Jumble sales rock!

If you are friends with me on Facebook then you will know that last weekend was our annual trip to the jumble sale. It's on for a few days but Saturday is the day to visit as it's 'fill a black bin bag for £4' day. I remember when it used to be £1 a bag but that was a fair while ago :) I got two bags and Matt got two bags - both full of stuff! I'm not going to show everything (most is still waiting to be washed/sorted) but imagine jumpers, dresses, skirts, hats, scarves, plates, books, bric a brac, toys, bespoke suits that fit perfectly (oh yes!) belts, braces (for me - I'm channelling Dr Who!) shoes, pillowcases, linens etc.

Two things that I got that filled up half of one bag (works out at about 40p per item) were these two bed items. The top one is a handmade patchwork single duvet cover. It needs a bit of mending but I am going to use it to turn into another cheat quilt.

I love the fact that they used different weight fabrics and it's a bit wonky :) Will be perfect for snuggling under as the other cheat quilt was relegated to a chair cover!

And I am so pleased I decided to pick this up - it's a vintage feather filled quilt (what I would call an eiderdown) It's a gorgeous coral colour on one side and a salmon colour on the other and it's so soft. It too needs repairing but I'm thinking that some new patches of Liberty fabric would look fantastic. It is destined for use in Taz and as I'm staying in Taz for BCTF in April I'd better get a move on repairing it!

Snippets from last week

As I'm late for Sunday Snippets (again!) I thought I would just write a post about snippets from last week. All photos were taken on my phone and most were shared to Instagram :) I'm Swiryarts on there in case you want to find me!

We met Alice the hamster and had a good hold - just so that we could test to see how the girls would do with scurrying creatures for when we get our pet rats!

I sorted out a whole load of new packaging (with help from Matt) and I'm really pleased at how it came out. There will be pictures when I have everything done :)

We braved the snow to stand in line for a fill a bag jumble sale that we go to every year. My mum had just pulled Matt's beard in this photo hence the hilarity!

And these are three of the five bags we got at the aforementioned sale :) Not as many as in previous years though!

Anya suddenly looked very grown up this week - especially as she had on her skinny jeans and fabulous tank top :) Tank top not pictured although I will get her to pose for a photo soon.

And of course my press mention (which you may just have read about here!)