Yesterday I attended the annual Altrusa craft sale. It's always a good sale with lots of bargains to be had. I was lucky and found one or two items to keep me busy.
You know I'm not afraid to adopt abandoned projects. And for $3 I wasn't leaving this one behind.
Someone had started to cross stitch a bumblebee.
About a third of it had been stitched.
Everything was in the bag, pattern, thread, even some needles.
I'll share more about him soon.
As the label says, this cute wee basket was $5.
The contents were a bonus. It was the basket I was after.
But old wooden reels and tape measures are welcome.
There were some pins and tatting shuttles in there also.
I emptied everything out and put the basket to use already. LOL
The next bundle was also $5. Another adoption.
Someone had kitted and started this cute little wall hanger.
It's difficult to see in this image, but in between those stars there are cute wee Christmas trees.
Most of the trees seem to be made already and more have been cut out ready to sew.
There is plenty of fabric to make the stars, some of that is also cut ready to go.
And look at the lovely tin that was tucked in there.
I've never heard of the Silver Crane company. They have a very high opinion of their tins. LOL
It is pretty and I'm sure I'll find a use for it. It came with pre cut Christmas trees inside.
I'll tell you more about this one when I decide to finish it.
A bag of mixed embroidery threads came home with me.
These two might get used somewhere along the way.
These are the bundles I was really after. They will be used.
I really don't need another Christmas Wall hanger, but at $2 I couldn't leave this Birdhouse pattern behind.
I could tell there was fabric inside the bag and was delighted to find preprinted fabric, a big piece of red for the borders and backing and even a skein of red thread to stitch the design.
This was the original price.
What a bargain I got at $2.
A dollar for a by Annie bag pattern.
A complete Christmas ornament kit.
Two dollars.
A bag of pretty lace trims. I have a use for the cream pieces, not so sure about the black.
Another two dollars.
And finally a pair of linen serviettes with a pretty rose design.
For twenty cents.
If you were totting up as you were reading you'll know that all of that came to the grand total of $23.20.
What a bargain. I was a very happy shopper.
I could have purchased a lot more, believe me I was very tempted. As I mentioned at the top of the post, it is always a great sale and very well supported. There were a lot of folks there, buying fabric, yarn, linens, haberdashery of all kinds, patterns and craft books. There was also a jigsaw table, all puzzles were $5 each according to the sign. I didn't even look, I have plenty of puzzles to keep me going for now. I'm off to stitch a bumblebee.