On the road

TOF and I hit the road early tomorrow for a long weekend of op-shopping and relaxing.  We're heading north to Nowra, then down the coast, ending up in Eden then back via Cooma.

We've prepared a hitlist of likely opshops using the telephone directories (love public library collections!), the Vinnies and Salvos lists and Yellow Pages Online, but we've probably missed a few. 

Anyone go any South Coast favourites?

BTW - did you see you can now follow us on Twitter? 

Project Remake Workshop

Project Remake workshops are for anyone wanting to make the most out of their wardrobe by deconstructing and stitching with love and thought to create new items with interesting twists.


Join us, the Project Remake team – Paula, Michelle and Lee on Monday February 8th 7-9pm for our first workshop of the year to see the potential in your loved, but unused/underused, clothes.

OR drop in to see what we are doing and see some of our new creations.

When: Monday February 8th 7-9pm

Where: Federation Room (next to reception) Havelock House

Corner of Gould St and Northbourne Avenue, Turner

Cost: $20

No textiles/sewing experience necessary! Please contact us for information on weekly workshops if you are interested but cannot attend this day.

To RSVP, please email projectremake@gmail.com with ‘RSVP Workshop and the date in the subject line. Places are limited, so be quick!

Visit project remake at http://twicecut.wordpress.com/

Lifted from Canberra Handmade.

Vinnies Shoe and Handbag Sale

Vinnies Phillip, Queanbeyan, Gungahlin, Narrabundah and Dickson are having a shoe and handbag sale

Monday 8th - Saturday 13th February.

Shoes $4, handbags $3.

The woman at Phillip said she'd ordered in 5 huge cartons of handbags for the first day.

Pop Up Op Shop

Say that title after a Bailey's or two!

Today's Canberra Times reminds me that the Imanuel Lutheran Church Women's Guild has an op shop open tomorrow.

Imanuel Lutheran Church Hall
Cnr Corinna Street and Melrose Drive
Lyons

9am - 12 noon.

rit dye - can't find any stockists in Canberra

Perhaps this has been asked before - but the only fabric dye I can find in Canberra is for top loading machines, and in very limited colours (at Riot, Spotlight, etc).

I want to renovate a cream silk top and have always had success with 'Rit' brand - but no-one seems to stock it anymore. Any leads on this?

Peachy

A good day frugalling for us today.

I picked up a pair of brand new snow boots for $20 ($300 retail) at a garage sale, along with some sewing fabric at $1 a piece.

But best of all, four Fowler's jars for $1.50 each at YMCA  Belconnen.  The Old Flame and I are loving bottling fruit, and these jars (long with the two TOF picked up for $1 each last week) are excellent additions to the working collection. 

Anyone know of fruit or jars going spare?  Happy to pick our own if your tree is overloaded and you don't have the time or inclination to deal with it.

YMCA garage sales

First YMCA garage sale of 2010

Saturday 6 February

8am - 12 noon

in the YMCA building in park on Meuller Street, Yarralumla.

See you there.

St Paul's Op Shop Manuka

St Paul's Op Shop Manuka.

Scored three fabulous dresses.

Vinnies @ Tuggers

An unplanned drop in to Vinnies @ Tuggeranong scored some lovely finds. I spotted the red floral fabric of the sundress through the window of the shop while I was getting put of the car. The dress along with the in the Jane Austin Handbook are for Sage. While the red 'looks like new' beauty case will replace my twenty year old sewing case.

I have started collecting snoopy items to add to my mums 'Peanuts' collection - the Dear Mum mug made this purchase quite appropriate.

There was some fabulous fabric made up into curtains - but at $80 for two, Vinnies priced me out of the second hand curtain market.

Snowy Mountains Gem.

During a camping holiday, I stumbled upon my new favourite gem- the Adaminaby Op Shop. The op shop has a large selection of clothes, shoes, books. A cursory glance at the back section showed men and children's clothing and handbags. Unfortunately I did not have enough time as I would have pleased... impatient travelling companion. However, I did manage to purchase a fantastic tie front blouse.. $4. Fantastic.

Denison St
Adaminaby NSW 2629
(02)6454 1088

Not sure of opening hours however is open on a Saturday morning around 11am!