MAGPIE'S MUMBLINGS

A blog about my interests, which include fabric landscapes and various and assorted other artsy pursuits and sometimes known to contain mumblings of a random nature.

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Mumblings...sort of

I forgot to make any mention of the needlework show,so....the pictures show the book I bought while I was there. 240 pages just like the ones in the second picture. There is inspiration galore! I also picked up a few issues of Fibre Trend magazine and a small package of floche thread from DMC.
The show itself was good - knitting was big, of course. I was happy to see that silk scarves were nowhere to be seen (unlike the last time I was there when it seemed every second booth had them). Beads were very much in evidence but I managed to steer clear of them (which, given my magpie tendencies, was hard!). The Canadian Doll Artists Assoc. booth was somewhat disappointing...many of the artists I 'knew' from other years didn't seem to have dolls on display. There were a lot of wonderful 'sane' quilts (like an idiot, I forgot to take the camera). I was happy to see a small display of mixed media too. I eyed an embellishing machine but didn't buy. Maybe someday. All in all, a fun day for me (not so sure, however, about DH!!).
Yesterday you will have noticed that I didn't post - we were back in the city again (taking my SIL to a medical appointment) and we had to drive in a snow storm! Yuck - snow is a BAD 4-letter word in my vocabulary at the best of times. The ground was pretty much white this morning when we got up and there's still a lot around despite it being a sunny day. I've had enough and am quite ready for spring, thank you very much.



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6 comments:

  1. Donna7:29 PM

    glad the s**w is visiting you not me yet.... hopefully a few more days of wet cool weather before our 6 months of white settles in... :-)

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  2. Doreen G9:15 PM

    That book looks great MA.
    What do you think of next years challege proposals? I like the new stitches one.
    It's not snow time already is it?

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  3. Joyce8:20 AM

    Unlike the rest of us, our friend Alison from Australia is hoping for snow. We are happy with our long Indian Summer.

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  4. Jane9:42 AM

    Thanks for sharing the emb book... always love seeing new to me books like these. Wow, you contained yourself well for being a "magpie", for sure. Was good to get caught up with all your posts and photos. PS. Snow heading our way as well and they say "plowable amounts", arrrghhh.

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  5. Marie Alton10:13 PM

    Hey MA
    I ran into a sales rep in the store who said he was from Lindsay and told me you had snow! Just kiddingly...I said to him..."Say Hi to Mary Anne for me!" I explained you live in Lindsay too...so he asked where...and I told him the street...he said No Way...my Mom's on that street...a neighbour of yours...3 doors down!
    Small world!

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  6. MargB4:50 AM

    The book looks fantastic - I have not heard about that one.

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