Dealhack (Free subscription) | yesterday
Check out more than 90 Deals in the Black Friday Sale at Overstock. Choose from deals in Toys & Sports, Electronic & Media, Jewelry & Watches, Clothing & Shoes, Home & Bath, and more. A sampling: The Mia Dollhouse for $130 . Discovery Kids Digital Photo Video Camera for $30 . Discovery Kids Teach-n-Talk Activity Laptop for $22 . Ironman Gravity 1000 Inversion Table for $120 . Cuisinart...
The Weaver of Grass (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
I have only been writing poems since I got my laptop and began to blog. Some are stored in my computer, some in a notebook and some are filed in my Writers' Group folder. In other words they are all over the place. So, my resolution was to buy a note book and put them all together. I bought one at The Knitting and Stitching Show in Harrogate last week and during this weekend I have written all the...
Towards Sustainability (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Yesterday we celebrated Miss Seven's impending birthday with "High Tea". I've been collecting proper bone china tea cups from Op-shops for a few weeks, and we set the table with the 'good' damask table cloth & napkins and got out the cut-glass platters. Then we loaded up the table with home-baked goodies, made by myself, my Mum and my sister - who made the most awesomely cute cupcakes...
Tycromedia.com (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Brother SE-350 Embroidery/ Sewing Machine SE-350 designed to give your projects that customized, high-end look Sewing machine features 67 built-in stitches and 70 built-in embroidery designs Machine lets you take pride in your work by adding your own personal style to your creations Contains a push-button automatic thread trimmer, backlit touch screen LCD, quick-set bobbin, embroidery editing, low...
Joe Brainard's Pyjamas (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
1. EVERYTHING can't be Kafkaesque, can it? I ask myself this over and over, even though I know it's a rhetorical question. 2. I read today my state (Pennsylvania) is collapsing. I have long believed this, as I have noticed numerous cracks in the pavement, divots in the asphalt, odd leans to both houses and people, and when I step forward my foot falls alls by itself and seems to take longer each time...
Lisa Ridgeon Originals (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Whilst visiting my bloggy pals these last few weeks i found that Lucy and Rachel have both recently become the proud owners of vintage Singer sewing machines. Lucy's was a very thoughtful gift from her Father-in-Law and Rachel's belonged to her Nana. Seeing these machines bought back great memories as my Mum had one which was given to her by her Mother-in-Law and it's the machine i learnt to sew on....
raindrop chart and rampant onion (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
Above is my first project. Looks easy peasy but since I haven't used a sewing machine for ages, I was really rusty. Looking at the results now, I am quite pleased with myself. Below is my Brother Innovis 400 Sewing Machine. My hubby found this machine for me. Its a really crafty machine loaded with functions. Although a bit temperemental, once you get around its quirks, its a joy of a machine. I will...
love you big (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
Apologies for the blurry photo - there's not much room or light in the tool shed and this was the best of many! Also, there's not a missing drawer - I had just removed it to see it in the light better. This Singer sewing machine table has been sitting in my grandparents' tool shed for many, many years. It was given to my grandmother by her mother on the occasion of her marriage to my grandfather. Not...
hi spirits (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
This snap of an old black one is handsome,but Mother's was prettier, with flowers -my hands touched her feet working the treadledriving the big lower wheel turningwith its loop, a thin strip of leather,sending its turning up to the small wheel.Singer, I'd say to myself, while the musicalhum of it speeded up then slowed.The shiny flat rectangle the needle entered,that slid open and shut - under
Towards Sustainability (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
**OK, so I warned you that an image-heavy post was coming LOL. Forgive the quality of the images though, it's been overcast here the last few days and the light is pretty awful.** Anyway, as I mentioned the other day, I finally managed to snag Miss Seven's birthday present on eBay. Hubby picked it up for me on Wednesday night and I'm so thrilled with it! See, I've been looking to buy her a very simple...
Melindas fabric fancies (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
What are finishes? It is when you get a project done! The best feeling in the world, and yesterday I finished several of them and it feels good.....I finished my charms for the Amusing Muses charm swap...I made little tiles and a few fabric ones with beads. Here are my charms all packaged up and ready to go..... I made two sets of pillowcases for Barb in American Samoa...There are some villages there...
Bessed (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
8 of the best sites for researching or buying sewing machines. Know of another site that should be listed here? Leave your suggestions at the bottom of the page. (Related searches: Vintage Kenmore Sewing Machines, Quilting, Knitting Patterns) 1. Singer Sewing Machines - Official site of Singer, a leading manufacturer of sewing and embroidery machines. Find [...]
The Weaver of Grass (Free subscription) | 23/10/2009
Thank you to those readers who sent me an e mail yesterday evening to see if I was alright as I hadn't blogged yesterday. Remember what I said about blog friends (almost wrote fiends there!) the other day - isn't it heart-warming that people should see I had missed a day. The reason for this was that my computer decided to go slow. In fact slow is an understatement - it hardly moved. Luckily Dominic...
Pretty Vintage (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
remember the free desk that i got out of a skip on Friday!!.. well it has caused me no end of trouble..it has resulted in me throwing myself around the house like Kevin the teenager as things just were not going to plan like they should have been!! the problem was i was swapping my old computer desk for the one id found but it just didn't look right in the room..the problem was id already got rid of...
Share My Journey (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
My thoughts often take me back to idyllic days spent in Rhodesia under the blazing African sun, and the manner in which I changed countries without moving as Rhodesia became firstly Zimbabwe-Rhodesia and then finally Zimbabwe. I lived in Salisbury, now known as Harare, and the first few years were spent in the Avenues, an area always awash with the colour of Jacaranda or Flame trees. Weekend trips...
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