Ashburton Op Shop MONTHLY GARAGE SALE this FRIDAY 2 Sept.

If you need a bit of furniture, [but not the chair above, that's mine]  or a few electrical items, some tools, golf clubs,  a  garden chair, some sporting equipment or a magazine rack, drop into the Ashy Op Shop this Friday morning ~ they are having their monthly Yard Sale out in the plaza in front of the shop on the corner of High Street and Welfare Parade, just near the Railway Station.  Starts around 10am and goes thru until all is sold, or 1pm ~~ whichever comes first!
you can of course also pop into the shop to find a heap of bargains, especially as all LADIES wear is 50% off all week.
The shop is open Five Days a Week from 10am to 4.30pm, AND.. all day Saturday, which is a real bonus, 9.30am to 4pm.


All profit goes back into the local community, thru Ashburton Support Services.

Fabrics for my stash, but no magazine article!

I found these at the Eltham Brotherhood shop yesterday and was very pleased with myself. The 2 yards of orange spotted cotton ($3.50) is absolutely perfect for a quilted wall hanging I've been planning, but couldn't find the right fabric until now. The floral piece was $2.50. The white stuff $2.50)that looks like curtain fabric but was labelled 'food cover' has more uses to me and other friends who dabble with paints...great effects can be created with materials with holey patterns;-)

I don't know what happened about the article that was supposed to appear in the City Weekly magazine. I've been keeping an eye out for both the City Weekly and our local version of it, but I haven't seen any mention of me and opshopping. Have I missed out on it?? The journalist isn't answering my calls, and I never had a contact name or number for the photographer, so I have no way of finding out what is going on. Are you there Fourth Daughter??

Lions Club Trash and Treasure

Blackburn North Lions Club's next trash and treasure sale will be held on:

Saturday, 3 September 2011.

Same time: 8am to 1pm

Same place: 1st Vermont Scout Hall, located near the corner of Canterbury Rd and Mitcham Rd, Vermont.

Weekend Haul

Tommy Hilfiger vest $10.49 - Savers Dandenong (with the 20% student discount available every Sunday)
French Connection cardigan $12.99 - Savers Dandenong (with 20% student discount available every Sunday)

Mirror $10 - Oakleigh Vinnies

more on diamond creek

I received an email about the closure of the Diamond Creek op shop. Here is an edited version:

"Austin Health is in the process of selling the landmark land and buildings, housing the Diamond Creek Austin Health Opportunity Shop, located at 42-44 Main Hurstbridge Road, Diamond Creek.

The Op-Shop has been operated by volunteers for over 40 years, and raises approximately $100k per annum for the purchase of medical equipment for the hospital. Volunteers have recently been fundraising to raise the funds required to upgrade the buildings to increase shopper comfort. The buildings are un-insulated, un-heated, and un-air-conditioned making them stifling hot in summer and freezing cold in winter.

While the volunteers have been fundraising, the hospital has been exploring options to sell the property. Fast food restaurants have previously expressed interest in the site. It is believed that Austin Health will receive over a $1 million for the site.

The Op-Shop provides a much need service to the local community, by providing cheap second hand clothing, books, furniture and household items to the people of the Diamond Valley and beyond. Victims of the Black Saturday bushfires are amongst the regular customers. Closure of the Op-Shop will add to the financial burden of those customers who are facing financial difficulty.

A sale is going to be held on September 10, to clear stock.

If you want the Op-Shop to stay open, please email or write to Austin Health and protest the closure and sale of a Diamond Creek icon."

Diamond Creek Op Shop to close

Diamond Creek icon shuts its doors

Vinnies, Briar Hill.

I can never pass Vinnies in Briar Hill without dropping in, they are such a great shop.
Patchwork and craft mags for 50c each, and a lovely bag to carry them in - free!!

Canvas boards, $3 each. They possibly weren't such a bargain, as I'm sure they only cost a few dollars at the Reject shops...

Art deco doiley $3.

Another beautiful doiley $2.50. These were both in a glass case, as part of a display of glassware. Sometimes the opshops don't like to sell them as the doilies enhance the other items, but the Vinnies lady was happy to sell me both.



This photo is of some of the unframed cross stitch and embroidered items I've collected at opshops. I am in the process of sewing a black border around each one, and then I'll incorporate them into a quilt. I can't make up my mind what kind of fabric to use as the background - plain or patterned? In this picture they are lying on the carpet. I don't want the background fabric to detract from the individual pieces, but a plain colour might be too simple. Any ideas?