I've been a bit quiet recently, I know... The fibro flare-up is still hanging around (though in retreat!), and I've had other things on my mind. However... I got a bag of fabric today, from my friend Rita at Weight Watchers. A somewhat mixed bag, but all useful lengths!
2m white with black line print flowers. Rather 70's, in a quietly pretty way. Will make nice quilting fabric.Possibly 5 yards plain white cotton with tiddly scarlet stars on it! Another good one for quilting - probably backs!
Possibly 5 yards of white cotton flanel with little blue roses and tiny polka dots all over. Probably bought by my friend Rita's MIL for making nighties and PJ's for daughters/grands... Might make a nice quilt back...
About 3 yards of pink flanel with white splodges on, each of which has a little pink flower in the middle of it. VERY seventies pink! Most definitely nightie fabric! I may have to hide this one inside peg bags.
The rest are all poly-cotton nightie prints:
2 pieces of plain white with blue flowers and tiny dot sized flowers, one about 2m long and the other about 5 yards... Good bag lining, peg bag, or toile fabric!1 piece of sugar pink with Barbie pink sprigs of flowers all over, about
3m. Again, a colour and print to hide inside bags or make into toiles! Very Marks & Spencer's 1970's nightie...2 pieces cotton in white with little green flowers with pink touches round the edges. Another very 70's nightie type print, but much nicer than the last one, and a 36" wide cotton. Too nice a quality to make into bag linings, but possibly too widely spaced a print for quilting. Hmm... One bit about 2 yards and the other about 5 yards.
3m of very thin white polycotton with pink roses on it. DEFINITELY nightie fabric originaly.2 yards of similar quality poly-cotton with turquoise and green tiny sprigs of flowers and leaves.
And I got a couple of sewing machines from Rita too!
Machine 1: A Singer 28K hand crank, made in 1939, and with almost perfect decals. NO rust or dirt, moves as sweet as sugar candy, and complete with case and manual! And a few extra feet... This one may well be a keeper! It's very nice... Need to sew with it and give it an oiling to be sure, but - ;)
Machine 2: Singer 367. Not sure of the date on this one, but complete in its bag, with manual and a couple of feet and some plastic bobbins... Looks VERY like the lemon I sold on when I bought my now defunct Cub
- Again, nice and clean, very few signs of wear, and if it's a good-un, one for the school flock! Needs oiling and testing, but I shall form a proper opinion tomorrow.
AND I lost another one and a half pounds of the Christmas weight gain! Just one and a half to go, and I'll be back at goal! :)