Peace and Goodwill
Berry Leaves 
Tanya $30.00
All three bags begin at $20.00 bids and are available until noon on Sunday, December 5, 2010.
Please leave your bid on the post specific to each bag.
Monday, November 29, 2010
Berry Leaves
There's something incredibly soothing about the blend of colours on this tote. It gets even more delightful when you discover that most of the materials are ex-tablecloths of superior quality.
I was able to employ the delicate scalloped edge of the embroidered floral cloth into the shoulder straps.
The pink, blue, and white tablecloth forms the body. It's particularly heavy fabric for dinnerware, and the berries are festive in a subtle sort of way.
Collected hankies form pockets on her interior.
Berry Leaves,
16.5" wide and 14" depth.
Minimum bid $20.00
This auction remains open until noon cst on Sunday, December 5, 2010.
Please leave your bids in the comment box.
Peace and Goodwill
On my second visit to the stinky house, I combed through several boxes of mostly nasty clothes in a weird little bathroom/dressing room off the apparent living room.
This was the same room in which my sister had found a whole stack of vintage flour sacks that I became the very happy recipient of. The loop that you see here is one of those sacks.
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Although I had passed up a 100% wool undershirt on my first pass through, I saw it this time through different eyes.
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After washing and drying it hot (which eliminated the whole "stinky" and "ewww" factor), the wool was nicely felted, and a perfect material to stitch a peace sign out of.
This very natural patina goes perfectly with the soft blues and greys of the dotty upholstery sample.
I lined it with more flour sack unbleached cotton, and re-used a piece of one of my shirts that looks better as a pocket than it ever did as a fashion statement.
Sam's outgrown jeans make two pockets on the other side.
Peace Tote.
14" wide; 12" long
Minumum bid $20.00
This auction remains open until noon, central standard time on Sunday, December 5, 2010.
Ragged Angel
This ragged angel is stitched onto a re-purposed children's quilt. The fabric is dyed with tea to give it an aged effect. The stitching is all done by hand by yours truly. I did it a few years ago, and enjoyed this well-meaning angel as a Christmas wall hanging until I decided to reincarnate her as a tote this year.
She is particularly sturdy and durable, and has a velcro closure so that all your candy canes and angel dust don't fall out onto a parking lot when you're running into Odd Lots for some quality items.
Here she is all bent out of shape. The red pocket has a zipper closure, so you can totally hide a tonne of stuff in there, safe from prying eyes.
The edging of a table cloth form three pockets on the opposite side.
Ragged Angel Tote.
16" x 16"
minumum bid $20.00
Please leave your bids in the comment box, this auction concludes at noon, cst, on Sunday, December 5, 2010.
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
As The Deer
Needled
Drifting Time
After getting flooded out of my basement, washing an entire shelf full of fabrics that were on the brink of rot, then embarking on a major reno, I had no desire to haul every piece of fabric back into my downstairs sewing space.
I decided instead to practise a little forced deprivation.
I've noticed that with creativity, sometimes less is more.
If every imaginable colour, texture, weight, and style is available, the artist in me just shrivels up and starts staring with suspiciously blank eyes.
So when it was time to move stuff back into the basement, I decided to limit myself to one box. The challenge: to make something from what I had right then and there.
I liked it. I studied the quilt piece that I'd been so thrilled to purchase at the local thrifty gifty shop. I combined it with the good parts of a green quilt, some pieces of upholstery, and one of my favourite things ever- vintage tea towels.
On the inside, I used some shirting fabric, an apron, a cast-off never-completed quilt, and some random scraps.
The strap contains helpful tips on healthy herbs, an apron whose label said; "Rosie", and a shirt from Tar-Je (Target) that looked ugly on me.
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The flap combines vintage quilting squares , more "rosie" bits, two needle-pointed purple flowers from a hand made doily, and one of my top favourite things- calendar cut-outs from an annual kitchen towel.
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Messenger bag measures roughly 11" x 14".
8 pockets.
Adjustable shoulder strap.
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Bids begin at $25.00 Cdn, and the auction remains open until 12:00 noon on Sunday, November 21, 2010.
As The Deer
I think it's because brown and blue were absolutely forbidden together in the sixties.
I think it must be that my childhood rules get broken every time I see this wonderful abomination.
But you have to agree. Blue, green, and brown- an unlikely, splendid colour combo.
This messenger bag measures approx 11" by 12".
She has two pockets beneath the furry flap, and two interior pockets.
Her strap is fashioned from some rayon tie dye, a pair of brown cords, and a soft mossy green bit.
Interior pockets are thanks to a quilt I never did make for my daughter, and a sweet piece from Burundi.
This looks so much better slung across a shoulder than it does hanging above the brown couch in the rec room of your youth.
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Bids begin at $25.00 Cdn.
Auction concludes on Sunday, November 21, 2010 at 12:00 noon cst.
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