So many great sewing supplies are at the thrift store right!! What was your fav find you couldn't leave without? What do you like to get at the thrift store?
You and I would be fighting over the natural fiber fashions. Linen /cotton in a pink shift was a grand find, the challenge will be to find how best to resuse the material. This is truly my favorite part of thrift store hunts...show and tell!
love love love your cheerful happy attitude! I have thrift shopped since way back.I love finding garments in natural fabrics also.Its a delight to see your videos you're such a good hostess!
My latest 'Could Not leave without' was a roll of white Sillk Dupioni. $8! It's on a roll and 60" wide so no folds or real winkles. Gorgeous. I think there's about 8 yards on it. I want to dye the pieces that I use. I've been doing research on it. It's just simply wonderful.
Vintage sewing machines! My hubby thinks I have a problem but only problem I have is a lack of space, lol. Seriously though, I love jars of vintage buttons. Each one is like a little treasure chest, you never know what you’re going to dig up, and I find sorting them very relaxing.
I'm a new subscriber and I took your advice. Started looking around my local thrift store. Guess what I found. I found a whole bolt of interfacing for$4.99 and a whole bolt of wool crepe for$5.99. I thought that was a steal. I said to myself that is such a great idea❤
Oh, that doily!! And the tablecloth....the lace!! Nice haul 👍🏻 I love old linens and I always look for them when I’m at a garage sale/estate sale. I recently refurbished an old suit case and wanted to find a couple vintage hankies to place inside. I mentioned to my friend & neighbor, who is in her late 80’s, that I was wanting to find a couple for my project. She proceeded to present me with a beautiful silk brocade covered box, and it is full of vintage ladies hankies! Probably 15 or so; I couldn’t believe it!! I felt bad about accepting it, and she said no one in her family wanted them and she wouldn’t take any money fir them. I still can’t believe she gave them to me, what a treasure! Thank you for the idea to check thrift stores, I can’t wait to go check it out!!
@@Evelyn__Wood That black and gold lace reminds me of the 1920s. I might have a distorted view of the fashion in this time, though. According to your expertise, would it be ok for this time?
I went to my favorite Good Will store because I needed more retired lady shirts. Of course I stopped at the craft area where they have fabric and “stuff”. I found a beautiful dark red, 10 meter(!) Silk Sari, heavily decorated all over with Gold! It must have been a wedding Sari. They didn’t know what it was and the Pali was folded to the inside. Priced at $7.99! US
Sheryl F , I belong to the Society for Creative Anachronism. The idea is to recreate (read that as recreate, not exact copy) the Middle Ages as they should have been, I.e. minus plague, famine, and permanent death (dying on the fighting field is common, but you are expected to come to dinner that night and fight again next day). Creation of clothing of the period is highly respected. I love Byzantine, Italian Renaissance, and Tudor, as well as any other period with glitz and flattering for short, curvy women, with Tudor England my favorite, although, for sheer Glitz, Several of the Italian States can’t be beat. 10 yards means I should be able to do large parts of outfits from all three of my favorites. Sadly, today’s fashions for a middle class retiree don’t present much scope for such beauty. Which is the reason I love researching and creating something from before 1603 (death of Elizabeth).
Leah Regier if you live in the US, buying Saris from India on EBay is incredibly cheap! 5-6 yard silk ones can be bought for between $12.00-24.00 with free shipping from India!
Just very impressed with your ability to see ideas and use vintage items and put them to use uniquely. I love your zeal for being thrifty and not wasting things. That is a gift from God. And so timely. We are a nation of wasteful people. My goal is make denim quilt using old blue jeans which is in monumental supply. God bless you and keep up the good work.
😍 those buckles... and the gorgeous eyelet lace. i have so many buckles mixed in with other items, i really should go through and put them all together. As for the old metal zips, I had a customer back in the early 1990’s who would have been 80+ and she preferred to wear these vintage “girdles” that were almost industrial in their construction. I think they were from the 1950’s or earlier and had been repaired many, many times over the years. I can distinctly remember trying to track down some particular heavy duty metal zips for the repairs (which pre internet days was no easy feat). I last saw this customer in 1994, but I still think of her when old heavy duty zips pop up in my vintage habby hauls.
The table cloth is beautiful! I'm going to be looking for them the next time I go thrift shopping. Please do the video on identifying fabrics. One on how to remove (hopefully) stains on vintage fabrics would be very helpful too. Looking forward to your next video.
