Stash Enhancement Experience, Rummage Sale Style

 Welcome to Treadlestitches!

First things first--a little progress on one of my Rainbow Scrap Challenge quilts.  I got the dark blue Razzle Dazzle row sewn last weekend.  And that was just about all the sewing I managed to do this crazy week.

Lots of old familiar prints are here!  The dinosaurs are in just about every quilt I've made in the last two years.

There's a little more variety in the light prints, thanks to the basket of fabulous scraps the ladies at the quilt group gave me.

Are you wondering what was behind the Razzle Dazzle row on the kitchen table?

This is just about HALF of the fabric I piled into my cart at the annual rummage sale put on by the Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fiber Arts.  I separated them out by color after I got home on Thursday.

Here's the other half.  I got lots of larger pieces for borders, some stuff for backing, and mostly brights for piecing, with some reproduction 1930s and 1880s thrown in, and even a few flannel scraps.  Woo hoo!  I'm busy running it all through the washer and dryer this morning.

I also bought this box for $2.  They call these "mystery boxes" because you can't look inside before you buy it.  Kind of like a grab bag.  The boxes are full of fabric.  I chose this one that says Mixed Prints on it.  

The ladies working at the sale were really trying to get us to buy these boxes.  I love the museum, and I haven't been able to volunteer in recent years, so I wanted to help out.  And I figured if I got ANYTHING useful out of it, I'd be coming out ahead.  

So what was in the box?  I'll show this in 3 parts.

First, some floral prints and stripes in quilting cotton.  Even though these are older fabrics, they will still be good for charity quilts.  Each piece was at least a yard long.  This batch total was just over 24 yards.

Next, Christmas prints!  Over 15 yards, plus scraps.  Most are good quality cottons also.  And Christmas never goes out of style, does it?

Lastly, here's this stack of heavier weight fabrics and others that are not really suitable for quilting.  The white thing is a polyester mesh tree skirt.  I kept the red and green denim pieces for possibly making more grocery bags, and put the rest in the Going to Goodwill box.  This batch was 14 yards all together.

All told, the mystery box held over 54 yards of fabric!  Not bad for $2, even if I do have to take some to Goodwill.  It does mean I'm going to be doing even more fabric washing this weekend, though.

In other news, we had some company on Friday!

Our oldest daughter and her kids, Miss E and Mr. H were here!  Our daughter brought a slip and slide and another sprinkler kind of thing, and we all spent the day outside.  First Grade Buddy and Miss E played together happily.

Mr. H was very kind to our Little Guy, who was kind of scared of all the water fun.

[Big Buddy, our high school grandson, declined to be photographed.] 

After such a great day, is it any wonder I fell asleep on the couch after supper? 

Have a wonderful week!  I hope you have time to do all the things you love to do.

Thanks for reading!

Sylvia@Treadlestitches

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Linking up with:

Alycia at Finished or Not Finished Friday

Angela at So Scrappy

Cynthia at Oh Scrap