Secret Sewing and Thrift Store Things
I am dying to share my completed sewing projects with you, but I've been working on gifts an don't want to spoil the surprise. Instead, here are some more thrifty finds if you'll humor me:
That new thrift store I told you opened up in my town? They recently had a half price day, and I also discovered that if you look at the date on their tags and the item has been in the store 14, 21, or 30 days, depending on the color tag, it's 25% - 50% off anyway! It's a complicated rule, but worth learning, don't you think?
Does anyone know if this showboat is McCoy?
Here was a pile of fun stuff: two vintage tableclothes (look at that pomegrante on the one on the bottom!), a plastic powder box, and a set of never-used coasters that look like lily pads, in the original box!
I couldn't resist the ferns and the coral colored accents with the black on this '70's needlepoint!
Up the street at another thrift store haunt, I found a Peanuts milkglass cup for my son, who's a huge fan of Snoopy, and this cute little Pfaltzgraf planter:
And I had to rescue this appliqued tablecloth, even though it was pretty stained in places; the daffodil appears in all four corners:
And don't forget the grab bag to go through later; it's like a treasure hunt, every time!
Lastly, I rescued poor Heathcliff at the Antique Flea Market some weeks ago:
No one does angst like Heathcliff!
I've never read it, have you? I can't wait. I did see the movie for the first time, starring Sir Laurence, on a windswept day at the sea when visiting a friend at her Victorian farmhouse near Bar Harbor, Maine. I'll always think of her and that day when I think of Wuthering Heights.
That new thrift store I told you opened up in my town? They recently had a half price day, and I also discovered that if you look at the date on their tags and the item has been in the store 14, 21, or 30 days, depending on the color tag, it's 25% - 50% off anyway! It's a complicated rule, but worth learning, don't you think?
Does anyone know if this showboat is McCoy?
Here was a pile of fun stuff: two vintage tableclothes (look at that pomegrante on the one on the bottom!), a plastic powder box, and a set of never-used coasters that look like lily pads, in the original box!
I couldn't resist the ferns and the coral colored accents with the black on this '70's needlepoint!Up the street at another thrift store haunt, I found a Peanuts milkglass cup for my son, who's a huge fan of Snoopy, and this cute little Pfaltzgraf planter:
And I had to rescue this appliqued tablecloth, even though it was pretty stained in places; the daffodil appears in all four corners:
And don't forget the grab bag to go through later; it's like a treasure hunt, every time!
Lastly, I rescued poor Heathcliff at the Antique Flea Market some weeks ago:
No one does angst like Heathcliff!
I've never read it, have you? I can't wait. I did see the movie for the first time, starring Sir Laurence, on a windswept day at the sea when visiting a friend at her Victorian farmhouse near Bar Harbor, Maine. I'll always think of her and that day when I think of Wuthering Heights.
Comments
A hint from my mother -- she soaks her old linens in spic n span with water and claims it gets everything out without hurting the item.
Blessings,
Christine
All the best,
Allison
wonderful finds, laurie...
Guess I couldn't just be a reader, had to comment and now join. See you soon!