If there was ever anyone who looked like "a kid in a candy store", you are it in this video! Thanks for sharing your finds and your enthusiasm. Once I paid $5 each for two sewing boxes FILLED with all their original items: Thimbles, Needles and threads (of course), Iron-on transfer patterns, Scissors, Seam rippers, Measuring tapes, and all those other little bits 'n bobs one keeps in a functioning sewing box. Now that was fun! Sometimes I'll find a particularly nice piece of material in both fabric and pattern and will use it to put matching border on both top sheet and pillow cases to make an eye-catching set ... this can be a remnant, a sheet or pillow case(s) or even a piece of clothing. One project I am hoping to finish soon is changing the curtains in my bedroom: I have a pair of floor-length sage green soft fabric curtains which were left in the house when we moved in (nothing wrong with them and I like the color so have just been saving them until inspiration hit me) and I thrifted a king-size pillow sham which I bought solely for the absolutely gorgeous shell pattern (I don't even own a king-size pillow but this was one of those things that simply said "BUY ME") in the same lovely green as the curtains and I am going to use it for the valance. All that with a sheer under curtain. I am going to improvise the valance by sewing it directly onto the curtains so I don't have to use a triple rod set which I think will be too overwhelming for window. Yeah, I have hordes of lace too. For me, that wide lace you purchased would be nice as a hem trim on a slip. I love making half-slips from batiste and giving them elaborate lace trim in contrasting colors. *Sigh* ... your video and my looking at what I have to work with has made me create a list of projects to consider or finish up on. One of the things I like about repurposing already sewn pieces is that often there is little or no sewing, i.e. a full flat sheet makes for a nice shower curtain; all you need to do is button hole it ... and a second flat sheet can make matching curtains or any other lovely trim you might like to add to the room. Okay, this is getting lengthy ... be well and keep those videos coming.
The linen shirts and tablecloth I could not have passed up! Those laces are all so pretty, lucky you. I'd love to see a video with ideas to use up lace bits & how to ID fabrics at the thrift store. Can't wait to see what you do with all your treasures!
I like the lace beading and Irish Crochet style doily best. That doily is hand made with size 30 or smaller thread. It needs to be washed in hot water and color safe bleach, towel dried and ironed dry. If it seems too limber, starch it and iron again. You can block it with pins on cardboard after starching if you prefer. It will make a fluffy Fichu if you weave a white ribbon to make it ruffle. The chain picot pattern is beautiful, and in my estimation, by far the best piece of lace there. It is hand made and lovely. The wide rose motif lace looks like bridal lace, and is my second favorite. The linen blouses are catching my imagination. Can't wait to see what you do.
I reuse zippers (particularly metal toothed ones) as often as needed. Which seems to be a lot. May I recommend that before use, to wash/dry first. Then steam iron the tapes with starch. This makes it So much easier to insert into your garment, as you've returned the zip to nearly new condition. 😊
OK, but can we take a minute to appreciate that beautiful eyelet blouse you've got on!? LOVE IT! Makes me really want summer...but I'm still in winter! And that circle tablecloth! Please make it into a skirt! It would be so beautiful.
That tablecloth is begging to be a circle skirt! Beautiful circular tablecloths are something I always keep an eye out for because it's so easy to transform them into such beautiful, floaty skirts. And so much more affordable than buying a large enough piece of fabric to make a seamless circle skirt - and the fabric doesn't come pre-hemmed!
@@Evelyn__Wood I made a lovely one recently with a white lace tablecloth! Used navy blue fabric underneath and for a wide waistband. Wish there were more thrift shops near me so I could make some more!
I make stuffed animals, dolls, doll clothes, and children clothes, I would love to find linens/lace/buttons for making the items. Most of my lace stash is handmedowns from other people who know about my obsession, people who find little baggies of lace like you found and they give them to me (sewing peoples are the best), The nice thing about the cheaper lace's, is you can put them on doll clothes and little kids really don't notice that you've used something cheaper, they just love the frills! I have several tablecloths and a BUNCH of handerchief (linen with hand embroidery), saved up to make either a quilt or some doll clothes with. I LOVE finding hand embroidered things for so cheap (people have no idea the time and love put into this stuff), and adding this to your own craft just makes it more special!
YES!! on the video describing different fabrics.. I really struggle knowing what kind of fabric is what. I attend estate sales a lot and thrift stores and i have an array of vintage fabrics and would like to learn more about them. thank you for these informative videos. I love watching!
I just made a cup a coffee and was deciding whether or not to look at my computer...then I saw you had a new video. So I enjoyed my coffee while looking at your treasures with you. I would never pass up vintage buckles and lace/trims. Luckily the thrift store I go to a lot has their fabric rolled up with rubber bands so you can open it up. They also have their trims in bags that are sealed, but roomy enough so you can move things around and see what is in there.
i acquired some sewing notions from an estate sale about 10 years ago. i paid $40 for SO MUCH STUFF!! i gave away, sold and donated a ton of fabric that i could not use. i've had the lace boxed up since then (i'm thinking she must have been a lingerie maker? based on the types of lace). i finally got around to cutting foam core boards to fit my file cabinet and then wrap the laces in groups on the boards. i must have 20+ yards of some of them. she used newspapers and magazines as "spools". the newspapers were from 93 (in fact , the day i was doing it, the newspaper was dated the same date, but in 93). one magazine though was dated 1973!!! some items are obviously on the newer side, but others were definitely the better/older nylon from years gone by. there were even a few that had smaller amounts that just may have actually been handmade. some nice cotton crocheted (by machine) were included too. i've thought about maybe selling some on ebay as i have way more than i could ever use. there were also old zippers. seems like there were some still in package from the 40s. i'm enjoying your vintage thrift sewing supplies videos.
