The Mystery Lot Part 2

I should have mentioned yesterday that I was hoping to find some embroidery thread in this lot, but alas, didn't happen. This is another pre-quilted panel that is about crib size. Of course Patches is a yellow dragon, two of my least favorite things, but I think I'll bind the panel, wash it and donate it to my Goodwill. That will be good for my soul. :)

Ditto on this pre-quilted cut -n-sew panel of Sesame Street baby bibs. Okay, I might have to keep Oscar; he was always my favorite character.

The embroidery portion of this lot was obviously describing the stamped pillowcases.

The original owner was very fond of embroidering pillowcases. Each of these piles are a matching set of two.

As are these.

And these.

And these! Ha. Tell you what, even if I don't embroider them, I'll never have to buy another pillowcase in this lifetime and the next. :)

I found enough cheater quilt panels to make a set of four matching pillows.

And now for weirdness: In the lot I found a huge pile of these 29" X 28" white cotton utility cloths -- twenty-one of them, to be exact. They had been saved for so long the adhesive from the labels dyed a gold patch on the fabric. I don't think they're shop rags, as they're too nice. Maybe reusable dusting cloths?

The oddball bits are the finale, and they're definitely a bizarre assortment: a small yarn loom, 5 mini and 1 standard size bars of soap, cream lace binding, an embossing wheel with flowers, a package of darning needles, two small plastic embroidery hoops, a pocket sewing kit advertising a funeral home (yes -- creeped me out, too), and a roll of wide black twill tape.

It's not what I hoped for, but in a way it's so much more than I hoped for, too. I love the randomness and weirdness, the vintage kits, the kitchen towel from 1980, and especially the mystery surrounding all of it. I'll never know why the original maker saved all this stuff, but I will do my best to recycle and reuse what I can.

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Other Stashes

Along with clearing out the spare bedroom and tidying my office and our guest bedroom, I decided to reorganize some of my stashes. This is all the yarn I have on hand, sorted by color. It looks like a lot, but lately I've been using up a minimum of half a bin every month, so this is approximately a year's supply. All of my solid color cotton perle thread. I go through a lot of this every year, too. I need a container in which I can fit all of it together, but I haven't found the right one yet. I won't show you all of my fabric -- I'm still reorganizing this stash -- but I went through everything and donated two bins of fabric I won't need to the local quilter's guild.

Goodwill Gamble #2 Arrives

My second Goodwill gamble arrived; this is one I paid ten bucks for last month. Just inside the lid was a big roll of plastic mesh that I think is for latchhook work. In the auction listing it looked like fabric to me, so that was unexpected. Someone at the seller's end was nice enough to put a note on this pinned fabric. I'll put on my gloves before I take it out to inspect it. The embroidered green fabric turned out to be 1-1/2 yards of sequinned and three-dimensional designer fabric. I'll guess this cost somewhere between $20.00 to $30.00 a yard, and it's in pristine condition. But here's a shot of everything in the lot, which is mostly crafty odds and ends with a small amount of cotton fabrics, a large amount of synethetic fabrics, and some other surprises. The original owner of these was probably a Catholic school teacher; these beads, crosses and medallions are the kind of rosary kits for kids to make at Sunday school or Bible camp (and s...

Love Means This

Invested in a couple of hand-dyed bundles from one of my favorite fabric artists. This one said "Make me into something for Valentine's Day." So I went for a quilted and embellished tote. I kept thinking about what love means to me as I worked on it. Here's the finished tote. Although I was tempted to embellish with beads and pins, I got sick and only felt well enough to do a little stitching every night. As I worked I thought about how often love seems disappointing to us, especially when it fails to live up to our expectations. But now that I've experienced love in many forms, I can say that it's made me a better person than I might have been without it. Love is a precious thing, and should be appreciated in all its forms. I am very grateful for the love of my guy, my child and my friends who have stuck with me all these years. That's you two, in case you're wondering. :) Also finally found something to do with a ve...

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