Hijacking my own blog to have a mini moanette (I hope to keep a real perspective on life so not a full blown moan) regarding shorter days and early morning darkness...and the clocks haven't changed yet!
Got lots to do and finding it increasingly hard to gird my loins!!! Having had peep into other blogs I have found that others have dipped in their blogging activities possibly due to S.A L.D = Seasonally Altered Loin Disorder.
I will try and do a bit more girding and apologies for lack of umph
Decided that I would make some (well..one... given my current loin girding issue) purses with stiffer lining - a bit tricky but a more robust final result I think. I am going to venture into making a few clutch bags...possibly....
I am very fussy about my bottom ('Madam - please refrain from sitting on the bacon slicer as we are getting a little behind with our orders'.......one of my dads old jokes....). Can you see that with this one it is a teeny, tiny bit 'out' in its alignment....grrrrr
Never mind I will try and get it right next time...Oh you wanted to see more of that quilt did you?
Threadbare and worn within an inch of its long life - but oh so soft and lovely
As I like to cater for all tastes here is another purse that I made a while ago - something more modurhn dahlink!
Oh - not that modurhn at all...in fact maybe a little older!
This purse went to live in America ;)
May your bottom always be perfectly aligned and your loins always girded....
PS Still no claimant for the grand purse giveaway prize- is there a protocol for this and what I now do with it?
PPS: Just noticed that it is very sunny in all the photographs - oh the irony!!!
PS Still no claimant for the grand purse giveaway prize- is there a protocol for this and what I now do with it?
PPS: Just noticed that it is very sunny in all the photographs - oh the irony!!!
Love the purse and that quilt is stunning.
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Thank you kindly June - the quilt is particularly sweet I think (well I would say that wouldn't I!!)
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Jenny
What beautiful purses! And oooh ooooh that quilt! Gorgeous!
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Thank you Jo - I have one or two quilts...cough, cough....
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Jenny
Loving the purses ... can't wait to see some lovely clutches ... and the quilt is a beauty ... so perfect ... Bee xx
ReplyDeleteThank you Bee - need to 'source' some nice frames for clutches and then will go into production
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Jenny
You have us in the clasp of your hand Jenny, with the Quilt!! Simply wonderful.
ReplyDeleteI am loving those purses too, its the material that makes them ever 'soo' vintagy....(is there such a word)
The weather is making us all a little Sad!
But I am leaving you with a big smile as always....:)
Love Maria x
Dear Maria
DeleteThank you for your sunny words - bringing brightness as always
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Jenny
Stunning purses - I can't see anything odd with the bottoms - mind you perhaps thats a hangover from real lift!
ReplyDeleteAs for the giveaway thingie - if you've emailed and had no contact I'm not sure whatelse you can do. Has the person blogged recently? Can you leave a comment there? No idea what the protocol is though - guess its up to you :)
Thank you kindly
DeleteThe giveaway winner has a blog with no posts and no email...I might draw it again or do another at Christmas
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Jenny
Hi Jenny,glad you found some time to blog with LOVELY things!It is very hard to feel in a make it mood when the winds of Autumn are blowing in!I made my Christmas cake yesterday,so that's all my creative energy used up!!!Happy days to you.Pam
ReplyDeleteOh Pam - I am late with Christmas cakes - my mum always made them in October and my lack of loin girding has delayed everything. Good for you - I hope you gave a wish when you stirred the mix!
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Jenny
Hi Jenny,sorry you are feeling a little SAD,the darker days do get more and more difficult,keep your chin up :) Love the purse,its so beautiful as is that quilt:)
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Thank you dear Julie
DeleteNot the end of the world of course and I am quite liking the fogginess by the sea today!
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Jenny
Love, love, love the purse Jenny - the faded old quilt is fab too.
ReplyDeleteAre the purses difficult to make? I'd love to have a go :)
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Thank you kindly Barbara - I hope that the link I sent you was helpful and you are underway with purse making now!
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Jenny
Wish my 'out of alinements' were like that! Great stuff as usual, I'm an early bird, but I still hate dark mornings! Ada :)
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DeleteWe are night owls and early birds = long days! The light is my usual trigger to get out of bed but when it is dark in the morning....
Sunny inside though!
