Quite a Treasure!

A long FUN day of thrift store shopping on Saturday in Madison. 

We visited: 3 Goodwill stores, 2 Hospice stores, one Savers, one St. Vinnie's, and an upscale consignment shop. Whew!

When I was a little girl, my grandma had a covered platter like this on top of her refrigerator. It always had cookies under it. Like magic. My favorite cookies were Stuff in the Middle Cookies. That's what we called them anyway. They were date-filled cookies and I have yet to find a recipe that comes anywhere close to hers. And, alas, none of us knows what recipe she used. 

Imagine a small child liking date cookies? I can still see them and taste them.

I love the history behind objects like this one. Look closely and you will see the marks made when a dessert was sliced. So fun to think of a long ago birthday cake being grandly presented to a group of family and friends.

And the sweet acorn decor embossed in the metal. Love it. 

$3.99 bought me something priceless.

Enjoy your week. I'm ready for winter to be over in this part of the world!

Vintage Travel Case

This beauty was on the bottom shelf at Goodwill. A little dusty, but no scuffs or scratches. Either it wasn't used much or it was treated with lots of TLC.

In my imagination, the sophisticated lady who owned this piece of luggage traveled the countryside on exciting adventures. Weekends in the city for the nightlife, or meandering through the countryside for the tranquil scenery and fresh air.

She carefully applied her ruby red lipstick before rushing out the door for cocktails before dinner.

 I hope it is content to spend its golden years in my sewing room, holding some of my supplies!

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Vintage Bowls

For this week's Vintage Thingies Thursday, I would like to show you my weakness: vintage bowls. I have a nice collection and actually use most of them. The one shown above is my favorite. The photo doesn't do it justice, it is actually a butter yellow color. I don't use this one, it just sits there and looks pretty.

This one holds some of my vintage utensils that belonged to my grandma. You can also see a little bit of a covered casserole dish, not vintage, but still cute.

Two more, sitting on a tea spoon holder, embroidered by my grandma. To the right is a glimpse of the largest of a set of four brown vintage mixing bowls, glazed in various shades of brown. Oh yeah, and a spider plant to the left that isn't happy with dry indoor air and the lack of sunlight.

And! an update on my "new" sewing machine. I found the manual online. The manual is for the treadle model that is built the same as my electric machine. So, at least I can see the oiling points and basic instructions. 

I need the manual to figure out how to use the extra presser feet that the technician found for me. I was really excited about these since my machine did not have any accessories with it when I bought it!

The largest one in the back is a ruffler. Very intriguing and a bit intimidating.

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An Addition to the Family

I found her in the hospice thrift shop in Madison. She was awfully cute and looked to be in good shape. She even had her key that works to keep her case together. So she came home with me.

Ok, let's quit calling her "she" because it's getting annoying.

I took my new-to-me Singer to the shop to get tuned up and cleaned and I was told that it was manufactured between 1947 and 1949. No fancy stitches, just a straight stitch.

What I find intriguing is imagining the previous owner sewing and thinking of some of the projects that were constructed on this machine. 

I plan to load it up with white or off-white thread and use it to piece quilts. 

Oh! and I called it an addition to the family because this is my sixth sewing machine. Yikes, does that make it a collection? 

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