Giveaway! Two Brown Patchwork Scarves! [CLOSED]

 It's giveaway time!

A friend gave me these two scarves.
I'm simply NOT a lace person.

They are identical, except the position of the patches is reversed.
Taupe lace, and burnout velvet. Brown crushed velvet. Multicolor brocade.

I will pick two winners randomly.

a Rafflecopter giveaway 

[3.31] We have winners!

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Rena's Fine-Whatever

Michele's Potpourri

Layer Up

 Baby, it's cold outside!

1958

1962

1964

OK, maybe it's not that cold here in Los Angeles.
I'm still wearing layers though! I am a SoCal wimp!
[I wrote this a week ago. Now we're having a heat wave. I'm wearing a tee shirt].

The 2022 uniform.

This is what I wear INSIDE! 

It's usually colder inside the house than outside, especially when the sun is shining.

The layers:

• Wool Nepalese hat with fleece lining.
• Alpaca wool scarf Ketzali
• Colorblock wool cardigan, Gudrun Sjödén

on top of

• Cotton turtleneck, Lands End, size 3X

on top of

• Wool tank top
• CrAzY leggings, Lularoe
• Chenille cat themed socks
• Leopard slides, Sam Edelman

See how other bloggers are Layering!

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Michele"s Potpourri

#SecondHandSeptember Accessories

Let's talk scarves. Scarves always fit.

Well, most of the time anyway.

I got this one "dumpster diving" at Otis Fashion.
I'm sure it was a rejected experiment from the Textile Class, the fabric dying lesson.

It barely fits around my neck.
I like the funny faces and I'm keeping it.
Thanks, unknown Otis Fashion student!

Let's look at the wall of scarves behind me:

Which ones are second hand?

All of these!

In 2015 I did a month-long blog challenge where my fake persona Enid catalogued some of my scarves.
Here's the link.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Don't Tread On Me Bathmat

Society6 has yet another new printed product: Bathmats!
And look, they're on sale!

This particular sale is 20% off EVERYTHING with FREE international shipping.
It runs until midnight tonight (1/29), PST.

If you didn't want a bathmat (I know, it's a weird graphic for a bathmat),
there will be another, bigger sale on Wednesday, 2/1:
40% Off + Free Worldwide Shipping on Select Products:

• Phone Cases
• Clear Cases
• Laptop Sleeves
• T-shirts
• Leggings
• Pouches
• Totes
• all Mugs
• Cards
• Notebooks

Starts: Wednesday, 2/1 at 12:00am PT
Ends: Wednesday, 2/1 at 11:59pm PT

If you would like YOUR sketch on one of those sale items, let me know ASAP so that I can upload it before Wednesday night.

Ruth wore a purple tee with her sketch to my Fashion Rainbow reception in December.
So meta.
I'm wearing my 3.1 Phillip Lim x Target scarf that I made into a tunic.

But that's not all! 

[do I sound like a late night "As Seen on TV" ad?]

To further complicate your shopping choices, I've also created a shop on Redbubble*.
There are an interesting variety of things you can get printed with my imagery, SCARVES particularly drew my attention. I've been wanting to print on scarves for many years.

$35!! I'm getting one and will report back on the quality.

Happy shopping! I get small commissions from Society6 and Redbubble and I thank you for your patronage.
One drawback from these services is that I'm not told who my collectors are. If you've purchased something of mine, do shoot a photo and share it on IG, FB, or Twitter. Tag me @annembray on IG and Twitter, Anne M Bray on FB. THANKS!

Or, even better, I'll make I made a Happy Shoppers page with a linkup and you can link there.

*Hat tip to Catherine of Not Dressed As Lamb for enlightening me about Redbubble!

52 Pick-me-up: Navy / Quest

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We are finishing off our seven weeks of blue hues with Navy.

I was all set to have this be a post about Poshmark and selling this Navy and wine striped dress from Uniqlo:

That's not a pin at my chest. It's the size sticker.
I was going to sell it NWT [new with tags]

A funny thing happened while I was taking my product shots...

Rare view of my butt.

I decided that I liked it after all and I'm not going to sell it!
It's super comfortable!
I just need to remove the pockets -- the pocket bags are too bulky on my hips.
My hips are big enough, thankyouverymuch.

Here's the saga of why I have this new dress that I thought I didn't like:

Remember the Uniqlo Del Amo store opening that I attended back in October?
Remember the flannel shirt that was too small?
I found it online in my size, along with some bright tees that weren't at Del Amo either. The dress looked cute on the model (don't they always), it was on sale for $19.98, and I added it to my cart.

Upon arrival, it didn't live up to my fantasies (a hazard of online shopping). I wanted to send it back, but a mail-in return was going to incur a "restocking charge". Sigh. I could return it to a local Uniqlo store but never made it within the 30-day deadline because of a combo of laziness and the holiday season (I don't "do" malls during November/December).

Anyway.
It's a keeper, for now. I like how it looks with the argyle tights.

••• 

Back to the subject of Poshmark.
I've had some success with sales, and have racked up some "bank" to shop with.
I went on a Quest for Mexican huipils, etc, and found this:

Yes!
Mine!

I thought from the photos that it'd be a darker blue, but that's OK. It's lovely.

Signing in at Patti's Visible Monday, like always.
I'll also link this up with Judith's Hat Attack for April.

