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Category Archives: Inspiration

All things which inspire my textile work, knitting and beading. This may be clothing, art, jewellery,books, fabric itself, paint on walls etc

Stained Glass

PAST TIMES, originally uploaded by magikquilter.

Just had to share my gorgeous jacket with you which I found on ebay.co.uk. It is by PAST TIMES which has some lovely homewares and clothing.

The closest we have to it here is the MET shop in the QVB. I think this would be a similar price too but it is well worth it.

I am enjoying Twenties style fashion as at my age it works and will never date. So I will be bringing you regular updates as I find Twenties style clothing.

Let me know if you would like me to look out for any for you, it would be no trouble. I might even do a special section on MY EBAY for it.

The Week from Hell

This week has seen Australia’s north east devastated by the worst floods in living history. Indeed one of the problems for the survivors  is going to be how to learn to live with the memories of this awful event. Tough military helicopter pilots were pictured tenderly holding in their arms babies, toddlers and children whom they scooped up to safety. Some of these children witnessed the deaths of their parents or loved ones. The same military personel are now searching for the dead bodies who may well be related to those they rescued.


There is just too much to write about…the event came about due to a confluence of events but what remains in the minds eye now is the amazing spirit of our fellow Australians. They are calling today Salvation Saturday …twelve thousand volunteers came to help strangers with the cleanup of their homes and businesses. And that is not counting the thousands of others who are helping family and friends… twenty five thousand volunteers registered to help.

There was no Australian untouched by this…the television coverage was brilliant and kept the nation and the evacuated informed. Vanessa Trazise on Sky News was persoally affected by this as her brother lives in one of the areas which was decimated. She covered teh news and was almost ghost like in her appearance…teh next day she told her viewers that her brother and family lived there and she had not known then whether he was alive or not.

 

 

Another tote to make

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Look at the zip on this one!

Totes to make

Totes to make

One of the bags from a Japanese magazine I want to make soon.

Healthy New Year

So it is 2010 …can you believe it is ten years since everyone was carrying on about the millenium bug? It seems like much, much longer.

Ah well Christmas is over…and with it almost the  worst case of the flu I have had in ten years…well the only one I have had in ten years! And to top it off a headache so bad I could not get off the bed for many many many hours…..but that is a dim memory now…mostly because it kind of knocked me senseless! I think it was all part of the same virus…nasty bugger especially considering I had my swine flu shot recently.

Okay to show that this is still an occasional sewing blog….

something I am planning on sewing

and look…

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half hexi quilt top… almost finished

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A whole lot of thrifting has been going on over the break…but through ebay…oh my… the fat person’s lifeline! I cannot believe the things I have found and the new labels I discovered in the process. There appears to be a movement of plus sizes to affirm themselves with quite revealing gear…and now I know the names to avoid for me but to look out for at the local shop to resell as these brands are going like hotcakes but at platinum prices!

So I do hope you are all well and that you had quality time with those you love over the break…I will be updating the blog in a more chatty way this year and showcasing fashion labels and designers as well as the usual quilting and thrifting. See you soon!

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