tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post3023559945654704506..comments2024-03-04T21:31:55.922+00:00Comments on Middle of Nowhere: HaberdasheryGretelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00399585879728373265noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-18860874034480776382010-02-12T06:36:26.737+00:002010-02-12T06:36:26.737+00:00oh, I hear you loud and clear. I've thrown out...oh, I hear you loud and clear. I've thrown out so many experiment of "this should work, right?" but you know what? I never want this to go away. this is how I learn and that's how I like it.Michal Wright-Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12915868714463815185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-77874666973555929442010-02-05T05:32:39.977+00:002010-02-05T05:32:39.977+00:00Lol the way I'm compelled to look at it is tha...Lol the way I'm compelled to look at it is that those things are so pretty that you are having a hard time juxtaposing and working on them! :) Very cute website! xoTamanna A. Shaikhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15672511161556177476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-63253730945759485242010-02-04T18:15:01.687+00:002010-02-04T18:15:01.687+00:00I try and convince myself that the time spent atte...I try and convince myself that the time spent attempting to get something to work wasn't wasted. It just feels like that. A trip through your haberdashery was enjoyable. I love your bits of lace and beautiful tins.kate smudgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10564410520744285676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-33759255687969354702010-02-04T10:45:31.206+00:002010-02-04T10:45:31.206+00:00I have given you an award - do pop over to my blog...I have given you an award - do pop over to my blog and check it out!Twiglethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04851717329658611598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-51706480180030053222010-02-03T22:35:10.075+00:002010-02-03T22:35:10.075+00:00I see things there that I could use, maybe I have ...I see things there that I could use, maybe I have something YOU could use...distance is our only problem ;)Elizabeth Rhiannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07910474336835656519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-39884738321816635792010-02-03T18:58:17.929+00:002010-02-03T18:58:17.929+00:00Oh you made me laugh...do you know how often I go ...Oh you made me laugh...do you know how often I go thru that same exercise?Waterrosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07422788758188500128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-40026032880249431392010-02-03T18:15:37.777+00:002010-02-03T18:15:37.777+00:00This sounds like family history when you have spen...This sounds like family history when you have spent a whole day in the Record Office peering at microfilms of often faded and badly written Parish Registers and have found absolutely nothing. You tell yourself that a negative result is good - at least now you know where your ancestors aren't!Rowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13679130612798888266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-70531900174229942802010-02-02T03:49:35.421+00:002010-02-02T03:49:35.421+00:00What a wonderful treasure trove
of stuff.What a wonderful treasure trove<br />of stuff.School on the Heathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06646261663308402644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-63620919585015078672010-01-31T13:04:05.286+00:002010-01-31T13:04:05.286+00:00I've spent the better part of a year hunting f...I've spent the better part of a year hunting for my green and red buttons. They weren't with the rest.<br /><br />I finally found them when I'd lost all hope. I was merely clearing out a cupboard of completely unrelated stuff under the sink and there they were. Most unexpected :)<br /><br />Whatever it is, it will turn up in its own sweet time :) In the meantime you have probably made a few other rediscoveries that may be useful.<br /><br />viv in nzknutty knitterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00325560883289908412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-33145883366685677382010-01-31T03:54:53.317+00:002010-01-31T03:54:53.317+00:00I understand completely!I understand completely!Vickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08908246018959064657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-9338693926409915752010-01-31T02:31:32.291+00:002010-01-31T02:31:32.291+00:00LOL, I look at those days as a treasure hunt - I&#...LOL, I look at those days as a treasure hunt - I'd find things I'd forgotten I owned.<br />I hope you find what you're searching for.<br />Blessings,<br />DebbieDebbie Miller of Onion Patchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12368218699592335958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-20245060189151341972010-01-31T02:29:53.064+00:002010-01-31T02:29:53.064+00:00LOL, I look at those days as a treasure hunt - I&#...LOL, I look at those days as a treasure hunt - I'd find things I'd forgotten I owned.<br />I hope you find what you're searching for.<br />Blessings,<br />DebbieDebbie Miller of Onion Patchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12368218699592335958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-80396230997660259382010-01-30T19:57:03.710+00:002010-01-30T19:57:03.710+00:00Oh me too - I have just spent ages searching for a...Oh me too - I have just spent ages searching for a pattern for a tiny book cover. I know I have it squirrelled away somewhere. It would be easier to redraw the pattern from scratch but I hate losing things and I know its there somewhere!!! Love all your haberdashery and I am sure my mum had a little tin like yours -is looks so familiar.Twiglethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04851717329658611598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-31267859345971513322010-01-29T23:00:43.205+00:002010-01-29T23:00:43.205+00:00Oh no, days like that are never wasted! It's ...Oh no, days like that are never wasted! It's those days that stretch your imagination and creativity almost to the breaking point trying to find a solution. And rummaging about in boxes often sparks new ideas that you don't have time for...but store away in the back of your mind.