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> Well done you!! Sounds like a series of wins all round.
> ((Can I whisper very quietly that the touring English
> cricket team could use a bit of your luck? Sorry -
> don't follow the game myself but just couldn't resist as I
> have some English friends who gave me heaps when we lost the
> Ashes lol))
> --
> Cheryl & the Cats in OZ
> o o o o o o
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> : I've been a bit quiet recently, I know... The fibro
> flare-up is still
> : hanging around (though in retreat!), and I've had other
> things on my
> : mind. However... I got a bag of fabric today, from my
> friend Rita at
> : Weight Watchers. A somewhat mixed bag, but all useful
> lengths!
> :
> : 2m white with black line print flowers. Rather 70's, in a
> quietly
> : pretty way. Will make nice quilting fabric.
> :
> : Possibly 5 yards plain white cotton with tiddly scarlet
> stars on it!
> : Another good one for quilting - probably backs!
> :
> : Possibly 5 yards of white cotton flanel with little blue
> roses and tiny
> : polka dots all over. Probably bought by my friend Rita's
> MIL for making
> : nighties and PJ's for daughters/grands... Might make a
> nice quilt back...
> :
> : About 3 yards of pink flanel with white splodges on, each
> of which has a
> : little pink flower in the middle of it. VERY seventies
> pink! Most
> : definitely nightie fabric! I may have to hide this one
> inside peg bags.
> :
> : The rest are all poly-cotton nightie prints:
> :
> : 2 pieces of plain white with blue flowers and tiny dot
> sized flowers,
> : one about 2m long and the other about 5 yards... Good bag
> lining, peg
> : bag, or toile fabric!
> :
> : 1 piece of sugar pink with Barbie pink sprigs of flowers
> all over, about
> : 3m. Again, a colour and print to hide inside bags or make
> into toiles!
> : Very Marks & Spencer's 1970's nightie...
> :
> : 2 pieces cotton in white with little green flowers with
> pink touches
> : round the edges. Another very 70's nightie type print,
> but much nicer
> : than the last one, and a 36" wide cotton. Too nice a
> quality to make
> : into bag linings, but possibly too widely spaced a print
> for quilting.
> : Hmm... One bit about 2 yards and the other about 5 yards.
> :
> : 3m of very thin white polycotton with pink roses on it.
> DEFINITELY
> : nightie fabric originaly.
> :
> : 2 yards of similar quality poly-cotton with turquoise and
> green tiny
> : sprigs of flowers and leaves.
> :
> : And I got a couple of sewing machines from Rita too!
> :
> : Machine 1: A Singer 28K hand crank, made in 1939, and
> with almost
> : perfect decals. NO rust or dirt, moves as sweet as sugar
> candy, and
> : complete with case and manual! And a few extra feet...
> This one may
> : well be a keeper! It's very nice... Need to sew with it
> and give it an
> : oiling to be sure, but - ;)
> :
> : Machine 2: Singer 367. Not sure of the date on this one,
> but complete
> : in its bag, with manual and a couple of feet and some
> plastic bobbins...
> : Looks VERY like the lemon I sold on when I bought my now
> defunct Cub
> : 8. Again, nice and clean, very few signs of wear, and if
> it's a
> : good-un, one for the school flock! Needs oiling and
> testing, but I
> : shall form a proper opinion tomorrow.
> :
> : AND I lost another one and a half pounds of the Christmas
> weight gain!
> : Just one and a half to go, and I'll be back at goal! :)
> :
> : --
> : Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
> : Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
> : http://www.katedicey.co.uk
> : Click on Kate's Pages and explore!
>

> I've been a bit quiet recently, I know... The fibro flare-up is still
> hanging around (though in retreat!), and I've had other things on my mind.
> However... I got a bag of fabric today, from my friend Rita at Weight
> Watchers. A somewhat mixed bag, but all useful lengths!
> 2m white with black line print flowers. Rather 70's, in a quietly pretty
> way. Will make nice quilting fabric.
> Possibly 5 yards plain white cotton with tiddly scarlet stars on it!
> Another good one for quilting - probably backs!
> Possibly 5 yards of white cotton flanel with little blue roses and tiny
> polka dots all over. Probably bought by my friend Rita's MIL for making
> nighties and PJ's for daughters/grands... Might make a nice quilt back...
> About 3 yards of pink flanel with white splodges on, each of which has a
> little pink flower in the middle of it. VERY seventies pink! Most
> definitely nightie fabric! I may have to hide this one inside peg bags.
> The rest are all poly-cotton nightie prints:
> 2 pieces of plain white with blue flowers and tiny dot sized flowers, one
> about 2m long and the other about 5 yards... Good bag lining, peg bag, or
> toile fabric!
> 1 piece of sugar pink with Barbie pink sprigs of flowers all over, about
> 3m. Again, a colour and print to hide inside bags or make into toiles!
> Very Marks & Spencer's 1970's nightie...
> 2 pieces cotton in white with little green flowers with pink touches round
> the edges. Another very 70's nightie type print, but much nicer than the
> last one, and a 36" wide cotton. Too nice a quality to make into bag
> linings, but possibly too widely spaced a print for quilting. Hmm... One
> bit about 2 yards and the other about 5 yards.
> 3m of very thin white polycotton with pink roses on it. DEFINITELY
> nightie fabric originaly.
> 2 yards of similar quality poly-cotton with turquoise and green tiny
> sprigs of flowers and leaves.
> And I got a couple of sewing machines from Rita too!
> Machine 1: A Singer 28K hand crank, made in 1939, and with almost perfect
> decals. NO rust or dirt, moves as sweet as sugar candy, and complete with
> case and manual! And a few extra feet... This one may well be a keeper!
> It's very nice... Need to sew with it and give it an oiling to be sure,
> but - ;)
> Machine 2: Singer 367. Not sure of the date on this one, but complete in
> its bag, with manual and a couple of feet and some plastic bobbins...
> Looks VERY like the lemon I sold on when I bought my now defunct Cub 8.
> Again, nice and clean, very few signs of wear, and if it's a good-un, one
> for the school flock! Needs oiling and testing, but I shall form a proper
> opinion tomorrow.
> AND I lost another one and a half pounds of the Christmas weight gain!
> Just one and a half to go, and I'll be back at goal! :)
> --
> Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
> Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
> http://www.katedicey.co.uk
> Click on Kate's Pages and explore!

> Sounds great, Kate! Aren't friends wonderful for stash building? I got, a
> couple of months ago, the entire stash of a beginning quilter who decided it
> wasn't quite her cup of tea. The colors are not those I would have chosen,
> but they will mellow out the vibrant colors I tend to choose for myself.
> Long live friends! I can't count the number of books, pieces of sheet
> music, musical instruments, and suchlike that I have given away. Seems all
> that giving comes home to roost in the end, LOL. Is that one of the
> meanings of the "bread on the waters" saying?
>