Wordless Wednesday...Blogtoberfest Day 19

Linking up at Wordless Wednesday and Blogtoberfest 2011

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My Place & Yours - Whats in Your Bag?

Have you ever wanted to sticky-beak into someone else's handbag? Well then hop on over to  My Place and Yours this week 'cause people are actually showing  you what's inside their bag. Can you believe it??
Here is a little look at what's in my bag. (The scrunched up tissues and old gum wrappers are cleverly hidden under the pile). It's a catch-all for whatever needs storing at the time and could be catalogued this way;

What I've been doing/where I've been:

• recently went to the Edinburgh Tattoo at the SFS
• Dinner at Masonic club with Netball committee

It's baaaaaaack!!! - the sewing machine is home:

• Receipt for mended sewing machine
• better cotton thread (apparently I was using BAD thread) and
• a multitude of new machine needles

Work paraphernalia:

• pens, keys, usb, 
• oops - need to update first aid certificate for work.

Personal stuff:

• iPhone (delicious Christmas present)
• near and far glasses
• wallet (sadly empty after trip to sewing shop)
• 2 handcreams (one is supposed to be in the car)
• Paris perfume
• tissues and an ironed hanky
• manicure set (Mothers Day present from 2009)
• lippy, chappy, chewy, floss (I wondered where that went!).

Too many years ago at Uni, a friend asked what I had in the big that I carried everywhere. My smart alec answer at the time was 'my personality'. But in retrospect, I actually don't think that's too far off the mark. 'Truth in jest'

Play along and show your insides here

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Oh Brother!

Here is a picture of my Brother sewing machine...or rather the space where my sewing machine belongs.

It went to 'hospital' on Monday and it still hasn't called in (I do worry about the children when they don't keep in contact). I sympathise with The Handmaden who has had a similar story in the past week.

All I have to console myself with is what I managed to get done before the 'breakdown'

Here's me madly chain piecing Minky's quilt (remember the new year resolutions)

She might have even had a complete quilt top before her birthday (Feb 5) if I could have sewn 24 hrs a day for the past 3 days (self-delusion is one of my more attractive traits!)


The Mariners Compass is waiting patiently for it's next border. The border will have 29 pieced  paisley hearts in red and reddish tones.

I had almost finished this lot - only the few in the background to go *sob*.

Luckily I have some hand piecing that I can happily go on with.

Thanks for taking a peek over the fence...