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.

Sunday Snippets... the Mothers Day Edition

Snippeting late today.

I headed off to the country to meet up with Mum for a spot of Op Shopping/Secondhand Shopping, and lunch at the Winchelsea Pub.

The tables were all decorated with pink balloons, and there was champagne and chocolates on arrival.

The service was impeccable and the food delicious! That was one of the best eye fillet steaks I've ever eaten.

Playing Sunday Snippets with Tinniegirl

Road Tripping

Lake Beeac

Me and my little car have been driving all over the countryside this week.... I've been making the absolute most out of my last week of holidays.

Beeac

Yesterday I headed off for another country road trip with my mum and my older sister. Our first stop was Colac (sorry no photos). It's a much quicker drive now that the Geelong Ring Road is finally open.

We were short on time as we had errands to run in town, so we didn't get to check out all of the oppies, before we headed for Beeac.

Beeac is tiny, but it has a fantastic secondhand shop jam packed full of bargains. Inside this huge shed was everything from tools, to books, to an old Singer Sewing Machine (that I had to leave behind as I just can't fit it into my house).

I found some absolute gems that I did bring home - a vintage sleeveboard for $15. I've been searching for one of these ever since I used one in Nikki's Pursemaking Class.

An old hat stand (yes - it does need some cleaning and some repair work, but it was only $2)

And this gorgeous vintage basket and Meakin Plate for $5

On the way home, we stopped off in Winchelsea

There are four great secondhand shops in Winchelsea. The one above is only open on weekends so we had to be content with staring in the windows instead.

They don't have the same type of bargains that can be found in Beeac....

But there were some fabulous vintage items and plenty of gorgeous old furniture.

Definitely worth the road trip!