Remember this Thursday’s Virtual Tea! That half-eaten plain scone is from Mrs. Beeton’s book. Recipe to follow ~
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. 😀
Am I the only person that immediately checks stash fabric for matches with new fabrics?
Ahhh . . . . . . . Happy Dance!
3 of 4, washed (brown’s drying). The top navy (& brown) are for pants, gold & green (below gold) are for tops.
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 . . . . .
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!
Making this even sillier, the photos in this article belong to their respected sources, so you’ll need to exercise your imagination to envision a turtle in such a situation, and click on the links to get the details. As for the deets on my latest squidgy package… all will be revealed eventually, as you’ve actually seen it before! 😉
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)
Remember the placement, Lovelies…Thought this was the tip of at least half a yard…Oops. The cut out bit was my first piece… phew! 😳Between Silk & Synt– hope that’s ok…Remember that bit???OopsLet’s try this againFinished