Traveling Road - Show

I had every intention of sewing today, really I did.

Several projects are waiting in the wings,

begging to be started, completed, dreamed.
But you know as well as I do, sometimes

reality steps in and whacks you straight across the kisser.

Terry's Traveling Road - Show.

This traveling road - show that I call my company

is high maintenance to say the least!

There’s displays, tables, chairs, canopies, tarps, dollies, corner weights….

Bla, bla, bla!

All of which, at some point or another, need

maintaining/repairing.

Pail-o-concrete!

Last week it was the weights.
4 - 80lbs. pails of concrete that we tie at each corner of the canopy.

Sometimes it can get pretty windy here in North Texas!

Pails are worn out/cracked/falling apart.

Ok, chisel/beat off old pails, replace with new/recycled ones.

(I order my palm and coconut oils in 5# pails, perfect for the weights).

This week, canopies/ dolly!

Let me just start off by saying, hurricanes in the gulf, mean mucho rain here!

I’m not complaining, just saying….

We’ve missed the last 2 Saturdays at The Farmer’s Market do to rain.

So, need to fix holes in canopies.

SO…

Today it was, patch holes in the canopies day and
fix flats on the good dolly day.

Soap + water in the shower is a good thing,

soap + water at a show, not so good.

Sewn and vintage items in the rain,

not so good either.

Mini Bags.

Vintage Items

I have 2 canopies,

one looked like it had been involved in a drive by,

the other?

Mice, puppy, starving child, hungry husband?

I don’t know!

Patch, seal, pray, done.

Fix a flat did the trick on the good dolly,

not that the other one is bad, it’s just not the good one!

Hopefully the weather is good for the weekend market.

Maybe some sewing tomorrow?

All hold hands and pray/chant.

Hope things are good on your end.

Till next time,

Bonjour

Satellites are not linking up in outerspace, damm hurricane!

I’ll be lucky if this even posts!

(Oops, that was a tad bit insensitive).

Repurposing A Screen Door

GEM

GLUEING & CLAMPING



Well.....

This gem was given to me by my mother-in-law to do with as I pleased.

Obviously the left photo was taken last spring as evidenced by the lush green grass.

It needed a little help in the sturdiness department
so out came the clamps and wood glue.

And there on the work table she sat and sat and sat,
for almost a whole year!!!

My idea was to make her into a screen divider for
behind my sewing machine.

Enough already, finish it for pete's sake.

So.... 



A few months ago I purchased some paint

in hopes of moving this project along.
Had these awesome hinges, maybe I can work them into the project?



AWESOME HINGES





PAINTED AWESOME HINGES

Purchased  four of these shelf brackets at Canton First Monday last fall,

thinking I could use them as the "feet".

THINGIES

Had five of these thingies in my "stuff" stash,

don't even know what they are or where they came from.

Doesn't matter, they're cool!

ROSETTES

The rosettes were purchased at "The Depot" especially for this project.

I was at "Wally World" a few months ago looking at fabric
and purchased this piece
which is really strange because "I don't do blue"
and even had a blue sheet that matched, even stranger.
I guess this project was in the back of my mind percolating
without me even knowing it.

Everything just kinda fell into place in it's own time.




STRANGE BLUE FABRIC PURCHASE

 



"ALIEN" CLOSE UP



THE LOWER HALF IS THE BLUE SHEET
CHECK OUT THE "FEET"







And if you're thinking I have her upside down, you're right!

The lower half will be behind my sewing cabinet,

why hide these way cool spindles?



The main screen is burgundy, the trims are medium green,

the spindles are light green, and oddly enough,

the solid fabric is light blue and

 the floral fabric is burgundy, white, light blue and black.

My grandson Nathan helped me with this project.

He chose how the rosettes were placed and his thoughts are....

~~~~~~~

The two upper roesttes are eyes, the thingies are eyebrows,

the center vertical wood strip is a nose,

the center horizonal rectangle is a mouth and the spindles are teeth.

"Some strange alien thing".

Those were his words!

I see it!

What do you think,
trash or treasure?

Till next time.
Bonjour

Illumination, Vintage Floor Lamp Completed



I'M STILL WAITING!



REMEMBER ME?





















 OK.....

I admit it, I have a thing for lamps, any kind of lamp,
although I am partial to floor lamps.

I don't know if it's from a lack of light in my childhood home, growing up in a northern latitude or for a fondness of illumination. The light created by the lamp illuminates the eye, the art illumates the mind.






ASSEMBLY REQUIRED!



PICK ME, NO PICK ME!























PARTS BIN

Restoring a vintage lamp is not an easy task. 

This lamp had a (non working) porcelain socket with a 1/4" thread,

today's lamp sockets have a 1/8" thread.

The choices are either to replace the all-thread type

central unit or find a reducer.

Reducer it is, Home Depot here we come! Also need a plug.
Been here, done this!

The socket I had on hand is a push back and forth, I needed a turn type.

Wait, I do have another lamp with a turn type socket, let's switch out.

The lamp in the parts bin gave up her socket after

I promised to restore her next.

The glass "globe" was purchased at Canton First Monday Trade Days.

The total cost of the entire project?

Lamp: $5.00

Socket: $2.00

Reducer $2.00

Globe: $5.00

Cord: $Free

Plug $2.00

Paint: $5.00 (with leftovers for another project)

The Shade $10.00 (purchased at Wally World about 10 years ago)

Labor ?

Total $31.00?

The three questions are,

Was it worth it money wise, 

with or without the shade

AND

the most important is,

does it qualify as a piece of art?

You be the judge.

Till next time,

Bonjour

Bye Bye Nancy Drew

OK, OK, 

I admit it, I'm a hoarder collector.

Books, photos, bric-a-brac, patterns, EVERYTHING!

My home is filled with vintage stuff, lots of vintage stuff.

I don't know why I collect stuff, I just do.

My parents collected stuff, my siblings collect stuff, my girls collect stuff.

I was out yesterday collecting stuff with my youngest daughter.

OMG it's a family affliction!!!

Well...

We had a Thanksgiving lunch with my husband's family at my house on Thursday.

His sister Gina has never been here before so she was exploring every nook and cranny.

So much stuff to see. Floor to ceiling stuff.

After much exploring she discovered my bookcase, (7 foot tall by 6 foot wide) mostly mysteries.

She honed in on my vintage Nancy Drew collection, seems she collects Nancy Drew also.

I have several from about 1957 through 1970.

I loved Nancy drew when I was a kid, the challenge of trying to figure out where the story was going, who was the bad guy, I love me a good mystery. (Who, what, where, when & why, my favorite W words)

She pulls them out to have a look see, checking out which ones I have that she doesn't.

She's coveting my Nancy Drew's!!!!

We look through them, discuss how we both loved them as kids and I put them back away.

After she left I got to thinking, why not give them to her, she would treasure them.

I collect so much stuff, why not share?

So bye, bye Nancy Drew.

 Seems I'm not the only hoarder collector out there.
What about you?
What's your collection, obsession?

Till next time,
Bonjour