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-73259230855868053052010-01-29T09:18:45.969+00:002010-01-29T09:18:45.969+00:00I'd love to know the origins of 'haberdash...I'd love to know the origins of 'haberdashery'. I have a similar experience when I begin a project. Am v. envious of your box of lace.janicebotterillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05188903247970259430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-14028630541882734322010-01-28T20:49:48.509+00:002010-01-28T20:49:48.509+00:00Oh, how I know that feeling - sitting on the floor...Oh, how I know that feeling - sitting on the floor surrounded by everything except what you're looking for (but rediscovering a few old friends you'd forgotten and some surprises), and then realising that there just isn't time to do what you started out to do anyway. Beautiful lace, by the way.Jeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14553005051612551946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-33566965125508010902010-01-28T16:01:28.201+00:002010-01-28T16:01:28.201+00:00Oh how I would love to rifle through all your boxe...Oh how I would love to rifle through all your boxes of treasures! <br /><br />I'm sure you will find what you are looking for..AFTER you've improvised with something else of course!Caroline Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16458832101616631036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-52763524823880499922010-01-28T13:39:14.945+00:002010-01-28T13:39:14.945+00:00You may think you have wasted a day, but I bet you...You may think you have wasted a day, but I bet your subconscious is working overtime and will give you a Eureka moment really soon! Anyway, time spent with haberdashery is never wasted in my opinion!Lizahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01902284985302887367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-52483579240784140232010-01-28T11:07:07.656+00:002010-01-28T11:07:07.656+00:00This looks exactly like the inside of the cupboard...This looks exactly like the inside of the cupboard in the room where I am now. I even have my grandmother's wedding dress in there!Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17467630407914812378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-74038103520525610972010-01-28T10:38:07.775+00:002010-01-28T10:38:07.775+00:00I just know so well how your day has been. such gr...I just know so well how your day has been. such great photos though mean it was truly creative though.<br />I'm delighted to give you a blog award today. just check out my blog to see how to collect it<br />Claireclairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09716629182995251177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-10565244808429460452010-01-28T09:34:22.960+00:002010-01-28T09:34:22.960+00:00I am totally rubbish at sewing...got drummed out o...I am totally rubbish at sewing...got drummed out of needlework classes at school because I was so clumsy. But the sight of a pile of pretty fabrics, lace, threads sets my creative soul zinging!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-45844151263293285482010-01-28T08:55:33.342+00:002010-01-28T08:55:33.342+00:00What a lovely insight into your "stuff",...What a lovely insight into your "stuff", hopefully you will have found what you wanted by now. I have a question though, Gretal: In the top photo, what is the wooden gadget directly below the ball of wool. It's the one that looks like the top off an old dolly washpeg and has a nut and bolt through it............ It fascinates me......menopausalmusinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12255069917743230560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-91915771290133332632010-01-28T03:00:05.212+00:002010-01-28T03:00:05.212+00:00You needn't be concerned that the day has been...You needn't be concerned that the day has been wasted. Inventors have to go through quite a lot of what-doesn't-work before they finally discover what does. It's a necessary part of the process. (Movie biopics cheat by making this process into a thirty-second montage; the rest of us actually have to go through it in real time.)Soozcathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12549632685008663664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-76676121525522718032010-01-28T02:52:56.773+00:002010-01-28T02:52:56.773+00:00I absolutely know what you mean. Haberdashery is ...I absolutely know what you mean. Haberdashery is known as Notions over here. Same situation is true when I know that I have squirreled something away for that future date when it will be required.<br /><br />But where is that squirreling? There was a funny tv commercial a few years back featuring animated squirrels who were rapidly using hundreds of Post-it notes saying "hide nuts" or something like that. I completely understood their worry.<br /><br />I completely admire the treasure trove you uncovered while on the search for the un-found.<br /><br />Bravo! xoFranceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352407314710067616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-84043748744543360642010-01-27T23:06:35.725+00:002010-01-27T23:06:35.725+00:00Oh this makes me feel so much better. I sat on th...Oh this makes me feel so much better. I sat on the floor under, yes under, my desk for most of the day yesterday, trying to find a particular file. What I found was loads of recipes and yarn, one beloved earring thought lost forever, knitting patterns and one dog toy. All in all, a good day.Pamela Terry and Edwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12746603636884819522noreply@blogger.com