I’m tired of trying to give these vintage knitting books away, so I put them up on ebay, if anyone is interested. Can you believe that creepy clown!
Also, I found out there is a doll auction at Skinner next week. I hope I can make it to the preview- it is always an amazing opportunity to see fantastic dolls. I really want to see this Dorothy Heizer doll.
It’s a hat.
I’m working on all the fussy stuff. I’ve been struggling to get the coat lining in place- it would be easier to do if I had any idea what I was doing! Lots of ripping out going on. I’ve got the snaps and hooks sewed onto the shirt and puffy pants. I am having a real dilemma finding the right color and fabric for her stockings.
The midwest trip was a success- Son #1 has figured out what he wants to do for college next year and that was the reason for going. I made sure he got where he needed to go, checked out the various colleges and met up with some old friends. That was the best part!
I also went to the Minneapolis Textile Center Garage Sale- I wish we had one of these in Boston!
I came home with a little bag of yarn- my favorite green colors-
an interesting fabric sample from Jack Lenor Larson and a packet of fabric bits-
2 silk Japanese kimono-type jackets (I don’t know what they are really called)
some bags of buckles and buttons-
and a pile of misc. stuff that was all in a shoebox for a dollar. I could see a few things I wanted so I just got the whole box.
I spent $13! I shoved everything into my suitcase to come home, and it must have looked very suspicious when it went through the x-ray scanner at the airport, ’cause they searched my suitcase. Oh well, the price of stopping at a great yard sale right before getting on an airplane!
Today a neighbor stopped by and gave me more goodies-
I’m feeling very lucky!
The midwest trip was a success- Son #1 has figured out what he wants to do for college next year and that was the reason for going. I made sure he got where he needed to go, checked out the various colleges and met up with some old friends. That was the best part!
I also went to the Minneapolis Textile Center Garage Sale- I wish we had one of these in Boston!
I came home with a little bag of yarn- my favorite green colors-
an interesting fabric sample from Jack Lenor Larson and a packet of fabric bits-
2 silk Japanese kimono-type jackets (I don’t know what they are really called)
some bags of buckles and buttons-
and a pile of misc. stuff that was all in a shoebox for a dollar. I could see a few things I wanted so I just got the whole box.
I spent $13! I shoved everything into my suitcase to come home, and it must have looked very suspicious when it went through the x-ray scanner at the airport, ’cause they searched my suitcase. Oh well, the price of stopping at a great yard sale right before getting on an airplane!
Today a neighbor stopped by and gave me more goodies-
I’m feeling very lucky!
The midwest trip was a success- Son #1 has figured out what he wants to do for college next year and that was the reason for going. I made sure he got where he needed to go, checked out the various colleges and met up with some old friends. That was the best part!
I also went to the Minneapolis Textile Center Garage Sale- I wish we had one of these in Boston!
I came home with a little bag of yarn- my favorite green colors-
an interesting fabric sample from Jack Lenor Larson and a packet of fabric bits-
2 silk Japanese kimono-type jackets (I don’t know what they are really called)
some bags of buckles and buttons-
and a pile of misc. stuff that was all in a shoebox for a dollar. I could see a few things I wanted so I just got the whole box.
I spent $13! I shoved everything into my suitcase to come home, and it must have looked very suspicious when it went through the x-ray scanner at the airport, ’cause they searched my suitcase. Oh well, the price of stopping at a great yard sale right before getting on an airplane!
Today a neighbor stopped by and gave me more goodies-
I’m feeling very lucky!
Tomorrow is Patriots Day in Massachusetts. All weekend we have this kind of reenactment going on in the neighborhood and the local area, . It is odd to hear musket fire in the distance while out in the garden!
The Marathon is the other Boston event that happens on Patriots Day. My flight back from Minneapolis was full of runners. It wasn’t the typical group of airline travelers- all the other flights I was on were full of business men.
Happy Birthday, Peter!
I am off to Chicago tomorrow and Minneapolis the next day. I hope I can find some interesting places to visit. I was thrilled to see that this event will happen while I’m there. What could be better- a textile garage sale!
It’s done! Here it is out in the backyard-
this is how I signed it- (it says “finally finished 2005)
and then I washed it- it was really pretty dirty after all these years. I was very worried I would ruin it, but it really needed washing. The quilt has a wool batting and I don’t remember if I prewashed the fabrics all those years ago. I used a warm wash and rinse and the delicate cycle. I let it almost dry outside and then put it in the dryer for 10 or 15 minutes with a fabric softener sheet- I was hoping to get the cat hair and other miscellaneous fuzz off of it. Now it is clean and a little bit wrinkly- just right really.
Here it is, posing!
and some progress reports-
I am working on several things and am mostly trying to get fixed up again in my attic, but I did get this done-
this is a collar with lace. I “dyed” the lace a purplish grey by painting it with watered down acrylic paint. I’ve used this technique before.
and then my quilt-
I am doing the last bit of hand stitching on the binding- the end is in sight!
When the weather got too cold, I brought my brugmansia into the house. Usually I put it in the basement and ignore it- sometimes the plant dies. This year I stuck it in the corner of the dining room where it looked terrible for about 2 months. Then it put on some leaves, then lots of leaves and now a bloom!
and it’s wonderfully fragrant!