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Jenny
Obviously you were a hibinating bear in your previous life, that explains the bleeehs as we call it. Love the dad joke.:-) your purses are divine darlink, we all have a wobbly bottom so your purses should be just fine out there in the wide world. It's only this Hollywood purses that have had extra machining that are aligned....and they do Photoshop you know!
ReplyDeleteI love the 'bleehs'! A great expression. Of course I should have realised about the Photoshopping to get it all perfecto!
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Jenny
Hello Jenny
ReplyDeleteYour purses are so pretty I don;t think you should be to worried about them not being perfectly formed ,they are homemade and that's how they should be...hope you feel brighter soon, your blog definitely shines out
Thea x
Aww thank you Thea - kind words cheer the soul
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Jenny
The WORST thing about winter is the lack of light - I HATE the short days and get very grumpy about it, and that there's even less time in the day to do stuff than in summer - when days could, ideally, be longer too.
ReplyDeleteIt's no use telling me to just get up earlier because my body only wakes up when there is a certain amount of light and that. in winter, is about 8am - no amount of alarm clocks and coffee and general prodding gets me going before then..and of course I shut down again at 3.30pm - so really, there simply is no way to actually achieve anything in the winter months. Might as well crawl into a cave and hibernate until Spring - them thar bears have the right idea.
Right - that's my mini moanette done with then. ;)
Velly velly nice purses...bottoms all looking quite spiffy and almost perfectly aligned to me. (It's tricky, isn't it, lining those seams up exactly. Requires the sort of precision that bores me to tears. Yours look good.)
Dear wendz - is it extra tricky for you coming from much, much sunnier climes? I with you on the 3.30 shut down - by 4.00 I am yawning and it just feels like bedtime!
DeleteThank you for kindness regarding purses - it is that last little bit of matching that really, really irritates when I look at them! Worse things....
Have a sunny day
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Jenny
Just catching up with your lovely blog. Love the fabric you've used on the purse it looks like a cottage garden and will make somebody very happy. I noticed a little lawn mower in a previous post I have one just like that but without the front box and I love the pic of the old fire with the dollies washing strewn across it you have a way of capturing things that paint a lovely picture. Lucey x
ReplyDeleteThank you kindly Lucey - I love those little lawnmowers..daft really isn't it...still keeps us happy
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Jenny
I'm with you Jenny in hating the darker days. Added to that I have the mid-week blues (at work, hubby away, tetchy teenager, WRC work piling up, etc, etc). Nevermind eh? Worse things happen at sea as they say. (Sorry I wasn't meaning to moan.) Your purse is lovely and I don't think the Purse Police would arrest you for your slight misalignment. Is the quilt antique or just well-washed? Please share a bit of it's history with us. Philippa xx
ReplyDeleteThank you dear Philippa. I am happy to report that no Purse Police have visited this week! The quilt is an old one - dates from 1930s - 1940s I would say judging by the fabric (there are patches of wear and if you peep inside you can see how bright and colourful the fabrics were originally - some nice novelty fabrics in there! I bought it from a charity shop about 2-3 years ago and it cost £7 - only a lap quilt really or for a child but it is lovely.
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Jenny
We are suffering the opposite problem down here,it's broad daylight at 5am and the wind blows the pulldown blinds open to let in more light! Pretty purses as usual,love the faded quilt,if only we could age that well.
ReplyDeleteOh Simmone that sounds very romantic and reminds me of the short time we spent in New Zealand and Australia a few years ago. I am with you on the ageing thing!
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Jenny
Lovely blog, and i just love the purse. Thanks for sharing
ReplyDeleteThank you very much Tilly Mint and for dropping by
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Jenny
Well if nobady has claimed it do another name pick! Im sure happy to be on the list! :)
ReplyDeleteAnd I dont even want to think how long it took to make the quilt!! Very nice though, although I do prefere the paisley one.
Rupie xx
Thank you Rupie
DeleteI will do a re-run I think and perhaps add some Christmas things into the mix. The paisley one is loverly too - but is a lumpy and bumpy as anything. I suppose I could take it apart and re-do it but then would have to undo all the top stitching. It cost me the grand total of 30p from my local church fete a few years ago - so worth the lumps and bumps!
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Jenny
hope you have managed to find a good dose of sunlight from somewhere! Your purses are lovely by the way! Heather x
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