Garage Sale prizes

Here is what I scored this past weekend.  There was an estate sale in the community where I live. There were a few things in the garage, not terribly impressive. The gentleman manning the cash box said there was more in the house. So inside I went.  Look what I found!  I love buttons.  These were the 2 baggies I picked up. They are old, and I just know I can use them on something. 

This is the second baggie I bought.  Don't you just love them?

And, she had fabric!!  Just what we all need, more fabric.  Some were older pieces, fat quarters, good size hunks, and a bunch of 2 1/2 strips all ready cut!  There were these 3 wonderful blocks that she had pieced.  This was so much fun to sort through when I got home.  It is not that I needed anything, but it was FABRIC!  I just could not bare the thought it might end up in a landfill. (I don't think so, she is a quilter. She just did not want to have to move this to their new home in Arizona.)

I am going on a retreat in Racine, Wisconsin this weekend, and some of those scraps and buttons are going with me.
I have been pulling projects and fabrics to work on.  The clothes are packed and ready to go.  It is so hard to decide what things to play with.  I hear we are right on Lake Michigan, there are views from the windows and a beach to walk on.

The retreat is from 4:00 on Thursday until noon on Sunday.  I am so looking forward to this. 

Have a great day sewing.

Mary