HUGE Estate Sale: She locked the doors in 1981 and then I got to shop 40 years later! Part One
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- Опубліковано 10 вер 2024
- Who loves GIANT estate sales? points THIS GAL!
This huge estate sale is of a dressmaker in South Carolina who just locked her doors in 1981 and walked away from the store she owned. 40 years later, myself and two other vintage UA-camrs are getting access to hundred of yards of deadstock vintage fabric, vintage patterns, vintage trims and all other kinds of vintage clothing and jewelry! I will show you a taste of my estate sale haul, but that will primarily be the second video in this series. But there are still estate sale finds to be seen in this video as well.
I wanted to know more about Miss Ruth of Olanta, South Carolina, so I sat down with South Carolina Pickers to chat about the estate sale and her life.
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I'm laughing and crying at the same time. You took me back to my high school days. Momma would take me to fabric shops. We would buy any and everything we wanted. Daddy would write the check, no questions asked. "It's fine, Girls. You're not spending my money on booze or gambling." They were so wonderful. Thanks for taking me there.
Aww Amy! That is amazing! Thank you SO much for sharing! My heart❤
👏🏻👏🏻 excellent dadding!
Awww! That's adorable! I used to tell my mom something very similar whenever she'd question the lists of books I wanted - at least they were just books!
You are amazing! LMAOOOOO!!
Oh the memories! Thank you too...
I love estate sales because I feel like I get to know the person just by looking at what they treasured. I like nothing more than finding an "old lady sewing basket" filled with their things and diving in and seeing what they loved, what tools they used, little scraps of projects and notes. It's like an amazing time capsule. I'm so glad you got to experience it!
This was like the BIGGEST sewing basket EVER! It was phenomenal! So many looks back into the past. I am happy to have been able to share it with you!
These is the type of fabric store inventory I remember. My mother and grandmother were professional seamstress. My mother sewed most of my clothes when I was growing up. Seeing these drawers of patterns triggered all my memories of going to pick out things I wanted her to make. Thank you for sharing this ❤
How exciting! I love your husband's response. It's so much like my husband's response when I went to the fabric store recently for "some fabric" and came home with 20 yards.
AMAZING! Yes, my husband is quite a good sport with my hauls.
Hey-twenty yards is “some,” right? 😇
I’m getting all the feels from that day all over again. Such a perfect day. ❤️
It was such a GREAT day!!
@@StephanieCanada q
I just found your channel and am blown away by so many things. First of all, as a 68 year old lady I am so impressed by the fact that there’s a younger generation who appreciates all of this. I can’t help thinking how the lady who owned all of this would feel to have the three young ladies come in and appreciate the inventory so much. Secondly, my imagination is going crazy thinking of all the creations that will come out of this stock for many years to come. And…I’m so impressed with all the hard work that the seller has done to get all of the items displayed and ready for sale. My grandmother was a dressmaker and I remember when I was a very little girl watching her make clothes for ladies. They’d come in with a bag of fabric, notions, and a pattern and a week or so later they’d come pick up a beautiful dress on a hanger. My grandmother passed away when I was 8 so these memories come from the late 50’s and early 60’s which is an era with, in my opinion, some very beautiful styles. My favorites were when she’d make the net evening gowns with layers of tiny ruffles. One day I’ll retire and have time to sew again. When that happens I’m going to look for your shop on eBay and probably spend way too much money.
This is both delightful and incredibly sad. I hope Ms Ruth lived a long happy life. Can't imagine not being able to do what I love for whatever reason, must've been heart-wrenching for her.
Thank you for sharing this and shouting out other creators!
I was actually alive in 1969, at ten years old. I turned 11 on December 1 of 1969. The fashions were a lot of fun. I remember I had a vinyl mini-dress plus a crocheted mini-skirt with a matching crocheted vest.
BTW, my middle name and Saint’s name: Ruth
Just saw this video and wish I had been there! Fabric was SO much better quality back then!
You bet I have footage of you finding that fabric that is going to come up in my video! This was such a lovely video, it is fun to see Ms. Ester on camera for the interview and the outtakes killed me!
