Meanderings of a Crazy Quilter aka Jan Quigley

Friday, 29 October 2010

Halloween Colours & a little more. :-)

Here’s a little wall hanging I designed a few years ago.

I looked through the pics from our Halloween Party last year
& decided to post a few.

My own little Harry Potter & Hedwig.

Harry & Mad-Eye Moody having a chat.
Is that Sirius Black in the background???

Luna Lovegood. :-)

Professor Sprout instructing the children on
re-potting Mandrakes.

I had my earmuffs firmly in place to take this pic!!!

I see one boy is neglecting his earmuffs.

Professor McGonagall (me) & Professor Sprout.

We were a little surprised when Voldermort showed up for the party but here he is with Professor Trelawney.

Harry casts a spell.

For more people participating in Halloween colour Friday please visit: http://daisyquilts.blogspot.com/ for the links.

Thursday, 28 October 2010

Bargain!!

Now if there’s one thing I love, it’s a bargain. Who doesn’t???Today dh & I headed down to DFO Moorabbin & I found lot’s of bargains. Wow I love that place. It was also nice being there on a weekday rather than the weekend when it’s very busy.

First stop was Kaisercraft, although I’m not a scrapbooker there are heaps of fun things there. I have started my junk journal so I look for things I might use in it. Today I was looking for the big craftwood letters they stock. I saw them on another blog & they looked so cool all decorated. I found my letters & was lucky to get the last E. Shops never stock enough E’s, apparently it’s the most used language in the English language. I also spotted a gorgeous little pad of pretty papers & some ‘droplets’ to add some bling to my journal.

I was looking for some bigger longer tops to help cover my bigger shape, lol so I checked out Rivers. I did get a couple of tops & also spotted these shoes as I was queuing up. Now with my awful flat feet buying shoes is not fun & I avoid it at all costs but in the last few months I’ve bought 5, yes 5 pairs of shoes at Rivers coz they are just so comfy!!!! In the past 10 years I’ve probably bought about 3 pairs of shoes, so I’m making up for lost time!!

These 2 pairs will be lighter & nicer for Summer than anything else I have. The bronze ones will go with most colours & the teal pair were just too pretty to leave. A quick trip into Typo & I found this lovely owl decal for my sewing room.

Just as we were leaving I checked out Esprit. I found a couple of nice tops & this gorgeous coat. The pic doesn't do it justice. Grey & black check & the purple is quite bright. It fits perfectly, last one in the shop & it was less than 1/3 the original cost. Bargain!!!

Tuesday, 26 October 2010

Tuesday Treasures

Wow that week flew by very fast.

I didn’t have anything specific in mind for this week but when I looked around my eyes fell on this gorgeous little Singer machine. My Mum’s friend, Mrs Vickers, always ‘Vickies’ to me, gave it to me when I was about 5. It had belonged to one of her daughters but they’d outgrown it. I loved it from the minute I saw it & I’m very glad I still have it. I have very little from childhood, we moved a lot & Mum had a habit of bundling up everything she thought I was ‘too big’ for & giving it to the local children’s home. Which is why I now keep way too much stuff……………………….

Sunday, 24 October 2010

Progress

I finished making the bag for my Mum & it will be in the post tomorrow for her birthday on Wednesday.

I hope she likes it.

I also finished part 1 of the ‘Stitching Round the Block’ group I joined. After Orange Friday I had to stitch the little snail in orange.I will pop this in the post to Julie tomorrow & wait for Fiona’s block to arrive. The next instalment comes out tomorrow.

I hadn’t done any stitchery for a long time & had forgotten how much I enjoy it. So much so, I’ve found a lovely floral design I’m going to trace onto fabric today. It will be the front side of a bag for me. :-)

Friday, 22 October 2010

Orange Friday

Lucky I started collecting orange things earlier in the week because Friday snuck up on me!!!

I had to go & check out one of my fave stores today, ‘Ishka’ as they have a 25% off sale on. Managed to get a cool pair of trousers, they are a little tight so I just have to lose some weight. Dh was very diplomatic when I tried them on, they kind of bulge a bit here. No they don’t bulge, I do, lol. I also found a scrummy summer skirt on sale in another shop. A couple of warm days in Melbourne & you have to go & buy some Summer clothes. Well it’s more that my Summer clothes have shrunk. Thank goodness I have a good supply of wrap around skirts, they just don’t wrap quite as far!!

Now onto the orangey goodness:

I have good reason to LOVE orange. :-)))

My gorgeous son Simon, he has grown a little since the first pic.

Tuesday, 19 October 2010

Tuesday Treasures

I found another fun group while blog surfing.
‘Tuesday Treasures’ fairly self explanatory really, on Tuesday you post a pic of a treasure.

Well the first thing to come to mind is the thing I’ve owned all my life, ‘Teddy.’ I actually have a lot of teddies, I love them all & will never have too many, but this little one is the one I would grab first if I could only keep one.

Now as you can see Teddy’s had a rather tough life. We had a little dog when I was little called Cleo, & Cleo ate Teddy’s ears. Mum fixed the head but it remained fragile & finally just disintegrated, never mind I have a very clear picture of Teddy in my head. You can see I still have the cute little muzzle.

The 2nd pic is not Teddy being bold & mooning you, it’s actually showing you the teeny, tiny little bit of fur still left. I wore the rest away carrying Teddy around & loving it, lol.

If you would like to join in with Tuesday treasures or check out the other people in the group please visit:

http://clarescraftroom.blogspot.com/

Thanks Clare, I’m looking forward to showing the special things in my life each week.