What do you need for hemming a skirt?

Well you need a Singer Skirt Marker of course....

I'd never heard of such a thing, but luckily my Mum spotted it at the secondhand shop in Winchelsea on Sunday.

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It's circa 1960's and it's supposed to have this chalky blower thingie to mark the length.

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I figure this must have been extremely messy. Good grief!

Anyway, I didn't buy it to use it. I just bought it because it's pretty to look at!

I also found this very cool Sailing Ship Tapestry at the Winchelsea Oppy. The colours are beautiful. It doesn't look like it was ever framed - just stitched and then folded up.

Soooo much work has gone into it. I think I'm going to make it into a giant cushion for the couch, so that everyone can see it.

It makes me sad to see work like this at the oppy. Unappreciated. Discarded. I like to perform little craft rescues. I'm sure the Nana's of the world would be very proud.

Break-ing

It's been lovely to have a restful and relaxing break over the last few days.

The lead up to Christmas was extremely busy, so I've been catching up on sleep, and spending hours as a couch potato catching up on all of those hours of tv that I'd been IQ-ing. I've also re-arranged some furniture, and planned a little change for my kitchen.

I did manage to meet up with my crafty partner-in-crime yesterday for a spot of shopping (and eating) in the city, and found this wonderful old printers tray.

I've been keeping an eye out for one for years....so I was extremely happy to finally find one in my price range!

The furniture re-arrangement has provided a perfect spot on the wall....... now to find some miniature treasures.