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Tuesday, April 30, 2024

End of the month: OMG and stash report

 


I rarely post on Tuesdays,  but it's the last day for the April OMG link up.

My OMG was to make a hollyhock wall hanging for the outgoing president of the Zion Woman's Club. Hollyhocks are the club flower.  I bought the pattern from Ladybug's Cabin Creations.  It was fiddly to make but the instructions were very clear.   All batiks from my stash.

I'll present it at the ZWC luncheon next week.


Stash report for April:  

Fabric in 76 yards, $110, average $1.44/yard.

Fabric out: 58-1/4 yards.

YTD in: 580-1/2 yards, $955, average $1.64/yard.    Gotta love those estate sale bargains.

YTD out: 300.  (Remember that "out" includes fabric given away.)

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I achieved non-quilty goals this month, too.  We cut the cable!  Now that we have a Roku TV downstairs and an LG TV with a Roku stick upstairs it was time to say goodbye to ATT U-verse.  (It turns out that we were "legacy" customers. ATT hasn't added to U-verse for 3 or 4 years.  When the ATT guy was here he hooked up a new router.

I have to do something about the tangle of cords.


When we got the living room TV the only place to put it was on the coffee table. That blocked the sofa.  It was an awkward arrangement.  I thought about replacing the sofa with a loveseat but I didn't want plain gray or plain tan, and  custom upholstery for new furniture seems to be a rare thing.  

Last weekend I stopped at thrift shop and found the solution:  a beautiful wing chair in excellent condition with upholstery that goes with our decor.  It's from Plunkett, a high-end long-time North Shore store.  A comparable brand new chair would be $3000.  I paid $45.  

The coffee table is in a corner.  The TV is on a pine table I got in Fargo. It's been a sewing table and the Christmas tree stand.  As for the sofa:  it is in the garage until trash day Friday.  (Rain is in the forecast and I don't want a soaking wet, still-usable sofa on the curb.)   [The sofa was purchased at Jordan Marsh in Manchester, NH, when S and C got married in 1971.  It moved from NH to KS to ME to ND to IL.  I've had it reupholstered three times, most recently in 2007. It served us well.]

Linking up with OMG April Link Up  

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6 comments:

  1. Anne-MarieApril 30, 2024 at 2:01 PM

    Such a pretty finish. I always enjoy seeing your fabric in/fabric out reports too.

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  2. cityquilter graceApril 30, 2024 at 2:18 PM

    Omg jordan marsh dating yourself there nann...i worked for them in braintree...i gotta go shopping with you as i need a new chair as well...

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  3. AnonymousApril 30, 2024 at 3:16 PM

    Your quilt looks beautiful! I thought you might benefit from my mistake. Make sure you have something under the TV since the rubber feet may leave marks. Maybe it was the heat but mine disintegrated and melded to my lovely Henredon dresser.

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  4. AnonymousApril 30, 2024 at 8:37 PM

    Congratulations on the thrift shop chair! You do seem to have the magic touch thrift shopping. Of course it helps to be knowledgeable.
    Ceci

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  5. Magpie's MumblingsMay 1, 2024 at 5:09 PM

    I would love to get away from cable tv (well, technically - the tv as a whole, but DH would be lost). Sadly he is addicted to the news and flatly refuses to touch the computer so we're stuck with a tv. At least I got my way and we have it in a cabinet where we can close the doors so I don't have to look at it.

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  6. KateMay 2, 2024 at 7:22 AM

    The wall hanging turned out beautifully. We had to replace our router a few years ago and the ATT Guy had never seen the type of router we had (it was probably more than 10 years old at that point). Lucky thrift find. Hopefully the new arrangement works well.

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