Incoming Thrifts

I've been pretty lucky lately at winning thrift auctions for a minimal bid, or without going over my max bid, so I have a lot to look forward to next month. This yarn lot of approximately thirty skeins was $9.99, and I'm going to share it with a friend who wants to learn how to crochet amigurumi.

I've been patiently bidding on used or open package king sheet sets (and losing) for our home. My goal was to thrift sheets in new or good condition. I spotted these brand new bamboo sheets with a $25.00 buy it now option. That's twenty dollars cheaper than I could buy them retail, so I bought them. They're cooling, so they'll be perfect for summer.

I wanted some very specific fabrics for an upcoming project that I don't have presently, so I bid $9.99 on this lot of that I estimate to be about 21 yards, and won it.

A last minute sniper almost pushed me to my max bid of $25.00 for this 15 lb. lot of quilting cottons, but I ended up the winner at $24.93. There should be 45 yards of fabric in this one.

All of the images in this post came from the original auction listings on ShopGoodwill.com.

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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.

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