Navy or any other Blue / Quest -- Link and tell!
I'm changing up the link-up schedule and will have it open for a longer period starting next week.
For this week, here are all the "BLUE" linkups. I've reopened them, so add to whichever shade of blue you coordinate with. ;-)

Ink Blue or Navy

Sapphire

Blueberry, Denim

Aqua

Sky Blue

Electric Blue

52 Pick-me-up: Crimson / Complacency / Daring

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More Vancouver Meetup, the Crimson Fibres [Canadian spelling] edition.

A pile of scarves at Maiwa 

Meet Louisa of Damselfly's Delights:

Louisa took Pat [Project Minima] and me on a tour of some of her favorite fibre shops on Granville Island.
You can read all the places and get links in her post here.

Me, I'm going to show you pretty pictures of fibre art that is crimson colored.

More scarves from Maiwa

Felt balls at Maiwa. Not really crimson. But FELT BALLS people!
Oh. Sorry. You didn't know about this obsession of mine. Moving on...

Or natural and not yet dyed:

More Maiwa

Scarves at Silk Weaving Studio

Is it string or yarn --can't remember my weaving terminology. Silk Weaving Studio

We then took a bus back to the mainland, had some delicious lunch, and forged on to Dressew.
[I am slowly posting amusingly weird fabrics that I found over on my Pattern Recognition blog].
I became overwhelmed at Dresssew and had to go sit out front in a Husband Chair.
Pat eventually joined me. Louisa wore us out! We couldn't make it to the button shop.

Pat,  not disclosing her carbonated beverage, my sunglasses frames c/o Ditto [see sidebar]

So what's with all the textiles?
The chief subject for contemplation this week in Tori's Toolkit [where I'm getting the colors and key words, remember?] is diving down and recognizing and acknowledging dreams perhaps overlooked in the day to day grind. Have I ever got one -- getting my Masters in Textiles at RISD. There. I typed it. Whoa, I have the jitters. That's all I'll say for now.

Wearing crimson red, resisting complacency, being daring -- link and tell!

[Enid] Z is for the Zodiac Scarf

ENID/

Transcription:

4.30  Z
This is the end? I have reached the Zs?
This "punishment" wasn't as bad as I thought.
How does Miz Bagg know these things?

[Enid] Y is for the Yellow Scarf from Patzquaro

ENID/

Transcription:

4.29  Y
Yep.
I'm actually going to miss the scarf closet.
I HAVE BEEN BRAINWASHED!
Yikes.

[Enid] X is for the X and Os Scarf

ENID/

Transcription:

4.28  X
Kisses and hugs to my pal Bella!
How did her scarf make it into this collection?
Unknown, X factor.

[Enid] W is for Windowpane Weave Sari Scarf

ENID/

Transcription:

4.27  W
Wahoo!
Wonderful!
Only one Week to go on this Wretched Work.
Cannot Wait.

[Enid] V is for Vicky Peck's Vintage Scarf

ENID/

Transcription:

4.25  V
Victory over these blasted scarves will soon be mine.
I foresee only ONE MORE WEEK.
Cannot wait.

[Enid] U is for an Underwear Fabric Scarf

ENID/

Transcription:

4.24  U
An Underwear scarf?
Unbelievable.
It's nice and soft though.
Maybe It'll have to be diverted into my "private collection".
Undercover, you know.

[Enid] T is for Territory Ahead Indian Scarf

ENID/

Transcription:

4.23  T
The printer situation has not been resolved - nobody has TIME.
I snuck into the graphics dept to get this card printed (they hate it when we use their printer. So Territorial!)

[Enid] S is for Souvenir South Dakota Scarf

ENID/

Transcription:

4.22 S
Stop everything!
Miz Bagg had one of her fits and fired Jasmine. No!
Jasmine was our office mom!
She brought in morning treats and made the coffee. I mean, I don't really know what she "did" - except get the office supplies. Which Segways into my current problem. Color printer needs cyan ink. Who is going to get it?
Today's sketch is how Jasmine would wear the scarf.

[Enid] R is for Rosemary Brantley Scarf

ENID/

Transcription:

4.21  R
Rawr.
As I Rot away in this dank dark Room,
I dream of Riding in a Roadster, Roof down on Route 66.

[Enid] Q is for Mr. Quint's Shibori Scarf

ENID/

Transcription:

4.20  Q
Question:
Why am I sorting this one with Q and not S (shibori) or J (Japanese)
Ha! It is my evil plot to make Mizzz Bagg have to go on a Quest to locate it.
Job security.

[Enid] P is for Patucci's Knit Scarf

[ENID]

Transcription:  

4.18 P
Oh Preety Pleeeese let me go get my Party on!
Who made the rule about working on Saturdays anyway?
Prig.

[Enid] O is for the Oaxaca Rebozo

[ENID]

Transcription:  

4.17 O
Oaxaca.
Wouldn't that be a cool place to visit?
Not on a road trip with SpyGirl, mind you.
She would be a terror on the Mexican highways.

[Enid] N is for a Nancy Cook Smith Scarf

[ENID]

Transcription:  

4.16 N
I'm Nuts over this Nubbly boucle scarf. Almost makes this Never ending task worth the Nuisance.
Note: NancyCookSmith.com

[Enid] M is for Mercedes' Scarf

ENID/

Transcription: 

4.15  M
Milestone!
Hit the half-way Mark in the alphabet in this Merciless task.
Make it end soon.