Sewing Junk…

Yesterday in between doing laundry, cleaning and packing, Kim and I slipped away…our husbands didn’t even know that we had gone!  We had heard about a place on Pierson St and Cactus St. in Desert Hot Springs that sold old sewing machines and sewing memorabilia…it was our LAST chance to go and have a look for ourselves!!  So off we went!

I thought you might like to see it for yourselves…because in this case the pictures are worth a million words!!

We had heard that they sell sewing machine…well this really didn’t cover it!  What an understatement if ever there was one! There were sewing machines in every nook and cranny!  Bonnie Hunter would be hyperventilating!

Little black boxes containing Featherweight SM all over the store…all for $450 each!!

The quilts started at $50…

Yes, that’s a gun on the table…don’t know if it’s real…yikes!

Now if I was Bonnie Hunter, I would be on my hands and knees dragging that green case out for a look see….  Nope, it didn’t happen!

This is an old industrial sewing machine!!  Wow!!  Hey, I didn’t even SEE that toilet when I was there!!  Geeze…I wonder what was inside the bowl?  Eeewh!!!

What ever this was…I loved it!!  How unique!

A carpet beater…can’t have too many of these around the house!! haha

An old juicer??…

I loved this sled…and they had about four of them…remember we ARE out in the desert!! 

So…do you get the idea…tons of STUFF!

Everywhere you looked there was sewing junk…or some other kind of junk..all good and all expensive!  There were no deals to be had…but it was sure fun to look!  And it didn’t prevent us both from bringing home a wee small treasure or two!

I will clean up my loot today and show you tomorrow you what I bought…can you stand it?  :0) 

Hey, look at what I just printed off…Kaaren’s new ‘Happy Scrappy Easter’ pattern…just released today!  Dang cute…and VERY generous of Kaaren!!  Hurry over and download your copy today!  This month she released row one…complete with rabbit and carrot!  How cute is THAT!!

Thanks Kaaren!!  I am going to make this one for sure!!

Have a magical Monday and Happy Quilting!~P

All Grown Up!

Isn’t it fun to watch a quilt grow…

From this…(cut using the GO! Fabric cutter)…

…to this…

…to THIS!!  Absolutely gorgeous, Siena!

            

Siena’s ‘Pay Peter to Rob Paul’ is complete and it is magnificent!  Siena will quilt it when she gets home…and in plenty of time to gift it to her very LUCKY mom! Thanks for sharing, Siena!

HAPPY EASTER to you all!

Have a Sunny Sunday and Happy Quilting!~P

My LOVE Quilt…

Last night we were invited over to RV blogger’s Rene and Jeanette’s for a BBQ!  Rene and Jeanette are staying just a bit down the road from us at the Caliente Hot Springs RV Resort. 

We had heard from Rene that our friends and fellow bloggers Allen and Lolita were arriving for a stay at Caliente that same afternoon so they invited them over as well!  Kind of a reunion of RV Bloggers!  Also there was another couple who were traveling friends of Rene and Jeanette’s …I wonder if they even read any of these blogs! My advice…stay away!

It was the perfect evening to sit around and lament about our holiday being over, touch on the highlights and talk about it being time to head home!  We all agreed that our time out on the desert had been wonderful but we were all eager to head home!…OK…some more eager than others!:0)

Dinner was superb…Jeanette really out did herself…but it was THE GIFT that really shocked me!!  I received my FIRST EVER Grandma gift!! SO EXCITING!! How sweet is this!

It’s a fleece quilt that Jeanette made…and look at what it says, “I Grandma!”!  Dang cute…and oh, so soft!  Jeanette is not a quilter or a sewer so that made the quilt all the more special!  THANK YOU, JEANETTE!!  My little guy is going to love it…and apparently, he is going to love ME a whole lot too!!…Hey, whatever it takes!!  heeehee.. What’s a little brainwashing here and there…right!?

My LOVE QUILT will be kept at Grammy’s house to enjoy…geeze…maybe I need to get a crib or a playpen to go with it??  (yup…hubby is rolling his eyes..)

Have a Super Saturday and Happy Quilting!~P