Stash Report

So I was at the thrift store and went to the fabric section…this is what I saw!  Oh boy.

There were TOTES of fabric bundles.

Close up the bundles looked like this.

Hmmm….do I really need more fabric?  I’ll never find cheaper fabric really.  It was $3 per bunch.

I dug some more and then almost laughed right out loud in the store.  This was a package of fabric that was there….read what is written on it!!!  It says my name right on the package….”JO”.

After digging through the fabric I looked at other things….Here’s a Singer 503.  Tempting and pretty….  $35.  The tag says runs but I never know what that means.

So any guesses on what came home with me?  This…. [Read more…] about Stash Report

Saturday I went to Decorah.  I needed a prescription filled so I had an excuse…and there was an auction in town…and I could stop at the thrift stores.  I planned to go to Harmony after Decorah if there was time.  I had a big day planned.

I started out going to the auction first.  I wasn’t impressed.  There were a few things I was interested in but it looked like they would be at the end of the auction.  They were already selling coins…after that STACKS AND STACKS of comic books.  There was a never ending amount of Christmas and decorative things.  All of it was modern and completely not my style.  The furniture was that awkward aged furniture…just old enough that it wasn’t way modern and not old enough to we antique.  The place was PACKED.  No deals would be gotten with the crowd that was there.  I decided that I wasn’t sticking around for the few things I was interested and took off and did my errands.

The thrift stores were my first stop.  I had a load of things I was dropping off.  When I’m at an auction and I buy a box of treasures I take it home, sort through it and the things that I think might be desirable but not appropriate for our style of reselling, I box them up and move them out to the thrift stores.  Then I went in to shop.

I didn’t find much…two pieces of fabric came home with me.  When I got them home the piece of the left had five yards in it.  I thought I could use it for a backing for a quilt made with shirts.  The other bundle was fat quarters.  Six were in the bunch.  The bunches were 50 cents each.  Yahoo!!

From there I went to another thrift store.  I ended up finding clothes that I’ll pass along to the grand kids.  I found rain boots that look like fireman boots for Carver and clothes for Scotty.  I also got some 100% cotton shirts.  That’s about it.

Next up to Walmart for my prescription…(Remember the thing I came to town for)  Bahahaha…we all it was for junking I’m fooling no one…especially not Hubby.

From there I saw that my favorite little vintage shop was open.  It’s called Just Precious Vintage.  Find them here on Facebook.  I love going there.  The shop is tiny but oh-so cute.

The shop is open various weekends.  A daughter rents out her carriage house garage to her mom who sets up shop and sells her goodies a few weekends a month over the nice weather months.  I can’t go there without buying something.  I always love her stuff.  Take a look…. [Read more…] about Stash Report and Just Precious Vintage

When I was thrifting I found some great wool pieces. They were $1 each.  YAHOO!!

If you have purchased wool before, you know that that is a steal for wool.  Both are in excellent shape and there is yardage of each.

Kelli was here a couple weeks ago during my big sewing room redo and sorted my wool.  I have a lot.  I aspire to do wool projects but lack of organization and time have prevented me….I also have about four other hobbies that I love so it’s so hard to pick and choose.

I did promise Kelli no more wool….but these two are perfect and the price…PERFECT!  So I bought them.  I have projects in mind for them….

Remember the Buttermilk Basin projects Kelli and I want to do?  These are the patterns I bought.

I think the purple would be perfect for the NEST project.

Kelli bought these…. [Read more…] about Stash Report…all about wool