Like last month there’s been some essential spend. This month it was the turn of my ‘take to’ machine, somehow just as I was packing up at patchwork group I caught the shank, which holds the presser feet in place, and part of it fell off. It’s a consumable part, so after a quick email with my sewing machine man a new one was put in the post - but at least this replacement only cost me a fiver!
Thankfully it was right at the end of the sewing session as the machine is pretty much useless without it - it’s photographed in the second image below, right in the centre of the Le Crueset manual, which in case you’re wondering why I’m keeping that it’s because I think the printed pages will be good for cards at some point!
I actually don’t have much new stuff this month, but as it’s my birthday month I am including two of my birthday presents, the first of which is these 12wt Aurifil threads, the Foundation pack, with its beautiful jewel like colours and which will be great for hand sewing and embellishing some appliqué I have in mind.
The fabric on the left was a total bargain and an unexpected purchase. In Newark last week and looking to get a new citronella candle for the garden I spotted a clearance sale in the fabric department of one of the larger shops, well I had to take a look. This fabric was marked down to £3 a metre and so I thought I’d have 3 metres and see how much was left on the roll, as I didn’t think it would be much. They measured it out, and I thought they were being quite generous as they did and as luck would have it there was exactly three metres left. When I got home and remeasured it, because I was curious there was just over 3.6 metres, so a total bargain.
MOH bought me these rainbow plant dyed materials for my birthday and they are as gorgeous as the threads above, which is just as well as my plan was (and still is) to use these together somehow, I’m just not sure quite how yet. I decided to treat myself to a couple of Aurifil storage cases for my threads as they make things so much easier to find, and while I was there I added a spool of ‘dove grey’ thread which Jo Avery recommends for appliqué - and that’s a big clue as to where my head is going with this rainbow project!
It was all going so well, then at my sewing group I left with two books, a pattern and two small pieces of material with a donation to the group funds - it’s dangerous when they’re clearing out their stash!
So that’s another month in my craft room, check out my previous updates for earlier additions, and remember to let me know below what you’ve added to your craft supplies this month.