Rrrrrrrrrrrreally Fun Find!

I live in a tiny town. A town of less than 5,000. And, in my tiny town today there was a Classic Car Show, a Diabetes Walk with more than 1,000 people and it was City Wide Clean-Up Day (you take it to the dump, not curbside - or I would have been doing some serious curbside shopping). I really had not planned on venturing out into all that madness. But, I made the mistake of looking on Craigslist and find a sale that touted "a massive amount of Home School materials", so I thought I would check it out. Our computer program cost $350.00, so I am always looking for supplemental materials at a much (much) lesser cost. Unfortunately, once we got there, I saw that it was all Elementary aged materials, so not much I could use. None the less, the day was not a bust as I happened upon a true "digger" sale. Boxes of junk, bags of mixed up items, really just a big old mess. But, I was willing to dig. And, it paid off!

An old Christmas Fruitcake tin, vintage donkey planter, Stunts for the Piano Book (love the graphics), Braid it Yourself Braided Rug Tools and a vintage pink Japanese Shadowbox of sorts. Each thing was 25¢.

I spotted a bag of clothes, which I normally go right past. But, I saw a peek of vintage fabric sticking out, so I dug in to see what I could find. What was it? Vintage Baby Clothes!

A sweet green sundress with a funny dog and daisy theme. In need of a pressing, but adorable.

As sweet vintage Sailor Dress.
Another Sailor Dress.

A cute gingham number with a pinafore.

And, my favorite, a cutie with a daisy on the front and daisies on the sleeves. I realize that I don't even have a little girl, but these are just the right size for my Buster Brown Mannequin. I have been trying to find her some vintage clothes for quite awhile now. All the outfits were a total of $1.00.

As I was digging in one bag I saw what looked like a quilt, so I dug it out. It was a quilt top, but it was a good one hand quilted with flour sack material and signatures embroidered on each square. I held it up like it was an old dirty Kleenex and said, "How much is this?" (That is how people ask for things at my sales, so why not try it myself?) Anyway, the lady said $2.00, so I stuck it under my arm and figured I could get a good look at it at home.

When I did get it home and laid it out it, I couldn't believe the pattern.

"R's" - I've never seen a quilt with letters on it. I love it - it is very creative and original! My maiden name was Richardson, so all the better. It has all the old school names like Pearl, Viola, Eunice and Gertrude.

Viola Riddle

Stella Howell

Mary Anderson

Julia Gaiser

Odie Newman

And, last but not least, Grandma Hembree.

Don't you LOVE it?