Sunday Stash #85

Sunday Stash is staying here this week as Foster Reviews It is no longer blogging frequently.

Last week's most visited linky was Tessa the Sewing Chick.

Next week Sunday Stash will be hosted by Michelle of Squeak Crafts.

Stale Stash Swap Update

You may remember back in Sunday Stash #77  in August that I posted a few fabrics that I was willing to swap or post to anyone who wanted them.

I had a few inquiries but only one lady actually followed through.  Erin from Thready Bear Quilts. I swapped her my blue and pink vintage sheet prints. Actually I threw in a few extras too.

Erin sent me a box of Joyful Harvest fabrics. Very Christmassy nes pas?

Thank you Erin.

Have you had success with Stale Stash Swaps?

Linky party below.

Stale Thrifted Diamonds Give-Away

No it's not a stolen diamonds give-away but an amalgamation of the subtitles in this post.


Stale Stash Swap

I received some lovely fabric in the mail from my Ohio swap buddy this week. Hopefully she has got my parcel too.

Thrifted Thursday


I had 15 mins to wait for the public library to open, so I stepped into the 'Rescue Helicopter Op-Shop' and picked up...


7 zips for 20c each

and an incomplete set of Chinese crockery all for $3!

 Great for the Chinese year of the Water Dragon don't you think?

Diamonds in Squares


I absolutely love the look of this block. It makes a stunning statement. And yet we are not friends at all. After a break I went back to finish another 3 blocks. We have come to an understanding but are not 'friends'.

Easter Fabric Give-Away

Sorry I couldn't post the Random Number Generator gadget but I have forgotten how to import that.


The winner of the Easter Fabric giveaway is #7 Miss Beau Jangles. I will be contacting you for your details and posting this out as soon as the Post Office reopens after the Easter break. Congratulations! 


Thank you to all 10 of you who participated in the give-away. Keep your eye out for another fabric give-away soon when Finding Fifth and Quiet Play reach 50 Followers.


I am linking up with...

Easter Give-Away

I had no requests for my Easter prints in my Stale Stash Swap last week and so I am putting them up for grabs. I'd rather them being used that languishing in my stash unused. Perhaps someone can make a nice Easter fabric basket - too hard for me.

2 uncut FQs of Spring Tidings - Fabri Quilt
2 uncut FQs of Aqua baskets - Me and My Sister Designs   


All you have to do to receive half a yard of each print is tell me one of your Easter traditions. 


The number generator will pick a number at 8pm (Australian Eastern Time) on Thursday 5th April This give-away is open to Australian and overseas followers of my blog and a valid email address (you can join up if you need to).



Stale Stash Swap Update
                                                           


I also posted off 1.5 yards of fabric to Marian in Idaho today as part of the 'Stale Stash Swap'. 


Eggs, Sugar Bowls and Harlequin Trios


The lovely Rachel, from Nancy's Tea Shop, contacted me last week to say that she had found two Colclough sugar bowls and would I be interested in them before she listed them on her Etsy store. I snapped the both of them up in aqua and buttercup. And yes she included the Easter eggs - what a sweety!

Then she also listed these delicious Harlequin trios.

Here's what she wrote about them...


This lovely trio would look great at a vintage tea party with other china or on its own with your favourite blend of tea and a home made cookie!

Colclough Bone China was founded in Staffordshire in 1890 by Herbert J. Colclough a former mayor of Stoke-on-Trent, England. Herbert Colclough was a china lover and brought fine bone china to ordinary people rather than the rich few, making Colclough an important part of antique bone china history. The brand became part of the Royal Doulton Group in the early 1970s and was discontinued in 1996. This trio is likely to come from 1950s.


How could I resist?

So here is my tea set stash (is that a quilty word making it into mainstream?). It started with 2 tea sets from my mum and the rest is from Rachel's store.

I highly recommend Rachel's store. She photographs her china so beautifully and her prices are soooooo much cheaper than anything I have yet found in Australia at op-shops or antique stores. Not only that but she, or her mum, package everything up so carefully for the journey to the Antipodes.


I have to show some restraint but there are about 10 things in her store right now that are tempting me. Check out the sweet Scotch Thistle creamer and sugar bowl and this stylish 1950s tea pot.


Thrifted Thursday


I am linking up with...


                                               


I had to get an x-ray on my toe in Ballina on Monday and so, even with a broken toe, I managed to hobble into 2 op-shops this afterwards.


My discoveries

$3

too cute to miss at only $4

50c each - for Zakka Projects

pillowcase 50c embroidery $1.50

Stale Stash Swap

I can't really post a clean and tidy house as a 'Thank Goodness It's Finished Friday' but I sooooooooo want to! The BIG TIDY UP has kept me away from the sewing machine all week. 


I do want to say, however that TGIFF will be (GULP!) hosted here at Finding Fifth NEXT Friday - so I had better get my skates on and finish one of my two WiP March projects.



Also Lucy at Charm About You and Krista from Krista Stitched have got a 'Stale Stash Swap' happening at the moment. I am afraid that I am late to the party on this one owing to the frenetic pace of  'the BIG TIDY UP' all week.


I have chosen 7 novelty fabrics that I no longer need and am looking to swap them directly from your stash. If you are interested in any of these prints, please leave a comment  below with a link to your swap blog post and a description of what you are willing to swap with. I will get back to you asap. The link stay open for one week on the Charm About You post.

The Rules:

Offer a FQ to swap.

Must be willing to swap internationally.

Post the button and link up.

Update your post when your stash has swapped.

Here they all are...

6 0ut of 7 are uncut FQ doubles but I am willing to cut them up.




Just in time for Easter are these 2:

2 uncut FQs of Spring Tidings - Fabri Quilt Now in my Easter Give-away

2 uncut FQs of Aqua baskets - Me and My Sister Designs Now in my Easter Give-away


To get you ahead for Halloween are these 4:

 1 FQ of Orange spider from Spooktacular - Henry Glass & Co.  Swapped!

 2 uncut FQs of Orange jackolanterns spider from Eerie Alley - Robert Kaufman  Swapped!

 1 FQs of Lime Green tossed Halloween creatures from Spooktacular - Henry Glass & Co.

2 uncut (Australian 20"x22") FQs of Lime Green 'Eye of Newt' - Blank Quilting


Then this random country print great for an I-Spy:

2 uncut FQs of Farmyard - ? Swapped!