Monday 8 October 2012

Junk Shop, Charity Shop and Hobbies

Quilting uses up an awful lot of thread so in a rummage in a bag at the JS I spotted spools of thread in an old plastic carrier bag. It took me ages to pull out the bobbins so I said I'd take the whole bag of stuff for £3.50. Here are the bobbins, both old and new, with some lovely big spools in there.


And the rest? I don't know whether I will use all of these but some may come in handy - invisible zips, hooks and eyes, darning thread, needles, trouser hooks and bars, eyelets, elastic, Wundaweb no sew hemming tape, cover your own buttons and various quick unpicks and needle threaders.


At the CS on the pound rail was 5m of sheer curtain fabric. Not a brilliant colour or pattern but quite floaty. Hmm - I need floaty dresses for dancing.


Do I feel another hobby coming on?


Maybe I could use this pattern picked up ages ago. I'll keep you posted.


xx

9 comments:

  1. wowee - what a great find!!! I also love that dress. looks fabulous! x

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  2. Bargains! I think that pattern will make a wonderful dress for dancing in, so swishy.

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  3. What fab finds! Envying that thread! x

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  4. What a find! Can't beat a good bargain. x

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  5. Wow - love all those sewing finds!
    Liz @ Shortbread & Ginger

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  6. You are a glutton for punishment, go for it!

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  7. Isn't it funny that we both blogged about cotton reels and patterns today? Y'know what they say...great minds and that!

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  8. That was a real bargain, all that stuff for £3.50. You were obviously in the right place at the right time.

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  9. Congrats on that great deal, thread is so darn expencive!!

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