Thursday, August 1, 2013

Ode to the sewing machine #6



Many of you follow my "Ode to the Sewing Machine" posts.  We've all see the ads on craigslist, ebay and elsewhere.  The clueless sellers give those of us who sew a belly laugh, or two!  Where do they come up with these dollar amounts???

No one in their right minds would continue reading, but who says quilters are in their right minds, so here's installment #6 and 7...


... here we have a bait and switcheroo:
                                    "give me a call" ....just read her mind for the phone number!  


If at first you don't succeed, try, try, again and again and again....
...... seller has 0 feedback.... hmmm, imagine that!                      

Monday, July 22, 2013

Ode to the sewing machine #5

Many of you follow my "Ode to the Sewing Machine" posts.  We've all see the ads on craigslist, ebay and elsewhere.  The clueless sellers give those of us who sew a belly laugh, or two!  Where do they come up with these dollar amounts???

No one in their right minds would continue reading, but who says quilters are in their right minds, so here's the latest installment...


I think I'll deviate a bit from the ol' sewing machine with the first one:  







Wednesday, July 10, 2013

It's not easy being green...

My son and I are doing yardwork today.  Today's task is cutting up all the tree limbs I trimmed from a few trees so the city can haul them away Tuesday.  We found this on one of the branches I cut down.

When it morphs, it will become:

Thursday, May 9, 2013

New things

I thought I'd update the photos of my rain garden.  The last photo I shared with you was taken 2 years ago.  Here's the photo I took today:


New plantings include Loropetalum, Verbena, butterfly bushes-both petite and normal sizes, irises, lilies, gladiolas, red hot poker, 'Secret's out' & 'Gold Medal' roses, yellow Knock-out roses, azaleas, several hostas, ajuga and acuba.

Steamy hot weather will be here next week.  I love NC!

Here are some closeup photos of the Japanese iris in my rain garden:

 

Thursday, April 11, 2013

Ode to a sewing machine #4

We've all see the ads on craigslist, ebay and elsewhere.  Clueless sellers give those of us who sew a belly laugh, or two!  Where do they come up with these dollar amounts???

No one in their right minds would continue reading, but who says quilters are in their right minds, so here are a few examples of clueless ads...

... Must have been drunk when when this picture was taken... one too many last night, huh?  Any old sewing machine is a Singer, right?  Ok, just so you know, that's a Neechi.


Hey, it's a "sTinger". Those lighted foot pedals are super rare.  Gotta get one of those! My foot will think it's in sewing heaven!   








...is there such a thing as rusty patina?  Maybe my car is worth more now!












Oh baby, you want patina??? Here's one for you, better move on this one FAST!
You'll be able to afford the tetanus shot at that price!!!