I consider thrift store shopping to be a recreational activity. There are a handful of places I stop at regularly, and sometimes I leave empty handed, but sometimes I strike gold. I like the adventure of thrift store shopping, but I also consider keeping things out of the landfill and reusing existing items vs. always buying new to be a good ecological practice.
I recently found this charming little vase. It's unusual, I don't think I've seen anything like it. It seems to be of mid-century vintage, my favorite, and I love that the vase features a book, and that the woman is reading. I keep this vase in my sewing room/ office, and I like the contemplative spirit it projects.
One of my local thrifts always has fabric--many don't carry it for some reason. I've bought a few remnants of various fabrics there, often because they're vintage, but I recently got this major score.
I bought a jumble of fabrics in a bag for $3.49. I recognized that they looked like fat quarters in trendy colors, but I didn't know if any had been cut into or not.
They turned out to be a pristine fat quarter bundle of Riley Blake fabrics from a few seasons ago. I checked online, and these typically retail for about $65, so I got an amazing deal.
This may be one of my best thrift store fabric deals of all time, and I look forward to using these bright colors in some of the baby quilts I make for donation.
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