Posted by: Magik Quilter | April 2, 2008

Monet and others

Feeling quite inspired after my latest lovely bag arrived from Janey of Sewstylish. She included a lovely handmade card and a really great magazine that I haven’t seen over here. Also sent off my swap for Melly and Me’s scrap challenge to Dawn in England and some embroidered linen to Norway for Melissa who makes the most divine baby shoes from old linens[when she can find them that is].

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Did a little shopping earlier this week and found a couple of cute fat quarters and some wool to knit a scarf to go with my turquoise suede jacket. Also sorted through my shoes and gave some to a friend, the other ones I do not need will go up to the charity shop when I go there tomorrow. My handbags that I bought from charity and second hand shops are currently being photographed and loaded onto some more friendly groups on flickr. The link to my photos is here, especially for Sulz and the Bombshell. Bear in mind ladies that these are only some of my thrifted ones. Wait until you see some of the ones I bought new!

The photographing of my upholstery fabrics is going quite well but buggered if I can find a piece of Designers Guild fabric with giraffes and animals on it..the little toddler who lives opposite us will be at school by the time I find it! I was quite amazed at how much fabric that I have been shunting around our bedroom, no wonder I was so off sewing for a while. I am going to sell some of it on my etsy store which is soon to be opened and also some of my jewellery and bags as well.

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Have finally photographed the skirts which I made a few months ago and I thought they would go down a treat in the coming summer months overseas. The photos of several skirts are here. The mini skirts are 10cm above the knee and are cut on the bias. The longer skirt I made for myself with some glorious Italian swiss voile [sounds like a contradiction doesn't it] and silk has been a real hit. It is a pleasure to wear as I used cotton lawn for the lining fabric, it is cool and helps the skirt keep its shape.

Update on the being banned from a group for no reason at all. I actually went to the help forum about that and they were pretty baffled too, especially since they thought quilting groups above politics! At first they thought it was the link to my blog in the description section of the photos and I spent a good few hours deleting that just in case and then they said that was okay!

So all in all a busy week, my son is starting to feel a bit better after a few weeks of being quite unwell so that is a relief and means we can plan to do a few things together. Also means I can ask him to do my website without feeling too guilty unless I stuff it up again that is! Back tomorrow with Thrift Thursday, hoping to find some goodies tomorrow at the Salvation Army shop and the other church run shop in Bondi Junction.

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haha. thanks for the link. i love the bags with the prints of women! i have one similar like that. mine is a big beige tote bag with a tanned woman leaning on some brick wall, with the eiffel tower as a background, and i have a pencil case of a woman sitting on the table surrounded by books. i love them!

i like the second skirt very much! the rose print is lovely.

any other mother would have to use the mother card - i bear you in my womb, i cleaned up after you, took care of you when you’re sick etc etc - but i guess you don’t need to cos cj seems like a good son. :)

Thanks Sulz and I am going to keep an eye out for those kind of bags and wallets for you. If I send the measurements of that skirt you will know if it will fit and it will be my gift to you….or once I have photographed all my fabrics you can go there and choose a fabric you like. I have heaps so you would not be depriving me of any!!!!Just ask CJ. It is the bane of his existence…or one of them.

Speaking of CJ yes I am not one of those mothers who makes everything about them, or really hope I am not. Really hate it when he’s ill as he has a lot to offer through his writing and know he really isn’t well if he can’t write or for that matter argue with me about politics, religion, flickr, blogs, idiots, whoops I said politics didn’t I?

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