Posts Tagged ‘thrift store’

doll clothes

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

i love finding grab bags full of vintage sewing goodies at the thrift store. last week i found one full of vintage woven trim (the kind i like to hoard!) and scraps of fabric. this was some of the fabric! doll clothes panels…click the picture to enlarge!

the prints are pretty cute. i wouldn’t mind a couple of these outfits in my size…

anyways, since i’m hoarding the vintage trim, i thought i would give these away to someone who might like to make them. they are for an 11-12″ doll. do you want them?

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twins!

Thursday, March 18th, 2010

you won’t believe what i found at the junkyard last weekend. i saw the beat up case peeking out and i knew right away…

 

well, it wasn’t actually in the junkyard, but in the junkyard parking lot there’s a little thrift store which i have never seen open until that day. it was also 1/2 price weekend! you might remember how excited i was to find this baby. it’s twin was marked at $15 so it ended up being only $7.50! i couldn’t believe my luck!

 

i’d been stalking the cams for the first one on ebay but on the rare occasions they appear they always end up being too expensive for me. this baby had them all, and all the different feet!

 

it even had the manual and original advertising brochure!

 

so excited!!

the machine doesn’t run as smooth as the first one, but the motor sounds strong. with a little cleaning and a lube job it should be good as new!

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world’s largest ric rac!

Friday, May 15th, 2009

okay, i don’t know if there’s any truth to that claim, but it sure is the biggest ric rac i’ve ever seen…

world's largest ric rac!

i found this a long time ago (almost two decades!) stuffed in a bag of assorted trim at the thrift store. it was pretty thrilling! i made a red velvet dress way back when and used some of it on the hem, the remaining piece i have hanging above my sewing machine so i can look at it all the time. it’s made from some kind of woolly feeling yarn. oh, how i would love to have yards and yards of this!

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super sweet sewing machine

Tuesday, May 5th, 2009

vintage husqvarna! 

i picked up this beauty at the thrift store a few days ago for under twenty dollars. when i opened up the case i knew i couldn’t leave the store without it (i like to think i know a good thing when i see it!) i use my trusty old industrial singer & merrow machines for all of my sewing, but i still use a home machine when i need a little zig-zag action for sewing on appliques. this one will be taking over that job from now on!

vintage husqvarna all tucked in bed!

look how cute it is all tucked in bed!

it’s things like this that make rummaging through so much thrift store crap seem all worthwhile.

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thrift store cuties

Tuesday, April 7th, 2009

thrift store cuties

i found these little ladies at the thrift store this weekend. i was pretty thrilled! they look like they would be fun to try and make. the bottom is 1 1/4″ tall and the head is about 7/8″. they are from denmark.

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