I only spent 20pence

At the charity shop today honest me lord!

For 20 pence I came away with:

• A long chest/table runner preprinted with a flower pattern part worked that will go with a tray cloth in the same pattern I bought and worked some time ago. The threads were missing but I think I will be able to match them up.
• A metre of pink bias binding.
• Some trimmings in gold and cream the sort of braids to trim cushions light shades there is about a metre of the gold and about 4 metres of the cream.
• 1 yard curved skirt petersham with skirt fasteners.
• And a sealed brand new never been used brother buttonhole cutter.
• And last but not least - a thimble.

Not bad some little extras for the sewing box.

On the sewing front I have spotted a very lovely Dresden plate quilt.  See here http://www.cluckclucksew.com/2014/01/dresdens.html  Another one for the ideas  list to have a go at projects. I am thinking that this would be a good pick up put down project for when I only have a few moments and might be a good way of using up some fabric that I have closeted away upstairs.  I have never done much on the patchwork front.  That might be about to change.

I am quite chuffed with the finds  - and only 20 pence.

It is normally more dangerous than that when I go in a charity shop or antiques/bric a brac centres.

Must behave

Catch  you soon

Pattypan

x 

P.S.  With regard to the Dresden Plate Patchwork I have found this very straightforward tutorial from the Missouri Patchwork company.

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcy_p4pryE4


Now I need to locate a template preferably free otherwise it will have to wait until the end of the month.

PP