definitely safe!
As promised, here’s that recipe for the chocolate cake.
The raisin spice cake recipe can be found here. And there’s a Wiki article here.
The original Wacky Cake recipe is here, and it’s Wiki article is here.
Happy baking, everyone! Be sure to let us know if you try these out!
It’s raining. I’ve got an Aldi delivery* due. Nothing unusual, right?
Not at the best of times, which this ain’t.
The very air feels full of anxiety.
Then I read Su’s post (thank you, Su!).
And finally got the message:
*Note: Not available in every Aldi location. Sorry. 😞
PSA! (Public Service Announcement)
Watch your Spam folders, Lovelies, as they’re having a field day.
And now on to the chronology of my Thursday mend project.
(The silly part)
