After spotting these kits and umming and arring about getting them....
I walked to the back of the shop and found a box full of Cascade and DMC wool threads at 50c a piece! I am trying to gather a little collection of colours so that one day I can make something with them. I did manage a good colour selection to add to some I already had from a discontinued Appletons sale last year. Slowly but surely I will have a woollen project on the go either this coming winter or the next. As usual I will pick something lovely, delicate and florally and just use whatever yarn colours I have amassed. Would be nice on the next trip if she had the entire collection of Cottage Garden threads at $1. I think that will never happen lol.
I also visited a little newsagent in Tongala which is a really tiny town and found a few magazines that I hadn't come across before. Now this is the really naughty bit because they were all over $10 lol. But then again I have only done this twice in the last year so its not so bad if you average it out over 12 months right?
Well back to some felt ornaments I have started making as they all need to be finished by Friday this week. Thats my self imposed time limit because I am hoping that thread will be here and I can start the Magnolia project. The week is warming up too so I plan lots of stitching between now and Monday lol.
7 comments:
Katherine, you have really got my interest! You have to tell me the name of the shop with the cheap fat quarters!!! I didn't know Ky had a patchwork shop... Good buying girl...
wow Katherine its like xmas ,you have got some beautiful bargains there,well done.xx
They are all great purchases - especially all the yarn & threads... And I do like your economics logic!
I have seen that Simple Quilts mag but not looked in it, I bet there is some great projects/ideas in there...
Good for you Katherine!
sounds like you did some shrewd bargain hunting! you can't walk past bargains like that.
WE all have to be a little bit naughty sometime don't we? looks like you got some great bargains and some good reading... enjoy
Hugz
Not sure I'd be using a heading like that at this time of year - Santa might hear! Haha.
Lots of pretties you picked up along with some gorgeous inspiration.
Enjoy your new goodies.
We all need to spoil ourselves once in a while. Happy stitching! Jacinta
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