Love your channel Haley💕can’t wait to see you finish all those long projects with the beautiful trims you found at this estate sale✨
Oh my goodness! I was such a GOOBER when I found it too! I can't wait to see your video too!
When I need a Ms.Ester fix i'm coming here! She and Mr. Charlie are the definition of Southern Hospitality
Oh wow this is a true treasure the notions, the undergarments, fabric, patterns. I wish I live in the U.S. Can't wait to see what you got.
It is SO much! It is wonderful and overwhelming!
Snap, we just passed through SC on our way to see our daughter in Jacksonville. I wish I had known about this. Looking forward to seeing your goodies.
Right now, it is appointment only but if you contact her at southcarolinapickers@yahoo.com she can ship you goodies.
@@StephanieCanada I may have to connect her for some goodies and buy some from your shop.
Seeing this after driving from the Treasure Coast to Kentucky is delightful. Road trips are fun! Especially when seeing great people at the end of it!
Oh what fun! I hope you had a blast!
I love Ned's reaction. I think my dad would have the same reaction.
I'm green with envy. I would not have been able to contain myself amidst such treasures.
So much goodness. Reminds me of going to our fabric store as a child with my mum to choose patterns and fabrics, notions etc. A magical place of dream dresses
Aww thank you for sharing such a wonderful memory Eileen!
I would have been in heaven! This would have been so cool. But now I don't feel as bad about my fabric stash.... Also, just found you.
Oh my god I LOVE THIS. I'm going to have to rewatch just to absorb all the wonderful things you saw! And Miss Ruth's friend who you talked to speaks so much like my grandmother, who passed away 12 years ago. I'm crying 😭😭
This is incredible. And kind of heartbreaking that this kind of person with clearly such immense talent and skill to make people’s wardrobes from scratch got to a point they walked away (although to be fair it sounds like she did it for decades so maybe she was happy to be done!). And I think it’s so sad that this sort of business doesn’t exist anymore because it’s all about fast fashion to most people nowadays who don’t appreciate clothes and the time and effort and skill it takes to make them and that they are only cheap because of sweatshops basically.
There must have been thousands of Miss Ruths and similar all over the world who were respected business people and now they essentially don’t exist. That’s just so sad to me. But it’s so beyond wonderful that you got to tell her story and talk to her friend. And now that you get to experience and purchase this treasure trove of fabrics and patterns and notions is fabulous!
love your husbands reaction, even the puppy was stunned, And yes you are the pattern Princess
This was such a lovely person with a love of sewing! Wow, what a treat to see these great things. Amazing. Thanks for sharing.
Your husbands reaction was priceless! I think the dog had a surprised look too! Great video. Happy sewing!
Jealous! What a treasure trove!
Edit: Your husband's reaction is a real life husband has a fabric loving wife meme! Lol
It is SO amazing! And yes, he does very well with hauls.
@@StephanieCanada Awesome! My husband was away the day a local fabric store opened their new location and was selling off extra. $10/bolts!
I came home with three bolts and like 30 zippers hauled on the bus! He laughed that I earned them because I hauled them literally!
Wow when Ruth was done, she was *D O N E*
SURE WAS! 😂
How to inherit a vintage fabric business. WOW!!!
RIGHT!!!
How exciting. Such a fun video to watch. Your husband’s facial expression is priceless.
Thank you so much! I am so happy to bring y'all along!
Oh my God in Heaven ALMIGHTY YES YES YES!!!
RIGHT!!! I was floored!
I live in SC & knew nothing about this! I'm heartbroken that I missed out on all these vintage treasures! But glad you were able to give them a good home.
You are a riot! I just discovered your channel. I recall a sewing shop near me going out of business some years back. I am still using items today that I bought way back then, but your estate sale experience takes the cake!! I felt like I was right there with you oohing, awing, bargaining and haggling too, lol. Another cool advantage I find with vintage estate sales, hardly any item is a 'reproduction' it's all true to that era (as real as it gets) and yours for the picking-Thanks for sharing!
