Been aquiring a bit....

As previously reported, I spent last weekend at my friend Karen's House. You saw a couple of her newly acquired machines in my previous post. Now it's time to see what I got. Because we didn't JUST play with vintage sewing machines. We also shopped. Kind of a lot. I even spent a bit of time shopping on line while there.

When Carolyn first posted her Fabricmart shopping spree, I promptly "ran" over there and put the yellow/black/white floral border print in my shopping cart. And then procrastinated and it was gone when I went to check out. I was quite sad but decided it was meant to be, put on my big girl pan-ties and moved on. Then I heard via the Internet grape vine that there was more available. Well, not to miss out twice, this time I double-timed it over and snagged my own panels. I also picked up some navy Vera Wang (far right), also Vera Wang black/white wool, and a grey wool. All really nice, though the navy is shinier than I'd expected. But it's lovely stuff. And because I'm an odd sucker for mysteries, I purchased a mystery package for $5. Not fabric, just sewing stuff. And I was quite pleasantly surprised. There are around 15 zippers (well worth the $5 all by themselves), about 5 yards of some odd, blue homedec trim (hmmmm), about 5 yards of elastic, a big handful of prefilled bobbins that don't fit my machine, some other trims and a WALKING FOOT! I haven't tried it yet, I have one for my Viking but I'll give it a shot on my New Home and Singer. And a couple yards of some blue lining fabric. A nice little grab bag.

When Karen dropped off her machine at the repair/quilting shop I browsed through some boxes of vintage patterns. For $1 each I picked up 3. I love the neckline on the Vogue - not the collar, but the pleats. Remember Vogue Paris Originals? Take a look at the sleeves on the short sleeved shirt. I love the way they're attached. And the long sleeved shirt still has the monogram stencils. Eat your heart out, Laverne. They also had some UT cotton that's hard to find when you don't live in East Tennessee.

Now, lest you think it was all fun and games, there was an ugly wind storm that knocked down trees and power lines. This tree was in Karen's front yard. And to escape the dark and powerless house we had to drag off more than a few branches off the road.

I have a few more things to share, but will save them for another day. And don't forget to change your clocks! (next week - um, thanks Carolyn - where's my embarrassed face? and glad I didn't mess with my clocks!)