Weekend Finds

Have I told you how thrilled I am that it's finally yard sale season in Maine? I'm sure I have, because I'm such a dork about it. This weekend, despite the heavy rain (again. ugh.), I ventured out, giddy with joy to hit the church rummage sales. And what treats I found!!

First, some sweaters for felting and sewing with. Mostly for diaper covers I think. But I'm psyched to see what that orange/yellow one does when it shrinks up--perhaps it would be a good handbag?

 
Second, whole bunches of vintage napkins (check out the blue and orange! wow!), an apron, sewing notions, and some patterns.

And then....the motherload of patterns. About 40 vintage knitting and crochet patterns to add to my ridiculous growing stash of these. I LOVE looking at these, and I swear, someday I'm going to have the time to make more from them! They were a nickel each--heavenly!!

And....(drumroll, please) saving the best for last, LOOK AT WHAT I FOUND!!! A vintage butterfly quilt.....oh my god, I love, love, love this.  The fabrics! The condition! The colors! And I know this is totally tacky to do, but I have to tell you what I paid for it. 2 bucks. I was almost hyperventilating until I got it in my car--sure someone was going to snatch it away, or at the very least, change the price!

Whew. Is next weekend's treasure hunting really 5 whole days away? :(

Comments

[Nicole]

Oooh my what a find that quilt is! SCORED!

[kelly]

Wonderful finds! I wish our yard/rummage/garage sales were that good! Maybe because your yard sale season is so much shorter than ours (California), the score ratio is much higher...

[amy k.]

oh! &%$#@!&**%$@!- I am screaming!!!! oh-I was already freakin' with all the goodies BEFORE the quilt-sweet jesus! the round corners! the yellow! the butterflies! I really did yell. Pete had to come look and see what was going on! dang girl-you scored!!! and the patterns are so rad-can can just say let's do a SWAP (again :)

[Gemma]

2 Bucks! 2 Bucks!! 2 Bucks!!! Amazing!!!!

[myra]

Wha? Huh? 2 dollars?? No way! That is amazing! And you hit the mother load with all that other stuff too. You definately have better yards where you live then the ones around here! ;)

[Leslie]

All of your steals are DREAMY. Positively D-R-E-A-M-Y! Lucky duck!

And I love all your creations from recent posts -- the totes and pouches are wonderful!!! ;)

Hope you had a grand Mom's Day!

[Cassi]

Wow! Lucky, lucky you! I'd be thrilled with a tenth of what you got. How could someone let that quilt go for $2? I'm glad it's with someone who appreciates it now ;)

[froggy]

what a quilt!

[Kathie]

That quilt is awesome. I loved it even before I found out you only paid $2. Wow! Lucky, lucky, you. And lucky baby #3--especially if she's a girl!

Kathie

[elizabeth]

girl, how lucky are you. not only did you score some loverly things, but that quilt for only 2 bucks!!!!!! and its in great condition.

[kathreen]

you are the bargain hunting queen.

[jenn]

lucky! I love that quilt!! I am not that far away..in NH. yard sale season has also begun for me! love it!! sometimes I can hardly sleep on friday night if there are good ones that saturday. how dorky is that??!!!

[joy madison]

amazing!!! I need to start doing that! Mainly I need to turn off the tv and do stuff period...it's taking up too much of my time:)

[sarah]

Sorry I keep posting, just totally inspired by your site. I'm currious how to make diaper covers using wool sweaters. I have a nice stash of some that my hubby has ruined for me and once they shrunk (and after the inititial anger was over LOL) I was thinking how cool they looked all tightly knit and all. I had concidered this before I saw your post and was thinking the one red one I have would make a kick-butt rad wool diaper cover for my Ruby or possibly a bag or mittens but not sure how to do it.. I wanted it kinda like the Aristocrats kind...any suggestions?

[phillet]

Cool felting objects.
Please post some pictures showing the sweater laid out before you cut them up!