Omg his face when seeing all that fabric lmao. I bought fabrics from a store 2 years ago and my friend was oh geez that filled up the back of his SUV. Well I only paid $200. for $1,000.00 of fabric so yeah. lol
This takes me back to being a teen in the 60’s and mom making all my clothes. She made all my suits, dresses and matching coats(!) when I moved to San Francisco and got my first office job in 1966. Now I’m going to watch all your other videos❤️
I love Esther’s South Carolinian accent!
I'm salivating over some of those 60's paisleys and trims
That red/green/turquoise on black trim, so good
5:05
Matches my soul, or something 😝
I grabbed a BUNCH of the floral fabric, but I didn't pick up any trim. I still have TOO much trim to list here first..😂
@@StephanieCanada I got put in fabric buying probation... "use what you have first!" 🙄😬😝
This was so cool!! Insanely jealous but so glad you took us along for the ride!
I’m such a fan of yours 😄
So space in the sewing room is going to be Tight! I would take a trailer of your own for next time!
Well I intend on finding lots of the pieces new homes, since I am a small business that sells vintage. And if my poor little car could take a trailer I would've! Sadly, my car weighs about as much as a small trailer so no go with that one.
When you opened that pattern drawer (which I wish I had the cabinet), my jaw dropped and I said "Mama"! Oh man, the patterns are from my favorite era. I wish I was there, but I'm clear across the continent. Spend for me, ok?
It was SO much fun getting to look back. I have already gotten some of the patterns up onto my website www.backroomfinds.com if you want to see what sizes are available.
Oh my!! The mother lode!! I love fabric and vintage and anything sewing and estate sales!!! Wish I could have been there too!!
It really is! And sometimes the ladies I was with liked the ones I found so much they bought some off the bolt. Because my rule is "share and share alike" I am not the kind of seller that thinks it is all MINE, I buy these things to find them new homes that will love/use them. I just want to share the love of vintage!
Oh, goodness, what an amazing road trip!!
It was phenomenal! I loved it!
This is so awesome! I wish I lived closer to South Carolina so I could go look at all the goodies also. This women sounded like such an awesome lady.
It was so amazing! I felt like I got to know Miss Ruth through shopping her leftover stash. She seemed like such an amazing lady!
Oh my god. I am so jealous 😭 but glad you got such an amazing haul!
I sure did! I loved my trip too!
Are you wearing the dress from the vintage table cloths?? Enjoyed the video making the mockup from Joanna's cotton. So much fun to see the real deal.
Oh my! That was some crazy estate sales!
It sure was!
This is a drool worthy haul! Can’t wait to see more!!!
Next week, promise! I may have to do two videos, one for patterns and one for fabric. But the fabric is DEFINITELY up first, because there is SO much of it!
Why? Why must you enable me? You have gone to the land of my people (ok, fine, my maternal grandmother’s people), you have entered nirvana. I have not been this tempted to cross the Mason-Dixon Line for non-Disney reasons in a very very long time…. Sorry if I got all poetic on you, I’m just super jealous. My husband is happy that he’s not alone in dealing with fabric insanity.
I enable via email too! You don’t even technically have to go anywhere.
@@StephanieCanada pretty sure my husband will divorce me if I buy more fabric.
Thank you SOO much for sharing her email - I PROMPTLY emailed her.. I need some of those Wild Child 60s/70s Bright and bold flower power prints in my life!
Omg, please buy a lot that trim...i am having a huge moment looking at all this stuff...*swoons* And OMG that fabric that you reacted to (the psychadelic fabric you showed)...I LOVE that. Did you buy it? If you did, can I claim it now lol?
I bought SO MUCH fabric! Claiming can all be done on the next video though. And I actually didn’t pick up any trim (because I have TOO MUCH already).
@@StephanieCanada Fair enough! I must now contact that lady about some of that delicious trim! I might or might not be on a 70s kick right about now...
Wow. Just…wow.
We had a turkey commit suicide on our Suburban in Spartanburg, so I can relate.
