I started out with stuff I've already got but at 50 cents or a dollar a piece I just couldn't pass on them.
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Next I moved on to some vintage patterns and fabric
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Can you ever have enough tracing paper?? Not at $1 for the whole batch!
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This is some kind of weird curling iron for clothes! Hope I don't burn down the house when I plug it in. Seriously! It too was $1.
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And the piece de resistance...
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In other news, I finally bought the fabric for my dress today. I hope to work on pattern alterations tomorrow and the dress itself no later than Monday. I work better under pressure or at least that's what I keep telling myself. I stopped into David's Bridal today for snoop shopping. One thing I found out is that the heavily beaded bodiced gowns have a lapped zipper in the back, not invisible. The beading is totally removed from the underside of the lap. Interesting!
What did you get?
ReplyDeleteWe are waiting. And uh--what about that wedding dress?
ReplyDeleteOMG, I'm so jealous but if you want to get rid of some of your duplicates you know where to find me lol. I immediately knew what the fabric cutting tool was , it made me miss my Mom, I remember her buying tons of fabric and that's what they used way-back-when, awesome score. I'm so green right now.
ReplyDeleteGreat finds! And I love that fabric meter. When I was in high school I worked in a fabric store, and that is how we measured fabric. Then you hit the lever, and it makes a little notch in the fabric that tells you where to cut. I haven't seen one of those in FOREVER!!!
ReplyDeleteSeriously, I thought I was the queen of procrastination! You're going to be hemming the dress while you're saying your vows!
ReplyDeleteWhen I was a teen I worked in a fabric store for .75 an hour! I used the device you have pictured for measuring fabric. I haven't seen one in years. The problem with it is it sometimes didn't measure accurately if the fabric was stretchy or whatever. I love this post. I will have to start going to estate sales. I will be posting a picture of my little grand in her/my bridesmaid dress.
ReplyDeleteOh I absolutely LOVE the fabric measurement machine. I want one!!!!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on a great haul! I am coveting the fabric measurement machine. Brings back fond memories.
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