Last night I didn't end up going to Gisborne Quilters. My left underarm is really sore. I have no idea why! The anaesthetist did mention something about arm block anaesthetics having temporary or permanent complications. Maybe it's to do with that but after 3 weeks? Anyway I'll give it a few days. It's just annoying more than anything.
Then this morning I got an email from Hawthorne Threads saying the fabric I thought I just managed to get enough of is VERY short. I had to change my order a little but no big deal. I got a few extra pieces just to be SURE I can get the fabrics to all play together nicely ;-P
I highly recommend Hawthorne Threads. Wonderful friendly service and great prices too compared to other online stores. I can't wait til my fabics arrive!!
I have also decided to participate in Bonnie Hunter's newest Mystery Quilt! Her mysteries lend themselves to stashbusting and scrappiness which I need if I'm going to avoid buying more fabric.
It needs 4 colours and a neutral/background. I've picked the background which is white with some basic daisy print in various colours. I'll pick the 4 colours from this print and use it to tie them all together. I'll work out to be semi-scrappy in that the background will be the same but the rest scrappy.
She will post fabric requirements and yardages on 1 November so my only concern is that I have enough of my background fabric. There is a good chance I wont and it will mean I have to change my fabric choices.
Meanwhile I really should start my DaChintzy Mystery. I haven't been peeking at the clues posted on About.com so I should get up-to-date in no time. I haven't been brave enough to try machine piecing with my plaster yet but tomorrow is FNSI and I plan to try then! :-O
Showing posts with label shopping. Show all posts
Showing posts with label shopping. Show all posts
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Retail Therapy
I was feeling all miserable and decided it was time to submit the order that's been in the shopping basket at:
I've been a little nervous about it since the range is an old one and has just come in from re-ordering.
I'm so relived I did because I could only get 1.25 yards of a particular fabric that I wanted 1.5 yards of. Thankfully I only needed 1.25 but it scared me anyway!
I'm ordering fabric from Patty Young's Mezzanine range to make up my Melly and Me Sleepover bag when I do the class early next year.
I'm feeling marginally better. It's been a sucky day. Just when I think I have a hold on all the stuff that's going on, something came up and set me off again. This must be why fertility clinics hire counsellors!
Anyway I'm going to Gisborne Quilters again tonight (for the second week in a row) and that will help take my mind off things. I've been working on Lizzy Mae and she is really coming along! Maybe I'll post a pic tomorrow depending on tonight's efforts!
I've been a little nervous about it since the range is an old one and has just come in from re-ordering.
I'm so relived I did because I could only get 1.25 yards of a particular fabric that I wanted 1.5 yards of. Thankfully I only needed 1.25 but it scared me anyway!
I'm ordering fabric from Patty Young's Mezzanine range to make up my Melly and Me Sleepover bag when I do the class early next year.
I'm feeling marginally better. It's been a sucky day. Just when I think I have a hold on all the stuff that's going on, something came up and set me off again. This must be why fertility clinics hire counsellors!
Anyway I'm going to Gisborne Quilters again tonight (for the second week in a row) and that will help take my mind off things. I've been working on Lizzy Mae and she is really coming along! Maybe I'll post a pic tomorrow depending on tonight's efforts!
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Shopping!
This weekend has turned out pretty well considering the Nemesis has been in top form!
Saturday involved a trip to Spotlight for batting, backing and quilting thread for Chocolate and Aqua plus a few browns which may or may not go with the table runner for my class.
I hoped for a chocolate brown backing but there was nothing remotely close so I got a light blue one instead. Not exactly aqua but at least any dodgy quilting wont show up on the back!
The cute birdie fabric was on the clearance wrack (yes I still have bird phobia) so it'll make a cute charity quilt for a little girl.
Today was even better. I love online shopping!! I placed one US order at The Quilted Castle for my Aster Manor yardage and an Australian one at Oz Quilts for a quilting stencil and a FQ pack of browns.
Here are my Aster Manor borders - red for the wide outer border and pink for the narrower inner one. The sashing is cream with tiny brown spots.
I'm hoping the Aussie order arrives this week so I can pre-wash and work out whether I have a good selection of colours. I suspect I'll still need to pop into Quilters Bazaar this week for the final selection!
Andrew will drop in on monday to pay for my Table runner class but I'm hoping to be able to drive by Tuesday to get the rest!
What a nice hubby! I'm stocking up now while it lasts! *lol*
I'm also plodding on with Chocolate and Aqua - 12 sections complete and only 3 to go!!!
ETA - On closer examination I discovered a grave piecing error which required not only unpicking but re-matching colours as well.
I blame those boys entirely. It's very difficult to sew with "light sabres" crashing around you. DS aka Darth Vader graciously allows his father to be Luke Skywalker and...well I'm so mortified I can hardly say it...was called...Jar Jar Binks.
The indignity! The injustice! EVERYONE knows I'm the Yoda of the house. OK so I don't have hairy ears but I'm about the same height and right at least as often. UGH BOYS!!
Saturday involved a trip to Spotlight for batting, backing and quilting thread for Chocolate and Aqua plus a few browns which may or may not go with the table runner for my class.
I hoped for a chocolate brown backing but there was nothing remotely close so I got a light blue one instead. Not exactly aqua but at least any dodgy quilting wont show up on the back!
The cute birdie fabric was on the clearance wrack (yes I still have bird phobia) so it'll make a cute charity quilt for a little girl.
