Lazy Sunday

Ahh…the lazy Sunday.  A day to read the paper, straighten the craft area and let your children take over the living room with marble works.  Lovely.  I meant to get some cleaning done, but I just haven’t made it to that. I did list about 9 new yarns on Ravelry and finished a felted bag!  I’ve had it felted for ages, but today I finished the handles.

The handles are an old belt of Craig’s that I cut in half and sewed it on.  I will tell you I’m not especially happy with this bag due to its size (determined by me) and the uneven top seam (sewed by me).  I also didn’t have any leather thread/cord to sew the handles on.  But it’s done and it will hold yarn.  And if it continues to bug me, I have a friend who I can give it to.

Archie’s having a lazy day, too:

“THE BIG STRETCH AND YAWN”.

I hit the MotherLoad

With a capital “M” and a capital “L”!

I went to an auction about a month ago.  I won’t say where or whose it was, just in case it might incriminate me. (ooh, super secret sneakiness!) Anyway, I paid twice as much for my loot as any of the other buyers, but I hit the f*cking motherload!!!

And this isn’t even all of it!  There is MORE!

Crochet thread, regular sewing thread, buttons, bias tape, trim, ribbon, zippers!

Even some really bad needlepoint canvas stuff, which ended up in the garbage.

Buttons of ALL colors and sizes. 

I really wasn’t kidding about the bias tape, which had never been used.  Some of those zippers ended up in the trash, though.

Half done doilies and an unfinished embroidered bridge tablecloth.

Spools of ribbon and half finished mittens on plastic dpn’s. (those went in the trash, too)

And I even snagged some ugly decorations from the 1980’s, which weren’t kept.  But look at the colors of the thread!

Lainie grabbed onto an almost finished plastic needlepoint tree that had a button attached that played Christmas carol.  I have a few more of those musical buttons and man, are they annoying. I’m definitely going to make something with them.

I took all of this to the deck for a good airing and a heavy spray of vinegar and water.  Why?  Dead old lady basement smell.  As fabulous as my find was, it was a bit smelly.  I tried febreze – nothing.  So I went for the all natural smell remover.  The jury is still out on the smell.  I have since moved it to my dehumidified basement and haven’t gotten that close to it.

Really, I couldn’t believe all the stuff I got – all kinds of good thread.  Buttons – more than I know what to do with (except to run my fingers through them while shouting “Mine!  ALL MINE!”).  This lady’s favorite color was blue and then brown.  But I also have black, gray, white, off white, green, purple, orange, pink, green and red buttons.  Some really cool vintage one, too.  And tons of zippers still in their original packages.  Gobs of bias tape, also still in its original packaging.  And crochet thread!  And sequins! 

NOW I JUST NEED TO LEARN HOW TO SEW!!!! 

P.S. The possession nazi just about had a stroke.  First I told him not to freak out, and then I assured him that a lot of it went straight to the garbage.