Dainty Kitty

Funny Rummage

I already had an issue of McCalls Needlework & Craft before I found the great stash at the rummage sale so I was familiar with its utter kitschy-ness but thought I'd share.

Dig those orange and pink earrings she's wearing and that oh so chic tote bag!

I think I might actually attempt to make one of these embroidered pictures, though.  I think they're kind of cute...and a little creepy.

I also picked up some crochet pamphlets...

And, ah, remember the days when the phrase "politically correct" didn't exist? 

 

A couple of the projects in this book actually border on amigurumi (there's an elephant I'm going to attempt) but most of them are braided and bundled yarn like the, ahem, "natives" in the above photo. 

Oh - I forgot to relay this little funny tidbit.   The rummage sale was actually at a church so imagine my delight and surprise when I found a copy Rosemary's Baby and a book by Alfred Kinsey... you know, the Kinsey who founded the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender and Reproduction.  I almost bought them just because.  :-)

My Ninety-Nine Cent Thrift Store Find

Pretty

There's a New Sheriff In Town

This is what happens when a thrifted bear gets his clever paws on a garage sale button....

Charleston Find

I found this doily type thing at a Goodwill in Charleston for ninety-nine cents.  This was one of my more successful thrift trips. 

A Treasure Trove of Buttons

This is the giant tub of buttons that my granny got at a garage sale for two bucks - talked down from three!

Thrifted Kitty

I bought this towel so long ago that the secondhand store where I found it is now out of business (due to circumstances surrounding this purchase I can actually remember that it was bought on Halloween in 2005).  I've always meant to post it because I think it's too cute and it really makes me wonder about the person who stitched it.  Well, nearly everything I pick up secondhand makes me think about its history but this makes me think about it even more so.  I'd really like to know if she (I'm assuming it was a 'she' but you never know) made the pattern herself. 

It, unfortunately, has a few stains but I've left them as I'm afraid of ruining it.   I guess you could shrug and say it adds to the charm.  I've never really had anywhere to hang it - it's just been here or there - but I'm thinking now that maybe framing it would be a good idea.