Sunday, August 24, 2014

Oh, Shirt

Before I married, I probably did a thrift store outing at least once a month. I would usually go to more than one store & I would often have my Mom with me. After moving to Texas, there were fewer opportunities, less time & I got out of the routine of thrifting. Then several years ago, a Goodwill store opened up just minutes from our house. I was so excited! I went once. It was early in Mom's move to nursing care & it just made me sad being there alone, so I left & did not go back.

A few weeks ago, I took a stay-cation from work. One of the things I wanted to do was revisit the Goodwill. I went & among the curtains & linens, I found something labeled "laundry bag". The fabric looked vintage & at $2, the price was right. Examining it at home, I realized I had just gotten a feed sack that was still an actual sack! Well, this primed my thrifting pump! So in 3 days, I visited 3 Goodwill stores. At the 2nd one, I looked at the men's shirts & found lots of large (VERY large!), good quality, crisp-from-the-cleaners blue & white dress shirts. Well, what can a fabricholic do? I am now the happy owner of 12 de-boned men's dress shirts (longing for a few more, maybe some gingham & some oxford solids).



I have no business starting something new -- there's the birthday quilt I need to get busy on plus several more small gift projects & then there are aaaaaallllll the WIPs I have hanging around now.

But that didn't stop me.

10 comments:

CapitolaQuilter said...

Nice find on the bag and I'm glad you're finding joy in thrifting again. The shirt quilt is coming along.

Quiltdivajulie said...

I love those geese!!!!!!!!!!!

O'Quilts said...

U r so my kind of friend!!!!

fiberchick said...

Your feed sack find is brilliant as are your shirting geese. I've been compelled to thrift for shirts because my husband says he doesn't feel that his own are safe unless he only buys solids:)

MariQuilts said...

I'm loving those stripes....looks fabulous!!

Nifty Quilts said...

There's nothing more fun that a good find at the thrift store! Those little swimming ducks are just precious. Absolutely love your Flying Geese!! Just gotta move when the inspirations strikes.

QuiltingCyclist said...

Inspiration to go buy more! Love you so much for it.

Rachaeldaisy said...

That feedsack is such a great find!! I can see why you couldn't wait to cut up those shirts! I love what's on your design wall.

Tonya Ricucci said...

woohoo!

amy and the bad cats said...

fun! and the feed sack is darling! what a fabulous find!