Cleaning, Sorting, Organising, Oh My!

First off thanks for your lovely comments on the last post. I appreciate your feedback!

So What Have I Been Up To?

My fabric collection has been living in between 12-15 BIG plastic tubs around the house and this week I decided to have a clean up, have a look and see what's there. I also needed to do a long overdue cull and cut down the amount of fabric I have. Some treasures I've found,

First off a curtain I found last year. It is a linen blend I think, but it doesn't really crush. I'm thinking of cushion covers, a bag or two and possibly a skirt.

The Brown is a stretch and it is going to make a really lovely wrap dress.

Gorgeous John Kaldor fabric. It kinda reminds me of giraffe print.

Pastel purple giraffe print. Not sure what to make with it yet.

At the end of the week I ended up with six big bags of fabric which I am giving away to my friend who runs an art and craft therapy program at the centre for mentally delayed children she works for.

So I am not at all upset to part with it as I know that they will be making all sorts of crazy and creative things. I think it would have been harder if I was just sending it back off to the opshop but I am completely happy with how it's worked out.

So with the small scraps I couldn't bear to part with I've been doing this:

I love hexagons.

They are ADDICTIVE!

I have no idea what this will end up being but it's fun building it bigger and bigger.

Well I hope you had a great weekend,

Mel

Vintage Lace Giveaway.

I've been busy sorting and organising and not really doing much crafting.

But I decided to go through my lace collection and am destashing.

Who better to receive some lovely vintage lace than one of my ever-so-crafty readers?

I was given a big box of trimmings a few years back. The owner was a lovely old lady who was moving into a nursing home and so had to get rid of a lot of her things. There are laces cut from nightwear, collected and rolled up onto old magazines, 1960's TV week if I remember correctly. Some new in packets and a few which look like wedding dress laces.

So here is a look at some of what is up for grabs.

Close up details.

Some are cotton, alot are synthetic, some are stained due to the age of them (but not too much). The lengths range from 25cm to a couple of meters.
I had visions of using THIS awesome tutorial for colouring lace, but I haven't got around to it yet.

So leave a comment below and I will pick a winner on Friday the 19th of June.
I am happy to send internationally as well
Good luck,
Mel.

mmmmm fabric

I got to spend sometime last Friday afternoon talking craft and other things with one of Zoe's friend's mum. She pulled out a crate of quilting fabric she had gotten from a garage sale awhile back. She let me go through and choose some fabric. These are the florals I chose. I am in love with the black one. The blue one makes me smile. The one on the far left is going to be a border ruffle on a skirt.
Thank you Margaret for sharing your stash with me.
I see some crazy patchwork purses in the near future.
Tell me about some of your recent craft aquisitions. What's been making you smile this week?

New to me!

I got to go op shopping this week and I think i see a theme reoccurring with the fabrics I found.
The top fabric is an old cot sheet with cute deer and rabbits and birds, very bambi-esque. The fabric on the bottom right is also a cot sheet with little rabbits on it an the bottom right is deer and rabbits, so cute! I am seeing some very interesting bags being made of these.Next i found these shoes. I am in love. They are a really dark bluey/green and have hardly been worn. They are a little tight but the dear old lady at the op shop said to wear them round the house with thick socks for a few hours and see if that helps. To be honest I am worried about getting killer blisters so I'll make sure i have the bandaids handy.Cute pink owl buttons from the little sewing shop down the main street. They were 27 cents each. I am not sure what to use them on yet but i couldn't leave them there... could I?I am finishing up a big swap this weekend so hopefully next week I'll be able to post pics (my partner has already sent, so pics of that will be here once I receive)
My beautiful best friend is turning 30 today and is flying back to Aus to celebrate.

Happy Birthday Mel!

I hope that you have some wonderful, relaxing plans for the weekend.

Take care,
Mel

Sunday Stash Number Two

I love this fabric. I am not sure what to make with it yet but it's my one of my Favourites.

Sunday Stash #1

oooh so excited. Vintage fabric for my first sunday stash.