Good junk.

Just wanted to share some good junk I've picked up garage and flea market shopping the last couple weekends. This past weekend was the Covered Bridge Festival in Winterset and there is always guaranteed to be some pretty, old stuff to dig through. The quilt in the background was my first find on Friday and really got me geared up to do some heavy thrifting ;)

Here is a close-up of the quilt and other things. There are so many pretty colors and fabrics in here but what really sold me was the pink and black geometric print on the back. I will use it as a curtain to hang between the kid's room and our living room with the pink side facing the kid's room. (Apparently our house is so old, doors weren't invented yet. Kidding! There used to be French doors, but a past renter took them down and now they are long gone.) Love those shorty motorcyle boots - the soles are nearly in perfect condition. Two leather bags, perfect for fall and a little silver cream and sugar set. I'm not sure what to do them yet but can't wait to find them a home.



The real score was these two embroidered lovelies that were mixed in with some scrap satin and fabric for 25 cents!! The top one says "I slept and dreamt that life was beauty" and the second says "I awoke and found that life was dirty." Embroidery humor? Hilarious! After a good bleaching and ironing, these two will find themselves framed and hung maybe in the kitchen.

What treasures have you found lately?

Making progress.

We had a pretty fun and busy weekend so it was nice to relax today and get some work done. All of the quilt strips for the boy quilt are together - I just need to so the in- between pieces and border together. I was really kind of surprised and initially disappointed by how in your face ORANGE the solid fabric looks against the patterned but the more I look it at, the more I am starting to like it. The in-between strips are also orange but the border will be brown so hopefully that calms down the brightness a bit. The orange was the only color I could find at Joann that was an exact match to the colors of the quilt. The brown is very close but not close enough that they would look very good side by side. I hope to get the entire front piece finished by next weekend.

On a side note, my girl friend and our three kids spent 8 grueling hours thrift shopping on Saturday - it was well worth it if only for the Van Gogh print I scored for $5 bucks. What do you think of the frame and how do you think it could be better? Gold is a little too aristocratic for my taste.