Today was even better. I love online shopping!! I placed one US order at The Quilted Castle for my Aster Manor yardage and an Australian one at Oz Quilts for a quilting stencil and a FQ pack of browns.
Here are my Aster Manor borders - red for the wide outer border and pink for the narrower inner one. The sashing is cream with tiny brown spots.
I'm hoping the Aussie order arrives this week so I can pre-wash and work out whether I have a good selection of colours. I suspect I'll still need to pop into Quilters Bazaar this week for the final selection!
Andrew will drop in on monday to pay for my Table runner class but I'm hoping to be able to drive by Tuesday to get the rest!
What a nice hubby! I'm stocking up now while it lasts! *lol*
I'm also plodding on with Chocolate and Aqua - 12 sections complete and only 3 to go!!!
ETA - On closer examination I discovered a grave piecing error which required not only unpicking but re-matching colours as well.
I blame those boys entirely. It's very difficult to sew with "light sabres" crashing around you. DS aka Darth Vader graciously allows his father to be Luke Skywalker and...well I'm so mortified I can hardly say it...was called...Jar Jar Binks.
The indignity! The injustice! EVERYONE knows I'm the Yoda of the house. OK so I don't have hairy ears but I'm about the same height and right at least as often. UGH BOYS!!
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Shopping dramas and a sucky day :-(
Well this weekend's trip to Spotlight did NOT turn out as planned.
We went to what is the biggest one near us and although they have a big range they simply didn't have what I needed. I got the last of the black and white spotty fabric which meant I got a little bit extra and I found ONE fabric to go with the table runner. That means another 5 to go!
I managed to convince hubby to make a slight detour and visit another Spotlight on the way home when DS said his tummy hurt. The pains would come and go and make him cry and we went straight home instead.
Just when the day couldn't get much worse, his symptoms were looking more and more like appendicitis. Thankfully a trip to the toilet solved everything and no need to go to hospital tonight.
The Nemesis is wreaking all sorts of havoc lately, especially tonight so I'm going back to the surgeon this week.
The final straw was my bobbin running out...
On a slightly happier note, I think someone is trying to tell me to get on with my Dear Jane!
We went to what is the biggest one near us and although they have a big range they simply didn't have what I needed. I got the last of the black and white spotty fabric which meant I got a little bit extra and I found ONE fabric to go with the table runner. That means another 5 to go!
I managed to convince hubby to make a slight detour and visit another Spotlight on the way home when DS said his tummy hurt. The pains would come and go and make him cry and we went straight home instead.
Just when the day couldn't get much worse, his symptoms were looking more and more like appendicitis. Thankfully a trip to the toilet solved everything and no need to go to hospital tonight.
The Nemesis is wreaking all sorts of havoc lately, especially tonight so I'm going back to the surgeon this week.
The final straw was my bobbin running out...
On a slightly happier note, I think someone is trying to tell me to get on with my Dear Jane!
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Fabric Choices!
Well I now have fabric for the DaChintzy Mystery...only I bought ALL of it and it's totally different from what I was planning. More boy than girl for a start! 
In my defense 3 out of 4 of the fabrics were reduced to $7.50 per metre! The remaining one was $11/m so all in all very reasonable!
They actually look way nicer IRL! I am still going to do a girl version. I have rethought my fabric choices and I will only need one additional fabric so I'm hoping I can make 2 quilts simultaneously. With 2 weeks between each clue, it should be OK.
I'm not 100% sure on the order of #2 and #3 yet. Will seek the opinion of our Mystery Quilt Hostess!
In my defense 3 out of 4 of the fabrics were reduced to $7.50 per metre! The remaining one was $11/m so all in all very reasonable!
They actually look way nicer IRL! I am still going to do a girl version. I have rethought my fabric choices and I will only need one additional fabric so I'm hoping I can make 2 quilts simultaneously. With 2 weeks between each clue, it should be OK.
I'm not 100% sure on the order of #2 and #3 yet. Will seek the opinion of our Mystery Quilt Hostess!
I can't find pics online anywhere of my feature fabric for a girl but hopefully the camera will be working again soon
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Dear Jane gets a mention
But hardly more than that!
I've been meaning to take some pics of my fabrics so I can keep tracks of what I have and what I need more of.
The quality is awful since it had to be done with my phone but here goes.
The browns and tans:
Yellows and Oranges (definitely need more of these!
Blues:
Pinks and Greens:
Reds and Purples (a few more purples I think!)
And lastly the Fabric Inspector pays a visit:
I'm really looking forward to starting this quilt but ideally I'd like to join a group because I know I'll lose my mojo otherwise and I want to hand piece it and would like to finish at least one of my hand pieced UFOs first!
Meanwhile there is still a bit of shopping to be done before I have all my fabrics! ;-P
I've been meaning to take some pics of my fabrics so I can keep tracks of what I have and what I need more of.
The quality is awful since it had to be done with my phone but here goes.
The browns and tans:
Yellows and Oranges (definitely need more of these!
Blues:
Pinks and Greens:
Reds and Purples (a few more purples I think!)
And lastly the Fabric Inspector pays a visit:
I'm really looking forward to starting this quilt but ideally I'd like to join a group because I know I'll lose my mojo otherwise and I want to hand piece it and would like to finish at least one of my hand pieced UFOs first!
Meanwhile there is still a bit of shopping to be done before I have all my fabrics! ;-P
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