OH NO! 😂
Good LORD, what a treasure trove! It makes me wonder what made the shop owner walk away. It looks like it was a well stocked and beloved store.
You know I wonder the same thing. It sounds like she was just done and decided to retire.
Dear Ms. Stephanie - you have just passed a landmark. Not only did I sit through two commercials (hey, Algorithm, is this enough interaction fer ya). But the second commercial was for 007. Shaken, not stirred. Well done.
Sewing Warrior Princess. Your marching orders for Halloween (unless you're already knee deep in the spooky, in which case, I'll hush).
I'd say you were restrained.
The cabinet alone. Damn.
And a repeat of the hippy fabric needs to go into a frame.
We have wild turkeys to the south of the city (yes, please insert mandatory Canadian animal joke here... but hey, ya'll, least we still got animals). The turkey's occasionally show up in traffic updates. As do the deer to the west of the city. And the every 10 year bear wandering around Parliament Hill. Then there was that moose in the swimming pool back in the 80's...
Anyways.
If it had hit your car you'd be carrying home Christmas dinner to boot... just saying...
- Cathy (&, accidently, Steve), Ottawa/Bytown
Oh I am READY for Halloween shenanigans for SURE!
@@StephanieCanada Most Excellent.
And, seriously, restraint. You showed it.
How much of that lace was left when you Kids left?
Your husband reactions was fabulous.
It was pretty fantastic!
if my mom had pulled up with a full car like that, my dad would have just rolled his eyes and said, you are on your own. good luck!
lol
and then he would go in and get the hand-truck and move it all in for her! she knew he was kidding about her being on her own with it, but it was always so funny watch!
i'm super impressed that you didn't pull up a moving van... there were a lot of nice looking fabrics, etc..
looking forward to part 2!
Wonderful that you saved so much! She had everything!
Steph - the blue with the tiny flowers that's just BARELY visible at 8:45 - I am VERY interested in that! (And rayons.)
What a treasure trove and an amazing woman!
When I do the video on video for the fabric reveal I will be handling all claims on that one. Thank you SO much for your interest! And yes, she was a wonderful lady.
@@StephanieCanada I'm going to have to set a reminder for the fabric reveal! Blue fabric or no, I'm just really excited to see what you found (because I'm wishing I could go!)
This is wonderful to see 😮
I want to road trip with you! What amazing finds! So fun!
Road trips are the best!! And thank you!
This is magic. 🤩 🥳 🤩 🥳 🤩
Remember that bumper sticker, "She who dies with most fabric wins."
I have tears in my eyes watching this. I'll bet much of that fabric and inventory was made in the USA.
I came here after watching a video on decluttering!
So many goodies! So enjoyed your video and your sense of humor, first time watcher. I will be following along! 💕
I love the South and would have loved to have been with you. What a find. Lucky you!
They sure do have some hidey-holes of vintage goodies! I LOVE getting to tell these stories though!
An amazing estate find. I couldn't have enough money to cover all of my Love this, Want that...Ooooh that's gorgeous!
A full car? I'd need a truck.
How fun!
So fun! And your dress is adorable!
Thank you so much! It was one I made for this channel last year. Sad part is that I ripped a seam digging for some fabric, but it was totally worth it.
Nice! Now time to get sewing 🧵
RIGHT! Now I just have to narrow down which ones stay and which ones go.
That would be a dangerous place for me! What an amazing time capsule! I wish I lived closer to South Carolina. It would be worth a road trip for sure if I had the time.
I have no doubt there are some awesome Hidden Treasures in the pattern drawers that are yet to be revealed?
This is fascinating!
Thanks
Wow beautiful haul😮😮😮
Lovely! Just found you, and I'm hooked!!!
Thank you! I am so glad you are here!
What a wonderful treasure. I love this so much.
WOW Amazing❤🤗👍 What a dream!!!
It truly was!
I like the video. Awesome! My mom's maiden name is Canada.
Wow, wow and wow! What a find 😍
Just wow!!
I know right?! When I first got the photos I was floored.
