Skip to main content

Spoils.


This is my haul above....not bad!

This is a pique fabric in a delicious coral colour - the flash has made it a bit lighter... true colour is like on the far right. Two metres @ $8 pm. It is lovely.

This was a little remnant piece for $4 for 1/2 metre. Its an organza with these daisies embroidered on it. I see it as part of a t-shirt.

This is a sweater knit again a bit darker than this but thick and fabulous... nearly 2 metres for $10. This will get made into some sort of warm thing for our holiday in New Zealand in September.

This is a beautiful cotton/rayon that is sheer, fine and look at that sheen. 1 metre @ $8. This will be a floaty summer top.

This is two knit remnants... the dots is only about 50cm/140w but it was only .50cents and it was a trim for the other knit which was $4 for a huge remnant piece  and it has bird cages and is a pretty big print (I've seen this somewhere before but not sure where). I think dress or top with contrast dots..maybe enough for both. 

This is a lovely soft sweater knit and is not so grey but a little pinky in colour. I got 2 metres of this $8 also per metre as I didn't want to not have enough to make a top with long sleeves with it.

This is a nice stretchy cotton mix remnant for $2 I think. Great for just a long sleeve plain t-shirt.

This is hard to see but is two metres of black linen (excellent quality stuff) for $5!!! Bargain... a nice pair of pants?

This is a remnant piece of about 1 metre of stretch cotton.... skirt?

This is a cottony lace that is a little more lime than yellow and I just loved it... $8 for a huge remnant piece... dress for a music festival in Melbourne in October (going to see Television the band!)

And lastly a black net that has these flowers sewn onto it. This was $8 for the remnant piece for about 1 1/2 metres and I'll make either a dress or skirt out of it!....eventually!

 Anyone else get there? What did you buy?
Labels:

Comments

Marie said…
You got some great pieces. I really love the yellow lace. I just posted my haul on my blog.
11 August, 2013 16:40
Kate S said…
Lucky you that looks like a great assortment! jealous of the sweater knit- so hard to get nice sweater type knits over here!
12 August, 2013 00:15
Summer Flies said…
Yes it is so hard... I've never seen it before so that's why I snapped it up.
12 August, 2013 08:15
kbenco said…
Excellent spoils and such great prices. I nearly made it, but taking a day off work makes the fabric not much of a bargain- maybe next year!
13 August, 2013 07:24
Summer Flies said…
I'll let you know for sure!
14 August, 2013 08:00
Kristy Chan said…
I just saw the haul that Marie bought over at her blog - you two certainly cleaned up. Good find on those sweater knits, that pink and grey fine stripe is particularly lovely
15 August, 2013 19:45
Rosi said…
Ooo I love the lime lace. I totally forgot it was on but perhaps a good thing as I'm trying to be frugal at the moment. Please give a heads up next time though!
17 August, 2013 21:03
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

More things I've made - part 3.

Well part 3 is here. First up Style 1876. Did I ever say that Style are my favourite patterns? So this one was an op shop find a long time ago. It's a great pattern. I can't remember if the bodice is cut on the bias (but I think not) and the skirt is cut on the bias. I made it out of some synthetic crepe in the most fabulous colour. It has great pockets that you can see on the red dress.. The are sewn onto the back pieces, and then when you sew it up and leave the opening, you stitch the pocket onto the inside/front of the dress. That pocket isn't going anywhere. I used up all the fabric which was a gift from a friend's mother in law. It turned out to be a bit see though and I didn't wear it. It fits so nicely around the shoulders and arm holes. I decided I was going to wear it to Brisbane Spoolettes Frocktails this year as I didn't have time to make something else. I decided that it needed something else though as it was a little too see through for me.  I had ...
11 comments
Read more

More things I've made - part 2

Hello... welcome to part two of things I've made. I now realise there will be a part 3 as there's more I can't post tonight. These things I made last year before I went to South Korea for a holiday. The photos of the top that I made with the Vogue pattern above are down below. Don't know why Blogger won't let me move them, but I don't have time to argue with it!  Anyway, I made it with some merino French Terry I bought years ago. It is merino loops, but the outer facing part of the fabric is nylon. It's very lightweight, warm and comfortable  but not the best for this pattern as the nice high neck doesn't stay up high, but it's still really nice and useful in my warmish winter. I made it as the vest top and hemmed it and bound the armholes with some fold over elastic I bought at some markets in Lisbon in my trip last year. I put a chunky metal pink zip as the closure. I will make this again as I really like that it's not a boring old pullover. I...
1 comment
Read more

Silk and undies, and old skirt, Korea

 I found a photo of the silk I bought when I went to Seoul South Korea. It's so pretty. I can't remember how much it was but it was a good buy. Earlier that year, when I was at the fabric area in Paris, the silks although beautiful, were very expensive.  The colour on my monitor is pretty accurate. I love it. There was huge markets with lots of crafty stuff and fabrics but it was overwhelming. The market we went to, Dongdaemun had lots of hand made jewellery too. I bought some capiz shells to make a mobile (I must find those). My friend bought some lovely big feathers. ** from here to the coffee is a repeat. For some reason I didn't remember already putting this up so apologies :) My friend gave me a big tub of really beautiful quality fabrics. These above were remnants pieces but I decided to make her something. I used the Kwik Sew 2028 pattern and made two sets. There is also a few metres of the brown top in a rayon twill which is such fantastic quality, unfortunately I d...
Post a Comment
Read more