More black by Boo this time in a boho artisan look shirt. Size 16…listing tomorrow everyone if you like it.

The best of both worlds by Laura Ashley…white on black! Size 18 this is a linen blend and gorgeous!

What a gorgeous chiffon dress by Laura Ashley…..with silver beading and sheer sleeves.

Peter persuent to our telephone conversation yesterday I would like to say that I do feel now that this was some form of misunderstanding and as nobody has admitted to putting my name on the  bag it looks like someone may have made a mistake and is not admitting to it.  The fabric is back with Vinnies Randwick now although after our talk yesterday and my discussion with my friend who is a barrister I understand that the bag was freely given to me as a gift and in law a gift does not have to be paid for by a token payment or any other form of payment as was first suggested to me by *******. He also said this reminded him somewhat of the Martha Stewart case in America where she was jailed for lying about what happened, not for the actual deed committed. The fact that nobody will admit to putting my name on the actual bag of goods I feel is an indication that someone is lying here and the repercussions of this on my family has caused me great pain.

This started to be an issue about what I felt was the abuse of donations but it descended into something else altogether. I feel that I was not heard as a customer by ***** and the fact that as a customer I was reduced to tears on a shop floor in front of customers, by what was said by an area manager really became the issue as did the then discussions with my husband at work instead of with me …the customer who had the issue. My tears with you yesterday were an indication of the distress that I felt when I heard David was being asked if he was clear about this issue now…after being somewhat scolded I believe…it was never his issue to be clear about, it was mine.

You know David and I are committed Christians and as such we totally uphold the ethos of the Society of St Vincent de Paul . David has been a great companion to the charity and I was mortified that he was dragged into this especially since ********** was aware that he has just returned from compassionate and unpaid leave where he basically said goodbye to his mother after her recent amputation and ill health…and that goodbye was probably his last.

One does not know what people are going through in life and I do feel that the staff at Vinnies should be aware that some of the shoppers are there for a reason…in my case because **************and need to still maintain some dignity in how I dress and conduct myself…but for me to go up to the store, in great physical pain, and speak to the area manager on the phone as asked by Tom, so that he might be cleared of any knowledge of the bag and then to be treated like a naughty schoolgirl….whch was how the discussion went..is reprehensible in my mind and also the minds of my family.  Our son is a writer and he is absolutely insensed over this…..he could probably put it better than this but I am just speaking from the heart here.

I would  like to feel that David is not going to be  treated unfairly because of this…I  am so concerned that he may be  shipped off to some store in the back of beyond or something….Peter could you please set my mind at rest that he will not have any repercussions because of what happened here? I am so worried because he is so terribly upset at how I have been treated …. I will leave it with you now.

Sincerely yours
Kathleen

He sent a rather abrupt/rude email back so I telephoned him … he was a tad surprised I believe.

Peter I sent the last email to *********  as I had not heard back from her about the fabric which was given to me …it actually had my name on it on a big bag. It appears that Tom the manager had no idea about the bag which was given to me so it was nothing to do with him. Unless there is a worker there or a volunteer there named Kathleen and the fabric was put away for them to sort through? I just do not know and am really worried that someone may have set me up after I reported them before for giving away perfectly good donations…they were very upset and incredibly rude to me after that….Tom seems to think we may both have been set up…I do not know but I know that my honesty has been impugned and I am extremely distressed.

Tom put ******* on the phone in the store so that I might tell her that he knew nothing about the bag of fabric but she did not even really give me time to say any of that. She totally took the view that I was wrong to take the fabric out of the store. She said some things that reduced me to tears in front of the whole store full of customers …I am inordinately proud of the fact that I never cry and cannot stand women who use tears to achieve sympathy or attention.

I hate that I feel that I cannot shop at Vinnies, Randwick because I know too much about the way that the charity is run there.

I hate that I cannot inform the area manager without my honesty and my husband’s job position being brought into it.

I hate that I had a conversation in public in a shop which was so distressing that it reduced me to tears.

I hate that after years of shopping there I should be so treated by someone in that shop and by the area manager when I tried to find out what to do about an issue.

I hate that I cannot do anything about issues in that shop without worrying about the safety of my husband’s job and that is inexcusable.

Would you please let me know you received this email…my phone number is ********* i would really appreciate talking to you about this.

Regards ,
Kathleen

The perfect sandals to go with the jacket!

This lightweight fully lined jacket is edged with silk and gorgeously embroidered in sea colours. Perfect for spring!

Another gorgeous top by COLDWATER CREEK…you know the US brand I …and other converts are enamoured with at present.

This is silk and embellishments…what more could I want?

Oh…okay…maybe one in my size…this as usual is one size too small…solution…shrink or offer it to my friends off and online who will be only too glad to snap it up!!!

bib, originally uploaded by magikquilter.

I found this bag at a charity shop recently. When I am unsure of the provenance of things like this I gift them with outfits I sell on ebay. I like to add either shoes or bags to outfits…and jewellery if I have any…if not I will make some glass bead necklaces to go with the outfit. I will be listing this set with the free bag on ebay soon…or contact me before then if you just cannot wait!

So far I have only had one person who was outright horrid and that interestingly was a lady who had ordered some of my Laura Ashley scraps…I gifted a lot of as new quilting magazines with the order.

And what an order it was…I was not very experienced in selling scraps and said 500 grams worth…well that is an incredible lot of scraps. I had to buy a lot more myself to add to the orders…not bad for the measly five dollars that this lady paid!