I haven't posted about my thrifty shopping for long time. I love to shop at thrifty stores, recycling stores, yard sales, estate sales and even at auctions sometimes. There I want to share what I got lately from those places. Today I focus on vintage textiles like blankets and fabrics. My color theme of this Winter was warm color family. Yellow, red and orange. I am trying to brighten up our family room which faces to North. It is a beautiful room but a bit dark. I think These crocheted blankets do their duty.
The pillow above and the granny square blanket are from my favorite local vintage store "
Junk Evolution". And this beautifully made herringbone blanket above is from one of the thrift stores in town. I was so excited when I found these. They are in perfect condition and just what I wanted for the room!
This one below is the gauzy blanket I just got a couple days ago from St. Paul de Vincent. The color and "patchwork" look caught my eye as soon as I reached to the house ware section. It actually is not a piece-worked quilt. The patchwork pattern is printed on a very soft fabric (I think it is a cotton double gauze) but the patterns of each squares are so cute. I actually don't have a purpose for this. But I think it is worth to take a space of my linen closet.
There are some photos of detail.
I found more vintage fabrics at the same store. Some are from pillow cases, some are from sheets. I love the slightly faded color of the prints. And the design of the patterns are so pretty and nostalgic as well.
These are from an estate sale I have been many months ago. The former owner of the house must have liked sewing once. I guess these are from around 1960's.
Well, I guess I made another pile of textiles I need to maintain and organize. I really need to clean my messy studio. It is so easy to get a pile bigger, but its horribly hard to reduce it (you know?). Because these are all so pretty!
I bought four big plastic containers for these after all. I promise! I will REALLY start cleaning my studio TOMORROW!!! (Now, I think it has to happen since I declared it here to you all d-; )
These are great finds! I totally know how you feel about needing to organize. I am in the same boat and don't seem to have enough room for all my inspiring supplies. Maybe the only way is to use them up? :) I also want to wish you Happy Birthday (belated) and to let you know that I gave you a Liebster Blog award for being one of my favorite blogs! You'll have to look at the post to see what I wrote about you, and then if you like, you can pass the award along to some of your favorites. I always enjoy seeing your creations. Thanks for all the pretty and creative posts! <3
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Kimi, and I am sorry I couldn't respond to your comment sooner! I am so honored being given the Liebester Blog Award from you! I read through your post right after you left the comment and I loved the list of your Liebesters. I am so happy to know you like my blog as much as you like those other incredible blogs. I will try to post about my own Liebester Blogs soon, but it seems pretty hard to narrow them down to five!
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