Thursday, March 1, 2012

SCORE!! Times TWO!!

Look at what Sharon, our newest Clubhouse Quilter, SCORED at a Garage Sale in the Palm Springs’ area this weekend!!  Yup, it’s a gorgeous old/antique? hexagon quilt…completely hand stitched and hand quilted!!  It’s a beauty…

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The workmanship is wonderful…and it’s in excellent shape!

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Let’s zoom in for a close-up…love the soft fabric…Lucky Sharon!!  Oh…and did I mention that it was only $80!!  Score!

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BUT wait…what’s THIS?!  ANOTHER quilt!!  I love this one too!!

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Here’s Sharon proudly displaying her lovely old quilt…the colours are so rich and vibrant!  This quilt is in perfect shape too…with just a couple of small stains that Sharon is going to try to soak out.

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Let’s zoom in for a close-up…just take a gander at this wonderful hand quilting…feathers and cross-hatching!  Man, this quilter knew what she was doing…gorgeous!

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Yup…I’d call this a double SCORE for sure…and Sharon paid only $80 for this one too! 

I think I’ll be going Garage Saling this weekend….care to join me!!  :)

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Today is the first day for the annual ‘Spring Fling Quilt Shop Hop’…so of course we have enough quilters to fill a car AND ‘the VAN’!

 

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We are heading down the I-10 looking for quilty deals…first stop, Carona’s ‘Stars and Scraps’!  Love this shop!  We have a total of EIGHT shops to ‘visit’…Oh and I saved the best NEWS for last…the Canadian dollar is at $1.01…YAHOO!!  Bring it on…!!

Have a thrilling Thursday and Happy Quilting!~P

14 comments:

  1. Awesome quilts!! Enjoy your shop hopping day.

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  2. Wow...what beauties! Scored BIG time.

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  3. Gorgeous quilts.Have fun shopping!

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  4. Those two quilts are beautiful. You are right "score". Have fun on the shop hop. Can't wait to see you bring home!

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  5. Both stunning quilts, wonderful finds. Don't think I need to say, enjoy your day, the van says it all.

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  6. those are beauties that is for sure!!..look like they should have been family heirlooms!?

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  7. Really nice finds, wish I could find things like that.

    Debbie

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  8. What a find!!! I like both, but love the second one....

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  9. What a find!!! I like both, but love the second one....

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  10. Makes you wonder what the stories are behind those quilts and why they ended up there.

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  11. Hope you enjoyed the shop & what beautiful quilts
    Hugs Janice

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  12. Oh my goodness, what bargains! Those are gorgeous. Enjoy your hop!

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