today's haul!

well, we went off to the op-shops today (phillip and weston salvos), and came out with a CD, a top for myself and a top for abby (weston) and a patchwork magazine (from phillip) for the grand total of $5.  then i headed off to Curtin to pick up some clothes and shoes off a lady (freecycle), and OMG, these clothes are amazing!!!  there were 4 aldi bags worth (and they were stuffed), and all bar one dress fits like a glove.  mostly great brands, there are items from sass and bide, witchery, david laurence, and i think the cheapest item is from crossroads.  mainly winter, there are dresses, a suit, tops, skirts, cardis, jackets, plus some gorgeous shoes.  i'm in heaven!!!

Then the kidlets and i met the other half in civic for lunch, with a quick call in to Lincraft for some fabric (1/2 fabric today, so 4 metres of quilting cotton for $14).  all up a lovely day, and if the heat would just go away it would be perfect

quick brag

i planted corn for a bit of fun in our raised garden bed (being a DHA house we haven't really got a garden to plant in and we can't dig up the 'lawn'), and i didn't expect anything off it (it's in a very confined space, and 7 corn plants share the bed with carrots, beetroot and silverbeet).  But look what i just picked!!!!!  fresh corn for dinner tonight

Abby's new dress

well, after creating this and then promptly forgetting about, i came across my blog in my favourites!!!  so i thought i'd tell you about the dress i made yesterday.  i found some amazing fabric at an op-shop about a month ago, it's peacock feather design (all greens, reds, blues and purples and cost me the grand total of $2.50), then i found some 70's patterns at another op-shop 2 weeks ago (5 for $2.50), and would you believe it??  one of the patterns suited the fabric to a 't'.  so became Abby's dress.  it's supposed to be a pinafore, but it's too big so is dress length.  very pretty, and very easy to make.



One very proud little miss!