Op, op and away!

Op shopping is always fun, some days the op-shop fairies are with me though. To get away from the ironing/washing/blah-de-blah at home, I took an hour off. I left the washing-to-be-folded on the couch,


And fluffed off to the oppy fairies' fave spot. Fancy finding aprons for a Christmas pressie for a friend's daughters:

And a lovely book about Grandma and her hats and her button box!


The crappy news is that Miss 2 is again sick, so my bloglines is now around 400 or so posts I have not read/commented on...

Ti-i-i-ime, is not on my si-ide!

J

Fabric Wish List and What a Day!!

So today a wonderful friend looked after Miss 2, and I got to experience being in shops ALONE. I had both eyes and hands, and got a little carried away...

I went to Addicted to Fabric, one of the only fabric stores in Canberra, and what I wanted was sold out, so I borrowed these images from their website, here.


The black and white mushrooms of Mushroom City here are lots of fun, and may need to sub-let some space in my stash...

I went to get some Leo the Lion shown front here, but they had run out! So sad. Anyone seen any on-line?


I walked away with this Joel Dewberry that I was drooling over, and also this (Amy Butler?).


The first will be a bag and a book cover, the second a cushion for the caravan!

I got home, and realised that there was still 2 hours until Miss 2 came home! I popped to the local op-shop and found these buttons 10c each (sorry for crappy photo):


And this skein of mohair for $1 (I gave her $2 as there's heaps on there!!)


And then played with some embroidery patterns in my head:

Another bad photo - I used my phone... It's the faraway tree - we're reading The Enchanted Wood by Enid Blyton for the 3rd time this year... The porcupine is NOT a poo with feet (Master 6 wasn't sure if it was a poo with feet or a wombat). I was laughing as I took this, hence the blur!

I also got to finish off a ball of wool learning to crochet, with thanks to the much-blogged-about-Miss-Ruth (now what do I do Ruth?!)

Whipped up a little buttony loveliness for myself:


And drew up a picture I want to try embroidering:

Can you see through the blur!? My phone is due to be upgraded - I must make sure that the camera is a good one!

Miss 2 STILL wasn't home, so I knitted for a while. Of course when she did get home she had to go straight to bed due to extreme fatigue, so I knitted my beanie for an hour.

What a day!!



x

Cool Summer Top Idea

Thanks to Eilleen at Consumption Rebellion for this great idea for a Cool Summer Top, from craftster here. Today she dropped in the cutest silk scarf top for Miss 2! Thanks!

Camera playing up so I will pop in a pic over the next few days. This is the photo from the link:



What a great idea for all those beautiful scarves you see at op-shops/thrift stores. I thought I'd give this a try really soon (but after the buttons get a look-in!)

Good Night!