Bits of Australian History - 1952

Much happened in Australian in 1952, here are just a few points of what was happening in Australian that year.

King George Vl dies - February 6th, 1952.

16th of November - Lang Hancock discovers iron ore in Western Australia.

Mervyn Richardson invents the Victa Lawnmower.

Australia at war with North Korea (begain in 1950).

Australian Calendar for 1952

Dame Joan Sutherland makes her London debut.

Harris & Nugent Fabrics are established, sold in 2010 to Verve Designer Collections.

Want more? Wiki has a lot more detail, I just selected bits of what I know and what I've found, plus some random stuff I dug up off the Internet. Hope your all having a good week.

Old and New

The week before last I brought a new camera but the that evening Atomic Dad went to a work dinner and WON a new camera, really that's just ironic. The camera he won is better then the one I brought so I'm keeping it and taking the other back, I just don't know that much about it.

Here is the old camera, it has been through a lot with us.

And the new camera. It seems really easy to use and take smooth images.

The box says it's a Kodak EasyShare M580. For mean time I'm still read the booklet that came with it and playing with all the buttons. Hopefully once the rain calms down for a bit I can get some nice shots of the garden and outside but till then we are stuck inside.

Sunday Sewing - Simplicity 4825

This great little apron was a gift for a friends birthday, the first of my homemade gift's for the year. I only brought 1m of this fabric, at the time I just thought it was so cute but had no idea what I would make with it. After coming across Simplicity 4825 I just knew the two would go great together, it also takes one off my To Do List.

Wroking Wordrobe - Step 1 - Patterns

Pattern has been selected. I played around with many ideas till I sat down and talked it out with Atomic Dad, he really does know me better then I do, and came to an agreement. I need a suit pattern as I don't have one, this one is from So Vintage Patterns and I just feel in love with it.

I only have enough tweed to make one Jacket or skirt and will base all the other fabric options on how well they match the tweed. While I started looking through my stash it was very easy to realise I just didn't have anything work worthy or that matched the tweed.

So while I look for suitable fabric I will get to work on something else. I also plan to do a draft in cotton of the Jacket before I make it, this will help me get a better fit without working the fabric too much. I should of done this with my green 60's dress, lesson learned.

Hope your all having/had a great week end.

Thrifty 365: February Review

I lost the first week of this month, and most of the second, due to Cyclone Yasi. Boy was she a big one.

The "Do's" I did
Homemade bread (not photo's to prove it but it's true)
Went to 3 different thrift/secondhand store's, didn't buy anything but it was funny. One I wont be going back to as it wasn't my kind of store.
The "Do Not's" I did
Well I'd didn't do much  so this was easy and since I stayed away from fabric shop's I didn't buy anything I didn't need.

Other Bits
Brought new gym shoes, I put this in line with underwear, must only buy new.

Overall this month was a bit of a loss but while I didn't do lots of "do's" I also didn't do lots of "do not's". Well can't have every thing. Join in or learn about Thrify 365 here.

Something Other then Sewing

I have not been myself for sometime and have been trying different things to give me a pick me up. One of those things is painting but not the sort you might think of first. Long ago when I saw more free with my time and well before children were any were near idea's in my mind I used to paint. Paint what you might ask? Well anything that I could. Then I came across a game called Warhammer and fell in love with the detailed art work. This game also happened to be a hobby of Atomic Dad's (no this is not how we meet) and not too surprising he was delighted that I wanted to paint his armies for him.

After many years of on again, off again painting, I have gone back to it for something else to do. This hobby is many produced by Games Workshop and one of the stores has opened in our town and has really go the creative vibe flowing again. I thought I would share some of what I have been up to, but I must worn you this is a WAR game and as such lends it's self to death and blood and lots on none G rated stuff, Oh and not retro at all. (well we do have some of the retro stuff from the good old days)

Now the photo's are not that great, borrowed camera, and they are so small they fit in your hand.

I know so far from retro and sewing it's not funny but I am hoping a change is as good as a holiday, as they say. I am currently painting a man for Atomic Dad that is for a painting comp this week end, I currently am hoping to place well, let alone win.

Hope your all having a good week and an even better week end.