I stitched into the last minutes of Christmas Eve to get all my sewing gifts finished. It was worth it!
A very sweet handmade nativity set from Hawkins
The cow is a hoot!
Happy Holidays My Friends!
I stitched into the last minutes of Christmas Eve to get all my sewing gifts finished. It was worth it!
A very sweet handmade nativity set from Hawkins
The cow is a hoot!
Happy Holidays My Friends!
It's no secret that I think I have the best thrift store in Houston a mile from my house. The amount & selection of inventory it turns in a year is incredible. I'm sure it's partly due to the prices. During the week if a customer spends money, a discount is tallied for Sunday purchases.
Yesterday I had a discount that afforded a 50% discount on my purchases. With the exception of one or two items, everything I bought was around $3.93. When the discount is applied, that's roughly $1.97. Ain't much you can buy in a regular retail store for $1.97!
I'm a little giddy!
I'm nurturing my desire to cook & bake which means I need some dishes, pans & possibly some appliances. This week's purchases included a vegetable steamer for $3.93 (marked down from the original price of $6.56), 2 beautiful handmade large pottery plates from Mexico, a dip serving plate, and a small Revereware saucepan.
And, because I can, I shopped the clothes racks too. Lately I am on the hunt for cashmere. All sweaters are generally priced in the same range so when I spot a cashmere sweater, it's usually less than $5. If you ever shop cashmere sweaters in regular retail stores, they are not $5.
My best friend from high school sent me a SOS message Wednesday asking if I could sew an apron for her daughter in law. The chosen apron from Anthropolgie is on backorder for a few more weeks. I might be biased but I think my apron is much better than anything Anthropolgie sells. 😀😀 This is a favorite Tracy Porter fabric I've had in my stash a long time. So lovely and feminine.
This is headed to a Vermont feminist lawyer. I bet she loves it! (I certainly do.)
Next up: a frilly apron request. Nothing like last minute gifts. 😀😀
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Honoring Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg
I've been trying some new vegetable recipes lately. Pinterest is a gold mine for information and suggestions. So far all the ones I have tried have been easy and tasty!
Sometime last year I stitched a length of patchwork raw edge from gray tshirts. My intent was to make a quilted jacket. Frankly, it was pretty lackluster and I lost interest.
Yesterday I decided to turn it into a variety of compositions I can use for some artwork. This should make 4 good sized collages. The 1st layer is the knit patchwork. The 2nd layer is additional topstitched patchwork. I may add a 3rd layer of handwork with some embellishments.
It's hard to photograph while it's still on the longarm but I think you can see the essence of what I have stitched. I was trying to vary the colors for each collage.
I anticipate stretching these on canvas so they are ready to hang.
This one is my favorite.
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