What do I like? Thrift store goody bags from the sewing department! Whenever I find a plastic bag filled with the most random notions I consider it a successful mission, no matter what I was looking for! I hit thrifts a lot for my costuming and I always check for these bags. Often, they are the result of someone emptying a box, basket or drawer that held supplies for an older sewer and it was donated to the thrift as part of an estate. These bags contain the most wonderful little surprises and it always makes me wonder about the original owner. Did she sew often? For pleasure or necessity? Did she sing while she hemmed her daughter's dresses or curse while patching her son's jeans for the umpteenth time? My favorite things to find are wooden thread spools ( I display them in a vase on a shelf above my machine), fabric measuring tapes (retractable ones are a bonus!) and buttons. LOVE buttons! Especially if they are still carded. I keep telling myself I'm going to sell some in my Etsy shop but...not yet. I always find hand sewing needles ( I have enough to choke an elephant), rusty pins (usually threaded through a random scrap of paper or cardboard) and one half of a snap set. Always. Why does every notion drawer or box have only one side of a snap set? Is this a Murphy's Law of Sewing? Anyway, I found three great bags this week! I want to share some of the neat things with y'all but I can't find my camera--I might have left it at the theatre when I took the publicity photos for "Savage''. I may have to borrow my son's-- there are two items I can't identify and I hoping someone out there can help me out!
Also, sending thanks again to Donna over at Comin' Home (http://thehomemakingarts.blogspot.com/) for the lovely note cards I won from her giveaway! They are beautiful!
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I love treasures like these too. I recently was given my brother-in -law's grandmother's treadle sewing machine. As if the machine itself wasn't treasure enough, you wouldn't believe the treasures that were in the drawers!
Thanks for your prayers. We've been needing them for the moms these last couple of weeks. It 's been very stressful!
Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment on my blog, congrats to you also grandma. Stop by and say hello anytime. Addin you to my favortes.
Hi there Mickey :)
I have to agree that these would be absolute treasures to find! Funnily enough, I have never come across such treasures...maybe I'm not looking hard enough! Thank you so much for visiting my blog...I really appreciate your lovely comments, they are a big encouragement to me.
Have a great day xxx
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