I was off Friday and had an opportunity to do a small yard sale with at a friends house. It never fails, we always end up having a swap meet with our stuff as we are putting it out. This is what I ended up trading for. I am so happy with my new Corelle saucers. I need to go look and see what this pattern is. I love it.
I love pill boxes. I have a few, but not a lot. I did trade with Sherrie to get these two to set out at Christmas. I just fell in love.
While we were unpacking for the sale, Sherrie said her mother (Clara) sent me some things. She sent me some vintage patterns to use as display in my sewing room. I was thrilled. Most of them are from the 1980's which doesn't seem that long ago, but that makes them about 35-37 years old. But the McCalls on the top left is from 1958. That is almost 60 years old. How cool is that!
But my favorite is this one. It has the price on it which was just .40 cents. I Googled it and this pattern came out in the 1940's. I was thrilled. I have a basket that is the perfect size to put my patterns in.
Clara also sent me a bunch of vintage wooden spools for my little basket I had bought at the beach. I was so happy. Clara has been sewing all her life. She is very talented. Before arthritis set up in her hands so bad, she even made the local high school band uniforms for many years. I am so excited for these gifts she sent me.
I had three of The Grands the other night and as usual they wanted a "Make your own pizza" party so we did. I love using flat bread for pizzas. It is just the right size. None of the three eat their pizzas alike so it works out great to have these smaller pizzas.
Of course, I had to make one of my own as well because I don't eat mine the same as any of them.
This morning I was working on the never-ending project...my sewing room. My friend Clara who gave me the thread and the patterns, also gave me a sewing machine cabinet. I went over today and picked it up. I am very pleased with it. Now I just need to make my new sewing machine cover because my machine doesn't mount in the cabinet, but it does fit for when I open the top and get ready to sew.
