I haven’t been thrifting for quite a while.
Having had something of an expensive Christmas, I’ve been keeping my pennies to myself and staying away from the shops.
Even those of the charity variety.
But yesterday I cracked. Having gone up the road to the local greengrocers for dinner supplies, I couldn’t resist popping into a couple of the charity shops on my way home.
And there was my lucky find…
I have never seen vintage hankies in a charity shop in such quantity before.
I took home fourteen of them – I didn’t even buy them all. It would have felt greedy when I don’t have a use in mind for them yet.
But after thinking about it, I might just have to pop back again tomorrow.
Just to see if the rest are still there. ♥
Very jealous! I looked at them and immediately thought “sheer white curtain”, scalloped edges just caught together rather than solid seams. I’m looking forward to seeing what you do with them. I think our charity/thrift/op shops have a lot to learn from the ones in England!
I thought the same thing Kate! I remembered seeing one in Debi Treloar’s home years ago and it stuck in my mind, but I don’t think I’ve anywhere to put one! I might make something else from them… they were just too good to pass up!
Lovely find! Are they the printed ones for the owner to then embroider? All my our little charity shops in my village now send their vintage stuff to other stores it is very frustrating… no more local finds for me… Cx
That’s terrible! I do moan about my local charity shops all turning into “vintage shops” and selling everything at four times the price, but at least they still sell stuff! Although one of them has taken to having periodic vintage fairs and saving all the best stuff for those.
The hankies are printed, but I’m not sure they’re meant to be embroidered, the print designs are too pretty as they are!
a lucky find! a curtain would nice.
Actually, there is one place for a curtain that would work – inside my bathroom cabinet. Though I won’t need 14 hankies for that project!
What a find!! A bit envious (joking :)) Dont laugh, but my husband is a great treasure finder. He mainly goes for books (no clothes or items for kitchen i.e. my own blog) which use up most of our allocated luggage allowance. We found some beautiful old lace outside Florence and other incredible fabrics whereever we go. But with a daughter graduating in 2 months from College as a ‘Fashion Designer” you can imagine where all this goes to. I am thinking re your find either centrepiece for some very feminine bedroom cushions, or cut them up carefully and stitch the flowers, swags etc. back onto another fabric. Let us know what you are going to do. Good luck. Carina
My partner’s vintage buys mainly consist of records. He can’t pass a box of old vinyl without having a good rummage!
haha, my list was not finished. I did not even mention his other love, no: passion. FILMS, and old ones, up to 1970, whatever language. The latest I know we now have something like 5000 DVD’s here and he really does know his subject, too.
Wow! That must take up some room! I hope you have good storage at your place! The vinyl is restricted to the attic at ours 🙂
They are lovely – isn’t it nice when you hold back from buying and then find the perfect thing, just when you feel you’ve done enough in the way of abstinence?
Especially when the perfect thing is cheap as chips! 🙂
Ooh these are beautiful! It would have been a crime to leave them behind!
Oh those are stunning!
What a wonderful find!