Goodwill Find

 A while ago, my DH and I decided that we wanted to go yard sale shopping, but didn't feel safe going to people's homes and besides, this time of the year, it is in the 100's so it is just to hot, so we decided to go Goodwill hopping.  We have found some really kool stuff and some really nasty stuff and some 'what where they thinking?' stuff and occasionally, we run across something really great!

On one of these trips, I happened into the isle marked "Material".  Didn't think I would find anything, but was presently surprised at the finds that day.  Several yards of quilt shop fabric.  That was all it took, now we go shopping about every 3 months or so and Memorial Day was the day we choose this time.  Now, you'r saying, what about family on that day?  Well the kids had their own plans and the cats didn't seam to mind, so off we went.  163.8 miles, 12 stores and 9 hours later, we are haulin' our finds into the house.




We initially went looking for a wine rack.  I had read that someone turned a wine rack into a storage space for all of their spray bottles of adhesives and starches and the like. Sounded good to me as I had mine all stacked on a shelf.  I found one, accordion style at the 2nd store we went to.  Darn! the hunt was over, or so I thought.  We continued on, hunting and digging.  Found a stamp collectors book with all of the stamps inside, $1.98!   The stamps inside are worth more than that.  Just goes to show that they haven't a clue as to what they get donated.  Then we came across an oak CD tower, excellent condition.  My concern about the according style wine bottle holder was that it was too far apart and the shorter spray bottles would fall out, so this CD tower was great!  $7.98..SOLD



We were about to turn for home and decided to make one more stop, glad we did. For $34.84 I purchased, what I roughly figure to be about $450.00 worth of fabric at retail prices.  Some of the fabric is vintage (naturally) but most is from the late 90's to early 00's.  There was a lady there watching what I was doing, pulling all these bags off the wall and holding this armload of packages as my DH ran for a cart, (we never take a cart because we never buy anything needing a cart) just waiting to pounce on the area I was gathering from and as a mater of fact, she did when we left, but there was nothing left!

99% of these fabrics came from Keepsake Quilting, the two down front are from Ben Franklin and all are new and were in the original shipping plastic with the original care instructions.

So here is the find.. let me break it down for you and keep in mind, most package were $1.99 and a couple are $2.99.  What decent fabricholic could pass this up?!

$1.99 200 Assorted Charms	$1.99 200 Assorted Charms	$1.99 200 Assorted Charms
$1.99 100 Solid Charms Vintage Mr. Condotti Ltd 1/2 yard cuts	$1.99 2 pkg 100 each Solid Charms	$1.99 200 Assorted Charms
$1.99 2 pkg 100 each Solid Charms a shade darker than above	$1.99 Vintage Ben Franklin Charms 2 inch assorted mini charms 50 in each stack (missing picture same mini charms, different Ben Franklin Charms)	$2.99 15 Obese Eights 8 Fat Quarters
$2.99 15 Obese Eights 8 Fat Quarters	$2.99 2 pkgs 8 Fat Quarters each	$2.99 2 pkg 8 Fat Quarters Each

$2.99
2 pkg
15 Each Obese Eights

If you have lost count, that is:

40 Fat Quarters

60 Obese Eights

300 Light Solid Charms

200 Darker Solid Charms

400 Mini-Charms

800 Assorted Charms

5  - 1/2 yard cuts of Vintage Mr Condotti

2 Vintage Ben Franklin Charm packs

I think I did good!  Now to find a place to put them all.  I know you are asking because my DH did, do they smell?  Nope!  No smoke, no pet.


Happy Hunting!