Trash Towers Dictionary

a/c - art crap. CK's fond term for the means of assuaging my addictions.

BSD - Been Seen Done. Devised while travelling the Great Ocean Road on CK's first Australian trip. Every lookout point was as fabulous as the previous and we got a little bit magnificenced out so rather than pull in we would shout BSD and keep driving.

Now general usage for when a situation is over or beyond repair.

bob - noun. Princess Curly- Wurly's word meaning all sweets, chocolate and yummy things.

blurry - (pr. to rhyme with hurry) Sth African/Zimbabwean term and my favourite polite swearword. Means kind of like bloody but usuable in mixed company. See 'Feck' & 'Eejit'

eejit - Irish term meaning 'idiot'. Suitable for use in polite company. Used by my Aunt Marion.

feck - Irish term used by my Aunt Marion so it cannot be rude!

ho-ho -(pr. with a short o). Zimbabwean word for bugs.

lani - (sp?) Sthn African word - means posh, expensive, elegant, stylish.

La Villa de Lamaca - (translates from Ital. as The houseof snails. My 'green' house out in the garden with all my a/c (ref: above) stuff in it. Built by CK and Babyman for me. CK lost his fingerprints over it. I cannot actually get in there at the moment!

lubbard - derived from 'beloved'. Devised by my then two y.o. son b/c unlike his sister he could not say 'Mother Beloved'. Usually prefaced by a noun.

OfStEd - Office for Standards in Education. Bossy civil servants who would like to see every child in formal, full-time education from birth.

Q.I. - Quite interesting.

terence - sobriquet applicable to all small children. Originated with one 'borrowed' child who could not pronounce ' terrorist' .

TG - exclamation. Thank God! An interesting choice for the dictionary of a recovering Catholic but is a phrase used by my Irish family and is now deeply fixed in my conversational repetoire. (reference also PG - Please God).

TGTH - The Great Trip Home. Alt. known as 'How I spent Christmas and N.Y 2008.









Thursday, 15 July 2010

OK non-believers, hold on to your hats!

This is said quilt in its finished and drapey state. Pretty, non?
Filled with lovely colours Emma Scrapbag put together, interesting texture in the chenille.
A mix of both my worlds with the inner fabric a blog friend gift and the outer a mix of shirts
(one of which I actually loved and wore - don't tell my mother about the other) and a dress belongum Princess C-W.

And then we have the binding.
Gorgeous girlie, frilly pretty binding a gift from a friend.
Binding that was machine-stitched on both sides.
Oh Patch Andi, you clever, clever girl to make me feel brave enough to try this.


And then we have several reasons why it took so long to actually finish completely and 100%.

15 comments:

Thimbleanna said...

It's beautiful Trashy!!! LOVE that binding!

婉婷 said...

良好的開端,已是成功的一半。.......................................................

Lucy Locket-Pocket said...

Oooh! That was weird! Blogger wouldn't let me leave you a comment!

Beautiful, lovely, pink-ly gorgeous quilt Trashy! I believe you now!!!

Locket xxx

wonderwoman said...

its absolutely beautiful and the binding looks fantastic!!

xx

Andi said...

What a pretty quilt, Trash!!!!!
The binding looks wonderful (thanks for the little plug). And the pretty trim around the edge is absolutely gorgeous!
Clever you!!

Joy said...

Love the quilt Trashy ... those are my favourite kind, filled with memories - and of course loads of pink ;o). That binding is fabulous!!!!
Hugs,
Joy :o)

Jo in TAS said...

Gawjus Trashy!! Love the finishing touch to the edges!!

nonblogger said...

hey i remember that shirt....

love the quilt and especially the binding, very natty!

our shabby cottage said...

Well done, it looks so pretty and I love the binding; I have never seen binding like that before.

Cass said...

Trash it lookds great I especially love the binding

Nikki said...

I Believe! I believe!!! (And - might I say? - I'm mighty impressed!!!)

Love ya work, clever clogs!

anna said...

oh, i LOVE it. such gorgeous colours and trim. yum.
i also love all the assistance you got along the way ;)

吳勇佩吳勇佩 said...

Pen and ink is wits plough. ............................................................

Miss Jenn said...

So pretty! I love those colors!

vanessa said...

Gorgeous binding! But, your little assistant! She's adorable! I've just been scouring your blog for more photos of her. Her Scottie origins show loud and clear don't they? I love Scottie dogs, would love to own one.
Love Vanessa xxx