{"id":1460,"date":"2013-09-03T22:20:04","date_gmt":"2013-09-03T21:20:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/?p=1460"},"modified":"2013-09-03T22:20:46","modified_gmt":"2013-09-03T21:20:46","slug":"successful-raid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/03\/successful-raid\/","title":{"rendered":"Another successful raid"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"48e5397a39c6ea4ae31e40d674b2fea7\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- july 2019 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9380921822254336\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9798147637\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1463\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1463\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/1-IMG_5588.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1463\" alt=\"More Plaid\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/1-IMG_5588.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/1-IMG_5588.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/1-IMG_5588-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1463\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">More Plaid<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Another trip to my local charity shop, I\u2019m light very little cash but I have 2 weenie little plaid shirts (age3) 50p each, and a ladies plaid shirt in a pretty lavender and cool green which will pretty up my planned plaid quilt with some more feminine colours.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1464\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1464\" style=\"width: 193px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/1-IMG_5589.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1464\" alt=\"ugly white skirt\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/1-IMG_5589-193x300.jpg\" width=\"193\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/1-IMG_5589-193x300.jpg 193w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/1-IMG_5589.jpg 412w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 193px) 85vw, 193px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1464\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ugly white skirt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A beautiful Monsoon Blouse for \u00a32, and the ugliest white skirt imaginable, which isn\u2019t even in my size, ruffles in all the wrong places, all so badly gathered and stitched in place, and an asymmetric hem, which hung down at the back and rose up at the front, a real horror. \u00a31.50<br \/>\nWhy? \u00a0You may well ask, although the skirt looked rather sad it was made of fine cotton lawn, and was lined in the same fabric, and edged in the some nice quality Guipure lace.<\/p>\n<p>The skirt was a supermarket brand, the materials were good but it was badly made, and badly designed. Who on earth wants a ruffle around the hips adding inches at the very place you want it to skim? And why stitch on and edge the ruffle in polyester thread which either was cream or has yellowed so making the whole skirt look grubby. The one thing you want from white clothing is the fresh look of pure white, grubby white will never be a good look.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1462\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1462\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/1-IMG_5587.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1462\" alt=\"The lace alone was worth it\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/1-IMG_5587.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/1-IMG_5587.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/1-IMG_5587-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1462\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The lace alone was worth it<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1465\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1465\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/1-IMG_5596.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1465\" alt=\"Only the ruffles went in the bin\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/1-IMG_5596-300x205.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/1-IMG_5596-300x205.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/1-IMG_5596.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1465\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Only the ruffles went in the bin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>So I bought it to cut up, and for \u00a31.50 and a little work I got more than a yard of fine white cotton lawn, not suitable for patchwork, but perfect for foundation piecing, and linings where you don\u2019t want what is underneath to show through; a white zip, a spare button, and 3 and a half yards of good white lace, which I\u2019m sure I\u2019ll find a use for. All I threw out was the ruffle.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1461\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1461\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/1-IMG_5586.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1461\" alt=\"Amish quilts\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/1-IMG_5586.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/1-IMG_5586.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/1-IMG_5586-300x162.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1461\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amish quilts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Lastly a completed embroidery, of an Amish scene with quilts! All I need now is to find a suitable frame for it, and it can hang in my workroom, 50p and there was another canvas in the bag with crewel wool, I might give that to a friend who does embroideries, as I doubt whether I will ever find time to stitch it myself.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> the ugliest white skirt imaginable, which isn\u2019t even in my size, ruffles in all the wrong places, an asymmetric hem, down at the back and up at the front.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11,3,447,1],"tags":[533,528,358,530,531,529,382,532,980,526,527],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1460"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1460"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1460\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1476,"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1460\/revisions\/1476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}