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Not Quilting
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Came across some Marimekko fabric. I had to wash three times before the Shout catcher came out white. That's a lot of water... But I only had to pay not even $2 for my treasure from the scrap bin... It weighed in at under two pounds - that is how they charge for scraps.
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| About five fat quarter and larger pieces. |
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| About 20 inches of this - in real life more Christmas reds and greens. They had bolts of this - $1 a yard. |
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| Three pieces that were WOF, total a little under yard. |
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| One large piece WOF, they have bolts of this. Since it has washed well, I'm thinking of returning to get more. Would be fun for a table cloth and napkins I think and as a backing for quilts too! Would be fun to slice the fabric and rearrange in the quilt top... Ideas... |
Since quilting, I have purchased two other bolts of fabric. A Kona Cotton Green (from a fire sale at a quilt store) and a Moda sort of cloudy sky in blacks and greys (from a fundraiser for Balboa Park). It has been really nice to know I had and could insert it in a project at any time. Oh, then also there is the bolt of that stuff one uses for pot holders - also from the fire sale. That I have only used about 10 by 20 inches of...! so it wasn't so far a good thing to get.... Since it's a little stiff, I may make some zippered pouches with it... but I'll still have yards of it in the closet!
I know some people live at the mall, but it has been over a year since I last went. We need some new dishes, so I was on the hunt to see what was available. Crate and Barrel, William Sonoma, Pottery Barn, Macy's. Nordstrom doesn't have housewares but I went there too. Nothing was really calling out to me. We bought our last dishes at Ikea. They are nice, but the surface is not smooth so it makes a noise when a fork scrapes to get food that has always bothered me. Somehow though we have recently broken a bunch of dishes so we only have five plates now. And I have only three of the larger rectangle serving platters. Looks like it could be they still carry the line of grey dishes. Might be easier to just get more plates... A few months ago the New York Times had an article about what to buy for a new apartment. They had lots of nice ideas including dishes and potato peelers. I got distracted clicking on the links and never made it back to bookmark the article itself. Wish I had... Oh well! We have been married 33 years and have only gotten two sets of every day dishes. The finish in my first set started sort of lifting off, I was afraid it was going to start chipping in the food! I'm ready for a new set actually!
It's always fun to go shopping, as long as it doesn't turn into a hobby! It does seem like you are due for a new set of dishes. I would worry about how the peeling would affect your health.
ReplyDeleteIt ended up I was able to get 4 dinner plates at IKEA - same color but smoother finish. So now we have enough plates and I don't have to think about that! Before when we saw the finish peeling we grabbed the dish set at IKEA. When we got we had to get a whole box that included bowls and smaller plates. I'm glad I was able to just get what we needed this time. I agree about shopping being a bad hobby to have. Don't think there is danger of that for me.
DeleteYou got a great deal on that pretty fabric!
ReplyDeleteYep! I've heard of outlets for the fabric from Freddy Moran at a workshop - she uses for the back of her quilts!
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