Wowzers! Hubs and I hit the Estate Sale Jackpot yesterday! It was a blast. So much of what I scored was actually free and headed for the landfill! :::Sigh::: Don't people understand yet? Geesh! That's why my business
ARTful Salvage was born. I cannot fathom how much is thrown away that is still usable. You can see some of my goodies on my other blog
here. Someday, and maybe soon, we may find ourselves wishing we weren't so quick to throw so much away. If you want a good read about something that is timely and newsworthy right now check out the 4 part book series by
Terri Blackstock, the Restoration Series. Let's just say the solar storms that are happening right now could have quite an effect. :) Anywho......I digress. On to the bargains:
From the FREE piles and headed for the landfill comes piles of vintage linens and the like. Some are perfect, some are flawed. Personally I like the later.....aren't we all a little bit flawed? I like the history of a piece and the fact that is was lovingly used in a family, not stuffed into a drawer! Here are SOME of the pieces I was given!
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| chenille bedspread for cutting |
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| sheets |
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| Table Runner |
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| hand painted on a Giant piece of canvas part #1 |
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| hand painted on a Giant piece of canvas part #2 |
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| Embroidery |
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| Embroidery |
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| Crazy Quilt pillow beginnings |
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| Vintage Curtains |
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| Pillowcases |
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| Embroidery |
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| Navy Crying Towel |
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| Silk Shabby Chic Satin Pillow Case |
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| Embroidery |
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| Set of 20 pink embroidered doiles |
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| Embroidery |
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| Embroidery |
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| Embroidery |
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| Embroidery |
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| Embroidery |
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| Embroidery |
My in the process bedroom makeover is going to be done in my 2 fave colors black and pink, especially deep hot magenta pink. I am making a quilt for the bed and want to cover it with co-ordinating piles of fun pillows. Ta-Da.....I found 8 pink pillows at this one sale.
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| Pink Pillows |
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| Pintuck Pink Pillows |
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| Crocheted Pink Pillows |
I also bought a pile of some vintage fabrics to play with. I should have bought more but I couldn't carry much more! LOL Besides these were by far my faves.
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| Beautiful Yards of Silk |
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| Black glittery fabric |
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| Fabric |
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| Fabric |
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Then came the vintage sewing notions.....begin salivating now my friends. This girl LOVES ric-rac with a passion, especially vintage ric-rack. Well lookee here.....packages and packages of this delightful notion along with oodles of lace seam tape and a couple of goodies I had never seen before.
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| Lace Tape |
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| Rick Rack |
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| Loop Braid |
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| Lace Tape |
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| Rick Rack |
Oh and this box of wooden spools of sewing thread and piles of vintage snaps, hooks, buckles and closures, along with a nifty button maker and button making parts.
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| Snaps and Hooks |
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| Snaps and Hooks |
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| Wooden Spools of Thread |
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| Wooden Spools of Thread |
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| Notions |
One of my faves for $1 was this box of Work Basket mags from the 60's, 70's and 80's. Totally groovy! I love that they sometimes have iron on embroidery patterns. I'll share them at a later date. There is an amazing set of Oriental themed ones! Sweet!
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| Work Baskets |
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| Work Baskets |
Can you say FUN, day! I spent $20 total for all these goodies plus a few more that will make their way over to
ARTful Salvage today or tomorrow! :)
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