Flea Market Finds!

I'm joining in with Sophie's Flea Market Finds this week for the first time in a while. That doesn't mean that I haven't been on the hunt for the ultimate prize/treasure...... I have, life has just been so busy and today I've decided that all the other stuff can wait it's time to have some fun and share a treasure.

 I found another vintage suitcase ( like I needed another one ) at a garage sale for only $8. This one caught my eye because of the red trim on the outside, I know it looks a bit old and bashed but I don't care I think it looks fab in the middle of my stack. There was a whole wall of suitcases at the garage sale and I so wished I could have given them all a new home.....but I haven't got any room left and my existing suitcase stack is already quite tall.

Apart from feeding a habit of collecting old and rustic things my suitcase stack also serves as storage. Each and every one of them has something stored in it for safe keeping.
Last christmas I hid all the christmas presents in them........the kids had no idea!

Today my husband and I have been cleaning the timber blinds and windows inside and out.......it's a huge job and one that I hate but it has to be done. I hope your Sunday is much more enjoyable than ours!

Remember to pop on over and say hello to Sophie

Starting Fresh!

After the whole Hugh Hefner episode I felt I needed to start fresh, de-clutter my work area. I had such a mess I didn't know what I had stashed away in bags ( I hadn't even opened ), in baskets under the bed, even in my bedside cupboard...............basically it was driving me insane!!!

I took a deep breath and started one piece of fabric at a time. The big pieces of fabric were all folded neatly and stored in huge baskets, all the smaller pieces ( .5 and 1.5m ) were all put in pigeon holes up on my tallboy, and all the little bits were placed in containers and put away.......any bolts of fabric were put up out of the way instead of beside my bedside cupboard.

It took all day but it feels amazing to have it all done, it makes me smile when I'm sitting at my sewing machine and I look up and see everything so neat and colourful. aaaahhhh!

The fabric up in the top left hand corner was bought months back, it was going to be a gift for a friend who had a baby boy.......well things kinda got real busy towards the end of last year and I had to resort to a bought gift because I simply didn't have the time. Yesterday I decided to make it up into a small quilt.........I should have some pictures later in the week to share so make sure you visit again to check it out.

bye for now