Stash Report

I was thrifting and found some goodies.

Here’s my haul.

I was excited about this…Cross Stitch fabric!!  It’s 28 count linen.  I do small projects from time to time and this will come in handy for that…I love when thrifting makes my hobbies more affordable.  It was 50 cents for this piece.

This next piece was $3.  I measure and it’s 3 1/4 yards.  I am thinking it will likely be a quilt backing someday.

This next piece was in the bin, unmarked.  That means it’s 50 cents.  They didn’t think this piece was “desirable” so that’s why there is no special marking on it.  There is 2 1/4 yards in the bunch.  I can see this blending nicely with recycled shirt fabric.

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I was thrifting.  I walked into the door of my favorite one and I saw a basket.  I love these baskets.  I have a couple of them.  I made a bee line for the basket.  In my mind I thinking it couldn’t possibly be for sale.  Someone must have brought it in with them.  NOPE.  It was for sale.  It was $8.  That’s more than half price of a new one.  I really adore the baskets and I quickly grabbed it up.  This one was going home with me.

So rather than carry around an empty basket, I went and filled it with fabric.  Fabric and a basket…this was going to be a good day!!

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I was up at the antique mall in Harmony Minnesota where we have out antique booth.  It’s so tempting to go there.  Too often I end up buying something and bringing it home.  Can you believe it was fabric?

I had seen some fabric in one of the booths a bit ago but it was $4.50 for a Ziplock bag.  Still a deal but too much for me especially being I don’t “need” anymore fabric.  This time I passed by the booth and all the packages of fabric had been discounted.  Now that I could get it half off or better, I decided to give it a try.  This was three packages…so about $7.00 worth.

I sorted….I have quilt in mind for this and other scraps that have been coming in.

Dog prints are going in my novelty box for my someday quilt.

This piece of train fabric isn’t very big but I thought about making a pillow case with it for Carver.  He’s been a little train obsessed lately.  I’ve been trying to figure out how to use it being it’s so small.  I thought about putting one fabric on one side and a different fabric on the other.  Then he can choose which side he wants.  I’d keep the edging and the trim the same of both sides.

Some blacks for my black bucket.  My blacks got really depleted when I made an Halloween quilt that should be published here pretty soon.

There were some prints that would look good with a scrap bag I bought not to long ago.

And then my favorites…neutrals.  All of them are really printed.  I love that!  See? [Read more…] about Stash Report

Sometimes I hit it big…other times, not so much.

Recently I went to town with the promise of an auction, garage sales and thrifting.  I was so excited.

I got into town….the garage sales were a bust.  Thrifting was not fabulous.  The auction- meh.  See it happens to me too.  I go thrifting and sometimes don’t find much too.

But back to my auction.  The gal the runs the Just Precious Vintage shop in Decorah was at the sale.  It’s kind of awkward seeing people I know at sales especially when I know I’ll likely be bidding against them on a few things.  The thing I wanted was a button collection that was there.  Oh my.  It was in a frame- probably about 18″ X 24″.  It was a nice collection.  I bid and bid and bid but stopped at $45.  I shouldn’t have gone that high.  UGH.  I wanted though…but I didn’t get it.  After that there wasn’t much more I was even interested.  Everything was in that awful 1980’s to 2000’s era..nothing collectible…nothing that holds value.  Nothing I could sell…nothing I wanted so I packed up the few things I did buy, bought groceries and headed towards home.

Before I got all the way out of town I decided to stop at Goodwill quick.  I found these….

I opened the bundles to find….
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