Author: Thimberlina

Mini Meet Up in Happy Valley

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Since accidentally discovering The Fabbadashery in Halifax  (photos and post HERE) I’ve thought it would be a lovely place to have a mini meet up for the Yorkshire Spoolettes. So, the date is Wednesday 4th May – the day before the first episode of this year’s GBSB!!! Are you as excited as me!!! I keep wondering if I’ll ‘know’ any of the contestants.  I’ve got a bit of a feeling that there might be a certain lady who doesn’t live too far from me who might be in it, but it’s only a hunch and I’ve no evidence, and I’m not saying who! Anyway, back to the meet up! Chrissy has kindly offered tea, coffee and bikkies (which auto correct keep trying to change to bikinis!!) and afterwards I’ll arrange for us to have lunch somewhere – venue dependant on numbers., but there’s plenty to choose from. The sewing/teaching room which opens up from the shop won’t be in use so there is somewhere for us to sit,  natter,  bring a bit of hand sewing …

Save all your kisses for me…. Simplicity 1783

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Back in October one of my besties went to Fabworks and with the help of the ladies there bought me these 3 pieces of fabric for my birthday.  I made the Woodland Cape with grey/red and lined it in the red but still had all these lips blowing kisses at me every time I went in my sewing room. The lips fabric is a soft drapy crepe with a hint of stretch across the width.  Perfect for this pattern, and not the end of the world if it doesn’t work as I wasn’t sure at this point if it was really my cup of tea.   Before I get down to the nitty gritty and share lots of photos of the ups and down in this new relationship why not have a listen to The Brotherhood of Man?! This song just takes me back!  How come I still know all the words when I’ve not heard it for years!  Check out the outfit on the far right – could that possibly be a jumpsuit!!??     Swiftly …

Spring

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There’s only one thing for me that signifies Spring is well and truly here and that’s seeing the lambs jumping about in the fields. These we quite an inquisitive group, and not scared of the bight yellow car that came to an abrupt halt to photograph then. One or two were quite springy on their little legs but I wasn’t able to catch them in mid air!   Linking in again with the 52 Week Photo Challenge from: Nanacathydotcom Rainbow Junkie The Aran Artisan Wild Daffodil    

#SundaySevens 55

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Another lovely week!  I am lucky – it even surprises me when I come to write my Sunday Sevens just what I manage to get up to in only 7 days! Click on the image below to head to Natalie’s blog – the creator of Sunday Sevens! On Monday after school H and I called into a kitchen and bathroom showroom to look for ideas for when we have our extension built.  Have you ever seen karaoke in the shower before!!?? Cherry and custard pizza….. scrummy! Made the amazing fit simplicity 1696 pants.  Can’t wait to show you these, but need some sunshine and a photographer! We did have an abundance of sunshine on Thursday for golf….. (cont below) I played at Bingley St Ives in between Bradford and Keighley.   It was a team event raising money for our local hospice.   Below is the 18th hole.  A par 3 where we have to hit over the road.  The road is only open to people and horses.  We had to wait until the riders passed …

All in a day’s work!

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I don’t talk about my time at work much, what with patient confidentiality and all that.  And also nothing much happens that I think would be worth sharing.   But, and it’s a BIG but,  I’ve had a great day today and I just can’t wait to tell you! Yesterday a pattern arrived in the post so I thought I’d take it to work with me in the hope I’d be able to muster up some enthusiasm to trace off the pieces for the top in my lunch break. Lunch ate & pieces traces off, including fathoming out a sway back adjustment, in 45 minutes.  I decided to do the sway back adj before sewing a muslin as everything I’ve ever made has always needed one, but I’ve never thought to do it before the first fit. And then it happened.  I got a call to a patient at the Fabberdashery in Halifax. “The What” I thought.  Never heard of it, but I was soon on my way. Once the patient was safely on her way to hospital I had …

Sharing the Liberty Love

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This morning over my first cup of coffee at work I was checking my emails and saw one from Liberty and immediately clicked the link to view their new Iniqlo Collection – everyday clothes made with their scrumptious fabric that we all regularly drool over.   I hardly ever buy clothes – either the qualities naff or it’s too expensive, so unless it’s a bargain or I really couldn’t make it myself I don’t buy it.  Within  5 minutes of browsing the new Liberty collection I had 6 things in my basket!! What does that tell you?!?!  The prices are so reasonable I honestly think they must have priced all the garments wrong!  I couldn’t really justify buying everything in my basket, so removed the linen shirt, the jeggings, the shirt dress and the tunic and just bought these 2 garments…..    A hoodies for £19.90    And a maxi dress with bra support for £29.90 Like we’ve all said hundreds of times “I couldn’t make it for that”!  I once bought 2m of this …

Outline

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This week’s photo challenge was a tricky one I thought!  Then I remembered these photos hidden in the depths of my computer! The feature photo and the photo below have not been ‘doctored’ at all – the sky was literally on fire on a Saturday evening playing golf. I took these photos back in 2009 when I bought my first proper camera.  I didn’t really know what I was doing with composition etc and really wish I’d taken more care positioning my hubby so you could see his outline better. Linking in again with the 52 Week Photo Challenge from: Nanacathydotcom Rainbow Junkie The Aran Artisan Wild Daffodil

#SundaySevens 54

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Hello from a tropical part of the world – Yorkshire!  Temperatures are well into double figures (12 degrees C) and everyone is smiling, despite H loosing his football match 5-0. Here’s my Sunday Sevens – a few photos from my last week, linking in with Natalie from Threads and Bobbins, and all the other lovely Sunday Seveners. I started the week on my blog with a Vlog – egged on by one or 2 o you (you know who you are!).  I don’t think vlogging will be a regular feature here on my blog but I’m a sucker for trying anything once! 1  The few from the back of our local co-op where the car park is.  I popped in and was almost blinded as I parked my car.  Quick photo…. and when I came out of the shop the sun had disappeared, so I was lucky to catch it. 2  I didn’t get any running in this week but did manage 2 rounds of golf.  In winter we put the ball on a little plastic …

Another Brooklyn Hoodie & A Refashion 

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Remember the white hoodie I made last month?  The only time I don’t wear it is at work, it’s just so cosy and goes with everything.  So I thought I needed to remedy the situation! Obviously with wearing a uniform I can’t just go out and buy fabric and make something to wear for work.  But I did come across 2 old fleeces with broken zips that were quite large and would otherwise be going in the bin! From start to finish it took about 3 hours to make. I didn’t go to town with the top stitching like the white one, mainly because it was for work, but also because my machine struggled with this thick fabric. The double ended zip was from Fabworks – 25p! The pattern was won an the fabric upcycled! So all in all a cheap make! I used twill tape to neaten the seam where the hood is attached. I won’t be using a contrasting one again – it wasn’t as neat as I would have liked. Passable, just! I …

Solid

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I thought of solid colours initially as this is a biggie for me – I buy so much beautiful fabric in all sorts of designs but then nothing goes together. So my aim this year is to try and only buy solid coloured fabric. But then whilst out shopping in our local farm shop is came to the freezer section – and it’s all frozen solid. Especially these Yorkshire Puddings at a bargain price of 12 for a £1 – homemade too!     Linking in again with the 52 Week Photo Challenge from: Nanacathydotcom Rainbow Junkie The Aran Artisan Wild Daffodil