Mary's first project

Not bad for a first sewing project! It is a market or book bag she made for a friend's birthday. The fabric was all found at the local thrift store. The bag handles are made from a man's wool suit coat. I wasn't home when she finished it and glad she took the pictures. Mary must of known I was thinking of blogging. It was actually Soulemama who gave Mary the spark. One day while browsing the blogs I started to show her different blogs I like to check and she got into it and found Soulemama. It turns out she lives in Maine, near us.

A perfect day :)

Skip the house work, let the laundry pile up...it's off for the day to find treasures, sell pin cushions and have lunch with my sister Maureen

Let's go thrifting.

My favorite is going to the York County Thrift Shop better known as the "Cape Neddick Mall." Stuff a bag for a dollar is such a high if they have treasures. My mind spins and I get dizzy looking at the shelves looking for a dish, mugs something to put in the shop or recycle the textiles into other creations. Let's say I got my fix.... pictures later. My head is spinning and I am like a junky thinking of the next stop.

Next I find myself calling 411 like it is 911 looking for a thrift shop close to my sister's shop. I found one, yeah!!! Once I walked through the door I was greeted with a basket with 5 vintage aprons for $1 each. I left with them and a great vintage suit for both the stitches to make bags and clutches out of.

Marketplace Quilts was my next stop--to visit with my sister Maureen and have lunch. I brought a new batch of recycled mugs turned into wool pincushions. Her quilt store is great and worth a trip to it if in the area.

Back home to give Mary the car and then before I know it I am heading to Portland with her. more shops. Checked out Edith and Edna which we heard about from SouleMama's blog. Mary met up with her friend for dinner and I puttered around. First heading to KnitWit to buy a couple of skein of sock yarn--my usual--next to Borders, to get ideas from the latest magazines and books related to sewing, quilting and knitting.

It doesn't get better than this! I will post pictures soon

Here it goes....blogging

Finally, I got the courage to set up a blog. It was actually much easier than I thought. Putting photos on the blog will be the next challenge. The blog name was created by using nicknames of myself Knit, Purl my best friend Kathleen and the nick name Stitches belongs to my daughter Mary and niece Laura.
I hope you will enjoy the web site and I look forward to sharing our knitting, sewing and thrifting adventures with with you.