I am so jealous I am crying!!! The colorful material, the trims, the patterns!!! I haunt my local thrift shop and buy up old buttons and buckles, trims and tapes, and patterns and pattern books that aren't even close to my size just to have them. My sewing room, which shares space with my macrame rack and supplies, is getting full. But I keep an eye out for facebook and garage sales too. But OMG, what you found!!!
It truly was magical.
@@StephanieCanada Did you get to go back for patterns and more fabric? Please tell me you did! I started sewing in the early '70s and would have loved some of that fabric for my bellbottoms and smock tops that were so popular. So maybe she had some patterns from those days to make with it! The first thing we made in Home Arts, that was what Home Economics was called in those days, was a bibbed mini skirt. LOL I think the year was 1972. I also made several pairs of elephant bells, bell bottoms with 40 inches around the bottom, with a fly zipper too! Then I stopped sewing after having kids and working, and only started again about 10 years ago, 3 decades later! Love your channel, you are so fun to watch!😊
Oh wow this would have been so amazing! I probably would have cried 😆 can’t wait for the haul!
I said the exact same thing to my partner, lol! I teared up just watching the video!
When we sat down to talk there were a few times I had to stop to compose myself.
This is absolutely wonderful!!
There has to be a way to spread the word to the rest of Costube.
If you share it with your friends I am sure they will find it. I am the WORST about uploading at a set time, so I haven't joined the new Costube group or posted about my uploads.
Oh my goodness. Oh my goodness!!!
That was my mantra while digging I was just overwhelmed and TOO HAPPY!
That is exciting.
The entire time I was buzzing!
I would buy ALL the bias tape and seam tapes! I may have a problem 😊
Man, did you ever get those patterns? I'm over here drooling over the potential machines.
WOW 🎉
I WANT TO GO TO THERE OMG
I wish you could’ve come too!!!
So cool!!
Thank you! It was amazing!
This is like the vintage sewist equivalent of that apartment in Paris that hadn't been touch since World War II...I have often said that I would selfishly use a time machine to shop and watch plays with my favorite actors and I fell like you found your personal time machine setting.
You had me at Canada 🇨🇦 but the rest is bonus fun!
My family hit a wild turkey on Thanksgiving and it bounced on the road and hop/flew away!
Fabric and such sitting for 30-40 years, does it retain their strength & color? My MIL recently left behind a lot of material & patterns. I am encouraged to take what I can use, but I am afraid of it falling apart in the wash like her lace kitchen curtains started to do.
WOW! That had to be so mush FUN!
It was SUCH a blast and I loved to learn about Miss Ruth!
😢 ah dear Miss Ruth 💟🙏💐
I would want it all
OMG that’s a score !!! I’m jealous
Spec tac u lar! Subed other 'Tubers. Particularly love this Road trip Vlog/Chat Interview/Americana format. I realise not all purveyors will be as accommodating and informative as the Lady managing the Estate sale, nor will all estate sales have such a facination backstory, but when possible, yes, more of This. This post was awesome.
True. It is rare to know THIS much background, or have the seller be willing to be on camera to tell the story. This was overall such a wonderful experience.
Amazing,,,,,😃
Right!! It was amazing!
That’s not kinda full 😫😫😂😂😂
Hahaha! Whereas I looked at it and went, huh, I still have room.
@@StephanieCanada Tetris is a life skill. Needs to be taught in Home Ec.
- Cathy (&, accidently, Steve), Ottawa/Bytown
@@stevezytveld6585 Hey Ms. Cathy!!
@@StephanieCanada you had no room ma'am
@@SewSewDrew I am cackling so hard right now...
Technically,, if she had really pushed it, using the friction of the carpeted ceiling, she Might have gotten 4 more rolls in there...
My three girls! LOVE this video!
Thank you Sally!
Wow. Just wow.😍
RIGHT?! I loved getting to hunt there. It was the absolute best!
Ah!!! When is Part 2 cause I literally want to go!
I am so jealous right now
It was a blast!! I will showcase the goodies next week!
We'll be salivating! I mean, waiting! We'll be waiting 😅❤
I can totally imagine how awesome it was! Living a time warp moment, no ?