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Post by MTRuth on May 22, 2013 19:19:19 GMT
Way cool fabric Lyn. I don't think I've ever seen any fabric like that. I think your cosy is great.
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Post by Shepherdess on May 22, 2013 20:37:05 GMT
Lovely fabric, a great find. I like the way it went all squiggly on the mug cozy. How are you holding it closed under the handle.
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Post by lyn on May 22, 2013 21:12:54 GMT
I love the squiggliness too - a similar scarf, with yellows and turquoises running through it, was used for the nuno sea background (on blues and greens merino) in the sea dragon. Re: the mug cosy - it's just a simple clear plastic popper - quite a strong one though.  |
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Post by zed on May 23, 2013 9:27:23 GMT
I do the same, Lyn! Poundland is a good source too  The scarf worked brilliantly! I love the mug cozy @) My first thought was your sea dragon picture too |
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Post by koffipot on May 23, 2013 9:48:25 GMT
I love that fabric and it's given a great effect. Just beautiful |
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Post by MTRuth on May 23, 2013 16:19:45 GMT
OK - language confusion - what's a "clear plastic popper"? Is that a snap closure?  |
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Post by koffipot on May 23, 2013 16:36:35 GMT
Snap closure perhaps, is that the same as a press stud? And we're supposed to have a common language. |
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Post by MTRuth on May 23, 2013 18:22:30 GMT
I'm not sure what a press stud is either. I guess I'll need a photo if someone has one.
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Post by lyn on May 23, 2013 19:57:31 GMT
Yes Ruth - it's an invisible snap closure a.k.a. press stud. They're available in many sizes and they 'disappear' quite well because the clear plastic takes on the colour of the fabric.
Our tongues are merging.....slowly.....most people now refer to them as snap closures, but I was brought up with the old fashioned term 'popper' and that's the word I use without thinking. But it makes sense because when you pull them apart, they 'pop'.
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Post by MTRuth on May 23, 2013 20:12:33 GMT
That's what I figured Lyn but I wanted to make sure. I don't know if we have clear plastic ones like that. I'll have to check and see.
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Post by Karen on May 24, 2013 23:26:57 GMT
Gorgeous fabric Lyn and I love the mug cosy to, we call them press studs here but I've never heard popper lol
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Post by Shepherdess on May 25, 2013 12:13:50 GMT
Press stud I knew but not popper. Karen, it was just recently that I learned that waltzing Matilda was going for a walk in the bush and not someone that wanted Matilda to dance with him. |
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Post by koffipot on May 25, 2013 16:34:04 GMT
Love it Ann! Many years ago I worked with an Australian who was asking where the Sellotape (sticky tape) was kept - but they have a different word for it down under, which has a very different meaning in UK!! We were a bit shocked as we wondered what she was going to get up to on the Eye Dept!! Karen will understand. |
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Post by Shepherdess on May 26, 2013 2:18:21 GMT
I have to know what it is now.
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Post by lyn on May 26, 2013 8:36:56 GMT
Ann - these links may prove educational with regard to English/Australian usage of certain words. linklink |
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