With my foot surgery I was back and forth to Decorah a few times to see the doctor…for me, that means stops at the thrift store too.
Here’s my haul…fabric for fifty cents…a pincushion for a quarter, embroidery floss for $1.50 and my doll. Â The doll comes with her own story.
When I was little I remember going to the thrift store with my parents. Â It was an unusual day and my Dad was with. Â That didn’t happen often. Â My dad rarely left the farm. Â On this day he did. Â I was the only kid with as my older siblings were in school or working.
There was a doll at the thrift store in Owatonna. Â I really wanted her….really bad. Â I begged and begged. Â My mom and dad relented and bought the doll for me. Â Later on, she became know as “Janey”. Â My original Janey went back to the thrift store when I got older. Â As an adult, I regretted that choice and have LONG looked for a replacement.
Well I was at the thrift store and was in disbelief when I saw the doll. Â I didn’t care how much she cost. Â I was getting her. Â I carried her naked self around the store finishing my shopping. Â I got up to the counter and asked how much she was…. Â the answer….50 cents! Â SCORE. Â I finally found my Janey back.
Here’s a picture of my original Janey. Â She’s way on the left.
My niece and nephew are with her. Â She isn’t wearing her original dress here. Â I’ve been to ebay trying to find her original dress. Â Funny thing is…a couple years ago Hubby and I had seen the dress at an antique shop but I never bought it. Â Dang I wish I had.
To make the story all more interesting. Â Neighbor Girl thought the doll was creepy and actually asked me to put it away. Â Â She told me she had a nightmare about it. Â She dreamed the doll came to life and killed me. Â She even woke up crying….so although I am super happy about finding Janey, she had to get put away.
I was also super happy about finding the pincushion. Â I have always thought to start a pincushion collection but honestly, I never find them.
I’ll keep looking and if more come my way, I might have a collection yet. Â Who knows?
On my thrifting tour I also found lots of these…Yep, shirts.
I pulled out Bonnie’s Addicted to Scraps book. Â On my list is to make Moth in the Window and I want to make it with shirts so I collected some more.
While I had that book out I pulled Scraps and Shirttails II. Â Well…lets just say I think a lot of cutting will be happening in the future.
I am so blessed to have my thrift stores. Â People often laugh at my thrifting but I so love it. Â I hate regular stores..there’s no adventure or challenge to that!
I love thriftin! Hubby and I go quite often. Today I got 4 pieces of fabric for $3. Can’t beat that!
Great finds! How much do you pay for shirts? Here they are $3.50 and up. I look for the XL to XXXL to get as much fabric as I can.
Great finds, Jo! I love the pin cushion!!
Treasures indeed!
Love your baby doll. Guess what, the doll that is on the far right is my favorite. Ifound one in a garbage when my parents moved to San Francisco. It was covered in grease. I was 2 or 3. I cried Baby and wouldn’t leave her in there. My mom took her out and cleaned her up. She is still my favorite. My mom and I found one in a antique swap and we bought her. She stil is my favorite baby doll.
I am so jealous of your thrift store finds. I went to one of our thrift stores in Lloydminster
Saskatchewan and the cheapest mens shirt was $8 and it was not made of really good fabric
Palo and Alburnett are not too far from where I live. Used to get chicken feed ground at Alburnett Elevator and sold corn there.
Love the pincushion – it looks like it is needlepoint. About the doll – isn’t it funny what some people love and others find creepy!