Monday, April 29, 2013

RECENTLY THRIFTED

I hadn't been to many estate sales recently and had some luck starting back with them this past weekend. I fell in love with this chair the second I saw it and knew it was my new sewing chair (I was using an old folding chair). It has a bit of extra character because one of the feet was missing and the woman at working the sale tore the bottom off a cane for me to stop it from wobbling. This was after she tried to disassemble several other, less obvious objects for a solution. 

When I first started looking at sales for the weekend, one listed "1000s of yards fabric" and, from that, I kind of pictured rolls and rolls of really bad upholstery fabric. Turns out it was a lady who had built up a huge collection of old fabrics in a storage shed out back. There was a lot to dig through. But I found some stuff I really love, some nice solids, and some linen for screen printing. Did you have any thrifty adventures this weekend?

8 comments:

  1. Gorgeous chair, love the the unusual back!

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  2. Awesome catch with the 'shed full of fabric' lady ^.^ I think I have the 5th fabric up from the bottom... the one with all the colors and leaves and whatnot. I just have no idea what to make with it. Maybe it'll get put in a blanket or made into a lining. *shrug*

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  3. I love all the fabrics your got. So many good ones.

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  4. For some reason, that cane part on the foot of the chair makes me think the chair has a tiny little leg cast. Aw. Great finds, as usual!

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  5. that chair!! So jealous. Awesome find. :)

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  6. that chair is such a great find! and i always enjoy little peeks into your studio. i can't wait to see what neat things you make from all that fabric. this weekend i was at a local barn sale for work and i found some really great vintage canisters (finally!) and a stool for my studio— yay for our new seating!

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  7. That chair is AMAZING. What a find. And your fabric collection is wonderful - I want a skirt from the blue stripes

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  8. love those finds- especially that fabric. i really like the blue print on top. some of my very best fabric finds have been vintage and thrifted. looks like you found some lovely ones!

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