Category Archives: thrifting
Happy Holidays
I hope you’ve had a good time celebrating with family and friends over the Christmas break. I’m taking some time off now to spend with my family so am offering you the chance to save big in my etsy shop, … Read More »
Sew Mama Sew Giveaway Day – now closed
Giveaway now closed. Welcome to my blog and to the Sew Mama Sew Giveaway Day. I’m Mary, I live in the UK and I spend many of my spare hours sewing and a few of my spare hours searching for … Read More »
Double Figures
Last weekend my eldest daughter turned 10. She had a few requests for birthday gifts; in addition to those I decided to make her a pouch for her inhaler and spacer instead of using the plastic wallet that school put … Read More »
ALYoF – May complete
At the beginning of the month I set out a goal to make a vintage sheet quilt top. At that point I really wasn’t sure what I was going to do but after looking through my stash of vintage sheets … Read More »
February check-in – Fabriholics Anonymous
Time for a review of February’s fabric acquisitions… A whole lot of vintage sheets: Fortunately these are allowed as without them my Etsy shop would close and I would have no money to spend on fabric holidays. Some from the charity … Read More »
UK and Ireland Vintage Sheet FQ Swap Round 2
It’s official; I’ve finally got my act together to organise another vintage sheet fat quarter swap. I’ve updated the flickr group, you can find all the details here. I’d be grateful if you’d tell your friends/blog readers, IG friends, generally … Read More »
A Lovely Year of Finishes – November
My plan this month was to turn this: into a quilt top. Not as straight forward as I thought it might be. After cleaning the kitchen floor and laying out blocks I struggle to decide on a layout. Many of … Read More »
Sunday Stash
It’s been a good week for fabric stashing so I thought I’d share it with you. Tracey at Quilt Me Happy has decided to shut up her online shop and as a result is having a BIG sale. I took advantage … Read More »
Using up scraps
I can’t yet share the ‘thing’ I’ve spent most of my time on this week but here’s a little something I did last night while I had a pile of vintage sheet scraps pulled out: It’s a paper pieced string … Read More »