Saturday's sales offered a little bit from every era. In addition to those 19th century quilts, I picked up a pile of nice old grain sacks and a stack of wooden berry baskets. (Perhaps I should take up large-scale farming.)
Wooden dominoes, all nice and chippy.
A pink wood and wicker tray that has a hundred and one uses. It's about three jam jars wide - good for jars of buttons, or toiletries, or baby things. Or three jars of jam.
My new living room table (I'm not painting it - I like it just the way it is), a length of fabric and a red ball pitcher.
The fabric has its original sticker on it. It says there are 30 yards. Oh, if only! The pitcher is a real oddity - it's made of hard plastic. It might have been a toy.
Another fabric photo.
A little toy teapot and a pair of crocheted rose potholders on a bib apron that I bought because I really liked the fabric.
A big plastic Christmas tablecloth - the old-fashioned plastic kind, if that doesn't sound too crazy, that's on the heavy side. It was still in its original package.
But wait! There's more!
I didn't realize until I took it out of the package that it's a birthday tablecloth on the reverse side.
And finally: a salute to the 1960s. (Or maybe the 1970s, since I'm not quite sure when the burlap cups were in vogue.)
That tablecloth is very cool - I have never seen one with that is reversible like that...and original package too boot! Bummer there wasn't 30 yards of the strawberry fabric, but still a cute pattern!
Posted by: laurie magpie ethel | September 14, 2009 at 07:16 PM
I had some of those salt and pepper shakers...back in the '70s! I love the fabric...WOW! Great finds!
Posted by: Lavender Dreams | September 14, 2009 at 07:51 PM
oh my gosh girl! I LOVE everything! Feed Sacks!! I love the strawberry fabric! I NEVER find good vintage stuff around here!
Posted by: Robin | September 14, 2009 at 07:55 PM
You found some great stuff! I love the strawberries. And those salt & pepper shakers remind me of my mom.
Posted by: Wendy | September 14, 2009 at 11:29 PM
I just bought some sugar sacks and I am trying to sort out how to wash them. Imagine my surprise seeing that you bought grain sacks. Ahem. LOL
Posted by: Sarah | September 15, 2009 at 09:05 AM
Bet the strawberry fabric would make adorable cafe curtains for your kitchen. OMG! I have a similar plastic tablecloth on my Flickr pool (Mr and Mrs. Snowman, and Happy Bday on the back).
Great finds.
Posted by: Mary@TurkeyFarm Treasures | September 15, 2009 at 09:08 AM
You always find the best things! That Christmas/birthday tablecloth is too amazing... It must be for those poor Christmas babies (like my parents, born on Dec. 21st and 23rd) who don't get separate parties! haha. "Flip the tablecloth over; it's Jack's birthday! Quick, before he realizes it's a Christmas decoration!"
Posted by: Rebecca | September 15, 2009 at 09:26 AM
That table is so perfect, from the color to the chippyness! And I grew up with those burlap glasses! And how festive is that birthday tablecloth?! I am going to start checking the backsides of those plastic things from now on!
Posted by: Carol @ Old Glory Cottage | September 15, 2009 at 11:32 AM
i've been looking for some of those sacks. any chance you'll sell some of them? let me know :)
Posted by: susan | September 15, 2009 at 07:54 PM