Thankful

Hi

 

We don't celebrate Thanksgiving in the UK but I am absolutely chuffed to have been at my baby brother's wedding last week.

 

And as it was in America, here's my Thanksgiving photo.

 

It was a joy to be part of such a fab day -

and I got through my reading without weeping ... or at least I can pretend I did, as you can't see my face!

The groom is my brother Yoda, the best man is my brother Qui Gon Jinn - I just might still owe him
a dressing gown!

 

 Now you'd be forgiven for thinking nothing gets made around these

here parts but here's a 'twofer'

 

 

I finished the Princess Bride cross-stitch that I made for a wedding present -
we were banned from buying gifts but handmade is better :)
 

Please excuse the flash, in the current dark weather I couldn't seem to avoid it.

 

And I'm not the only crafter around here either - these are the personalised cufflinks my husband made as a gift

 

He spent ages taking apart a vintage typewriter (it really was beyond repair) and cleaning
everything up to make these for the wedding party , I think they turned out brilliantly

 

Jacq

x

 

 

 

 

Postcard from San Francisco

There has not been much time for fabric shopping, what with being here for an actual wedding. These have been on the hoof, flying visits squeezed around other commitments.


There may have been purchases!

One more sleep until the wedding and a change of hotels today.
Jacq
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Fabric Shopping in San Francisco - Recommendations Please!

 I am delighted that my brother Yoda is getting married (this is a photo of us at my wedding in 2005)
 

He and I have always been very close and his partner is wonderful and they are going to be very happy :) The added bonus is that Yoda lives in San Francisco so Paul and I get to visit again - I love that place.

 

Now, here's the thing ... last time we visited I was not sewing stuff. I bought bits and bobs for card making but I was not in the market for fabrics, patterns and trims. This time clearly I am!

 

I have been very good - I committed to not buying patterns this year unless they were about £1 - which pretty much guaranteed they were from charity shops and/or vintage and therefore I was either (a) supporting a worthwhile cause or (b) saving them for posterity!

 

 

I mean, I even passed on an absolutely corker of a costume pattern in July.

 

Obviously my priority is the wedding but I've come up with a shortlist of 'must visit' places and the truth is it's not terribly short!

 

The place I'm desperate to go to is Alameda Flea Market but it's not on when we're there (honestly, rubbish wedding planning - I have complained!). So that's one less option. Serendipitously we're in a hotel literally round the corner from Britex. And my brother's house is a stone's throw from Stone Mountain & Daughter. If anybody has any recommendations I'd be glad to hear them - I've got to make the most of my limited time!

 

Jacq x

 

PS - The photos are the patterns I have happened to pick up in the last week - sum total spent £4.75, total bargain. Of course I don't need them, obviously ...