Hello and welcome to all my new friends from Happy Zombie, Praterposte, Facebook, etc.
I promised 5 winners of fabric bundles like the one above, but I am going to give away 6!
The first five winners, determined by a random number generator, are:
finishwahine
pat10170
SweeTart77
Marcella
Kit[at]DivaQuilter
The sixth bundle goes to the lovely Happy Zombie, Monica, for sending 100 people over to check out my blog. I hope you all come back as I am rededicated to keeping things current, with a new banner very soon, plus the tales and travails of my Charmed but Imperfect life, and my vintage finds.
Speaking of which...
You know how I love my flea market/yard sale/thrift shop finds. But with friends like mine, who needs flea markets? Everything shown above, and more, was given to me by friends and co-workers who basically said, "I know you like fabric/vintage, do you want this?"
That would be a "Yes." My friend Vanessa is taking care of the estate of a relative of hers who passed away and was quite the crafter and doily collector. Vanessa gave me a Hefty bag full of lacy items, from coasters to dresser doilies, to tablecloths. Then she emailed a couple of weeks later to offer me the wooden knitting needles and a stack of vintage knitting pattern books. Be still my heart.
My coworker Helen was going through her mom's things and offered me some lovely lace hankies and pulled-thread napkins, plus kid gloves and the adorable embroidered glove keeper. It may seem silly, but it's quite possible I was most thrilled with the plastic glove bag from Bonwit Teller. Bonwit's delicate violet motif is one of my faves--I had an umbrella with their signature violets when I worked in the Back Bay in the '80s.
The bolt of quilting cotton has one of the most intriguing stories. A school-mom friend of mine bought a guitar for her son on eBay. When the guitar arrived, the bolt of fabric was inside the box. No explanation or obvious purpose. After pondering the mystery, Tina thought to herself, "What am I going to do with this fabric?" and lucky for me, the answer was, "Give it to Cate." There's loads of it--maybe it will become part of the next giveaway. Stay tuned!
Whoo whoo... congrats to the winners!
I love the story about the guitar. And what beautiful vintages goodies!
And goshgollyshucks for adding me as your 6th! I'm already a winner by being your friend, and also after reading your post and the comments. ~Blush~. Oh, and I also gained a Cheryl!
Posted by: happy zombie | March 28, 2009 at 12:22 PM
glad you're back! I have been going through my mom's stuff and also found a bunch of vintage things. Gotta love it!
Posted by: carol sloan | March 28, 2009 at 04:04 PM
Yay!!! Thank you so much - I've never won anything before. How exciting! :)
Posted by: Kit @ Diva Quilts | March 28, 2009 at 05:41 PM
I've never won anything before either, thank you guys so much! And I love the wooden needles! I collect them too.
Posted by: Marcella | March 28, 2009 at 09:19 PM
Those gloves are great! And I am a huge fan of the handkerchiefs...I keep buying them, thinking I will do something with them and now I have a little stack of them...great finds!
Posted by: jen | March 29, 2009 at 08:29 AM
What a lucky girl you are to have such giving friends. Love the bolt of fabric!
Posted by: Janice Paine-Dawes | March 30, 2009 at 07:47 AM
It IS so good to have friends who think of you! I have several who do the same for me and I never know what might await me on my doorstep.
Posted by: Tina | March 30, 2009 at 04:16 PM
Lovely blog and congratulations to the lucky winner. :)
Posted by: lilyhaven | March 30, 2009 at 11:18 PM