This is insanely lucky! You should totally use that lace on all the things! It was meant to be used! I hope one day I come across something this great!
Big circle table clothes make great templates for papasan cushion covers. I also always look at the jewelry for cute sew on accents (earrings make cool buttons)
I would love to see how you would turn a round table cloth into a skirt. I just found your channel and I'm already in love with your videos. Your style is my goal!
Love your enthusiasm and joy you bring to discovering the treasures in the Thrift stores. I'm that way too. I have not been out and about much lately due to covid, but they finally lifted most restrictions here. I shop thrift stores for 'fabric', often sheets, tablecloth and things too for weaving twined rugs or make other items. That doily with the four corners, the one you show just before the shirt is a breadbasket liner. I made quite a few of those to place inside of a small, shallow wicker basket filled with buns or things like that. I lost weight the last few years and kept some of the clothes I love to refashion. Like you, I LOVE linen and all natural fibers. I also love to reuse what's there already. I just discovered you on you tube a few days ago andI look forward to see more of your videos. They are so inspiring.
Evelyn, it was such a joy to find you. As an Aussie who is an avid op shop and thrift store shopper, most of my wardrobe is "preloved". I've only recently come across the CosTuber posts and all of you beautiful, creative and clever people have inspired me to sew a 1930's day dress for my Phd graduation in a couple of weeks. Hearing you chat through your haul, your enthusiasm for all things vintage is inspiring. I grew up with my mum sewing the 'good old-fashioned way' with natural fibre fabrics and precise finishing, and I despair at the modern, disposable, nasty construction. It's a delight to see and hear someone with such passion for quality with economy. Thank you for sharing your confidence in your personal style.
I love so much the mauve vintage fabric which was in the plastic bag. I would see it for a low-necked 50's summer dress. I would also like to see what you are going to do with theese beautiful beltbuckles, maybe new belts ? They would be so nice with a vintage dress. And your wide lace that you call your 'lucky find" is wonderful.I have a lot of this kind, white, beige, black which belonged to one of my grand-mothers, with several pairs of lace gloves. I think they are part of some bridal dresses. Some years ago, in a vide-grenier I had the luck to find for quite nothing a lot of beautiful handmade laces which where made by the nuns of a convent. Nobody was interested by such a treasure!
These looks amazing! I would love to see the final garments you have made with all of that, especially the pink floral fabric and the yellow floral table cloth!
I usually look for buttons, especially mother of pearl ones, they can get so expensive when bought new! I would love to see ideas on how to use small lenghts of fabric or lace. Thank you for sharing these finds!! :)
I love finding fabric and sewing items at thrift shops and flea markets! The thrill of the hunt is half the fun. I would love to see a video on how to determine the fabric content, yes please! Thank you for all your great videos!
So. I'm newly retired. Had my sewing machine overhauled and picked it up two days ago, hadn't used it for a few years. I am very excited to be able to spend time relearing things I forgot and learn things I never knew. You are inspiring. Went to a thrift store yesterday but only came up with a little 3/4 sleeve cardigan and a lovely slip. I have some very simple clothing projects to complete and so I will work at it bit by bit. Thank you for the inspiration, I am so excited.
@@kimberlydonohoe3427 That's a great idea! I have a very large round table, but I would never have thought to layer a smaller one over a bigger one! I would not have bought that small one. I'm so glad I read the comments and replies!
I love old cloths for refashening and cotton for cutting up for quilts.Shirts in cotton supply a smaller amount just right for quilts that need variety.
Great finds! I've been thrifting buttons, and just brought home a big jar of belt buckles. Some aren't my style, but there are some mother of pearls ones, and a good handful of others I'll use. I'm so excited!
About 3-4 weeks ago I stumbled into a Goodwill store. I simply wandered around looking for crafting eyeing different bags. No fabric, but I kept on. Suddenly 2 bags I thought were just full of crafting hay became: vintage sewing patterns!!!Bought them, took them home and went through them. The best part of the haul? Several Vogue patterns from the 40's, 50's, and 60's!!!! In fact there are 3 patterns I will actually use. The rest are pretty ripped or tattered up, but some I can re-create. I love thrift stores; I could NEVER pass one up!!!
I buy a lot of fabrics from the thrift store. I'm always on the lookout for old buttons. I've been known to buy a jacket just for the buttons and then re-donating the jacket. I've bought pants that are way too big just because they are made of silk and because they are so large, they can be taken apart and recut to fit me. Bags of scraps can be used for quilting, pocket linings, small bags, hey, even wrapping for special small gifts! I love the tablecloth you found! As far as small bits of lace, I like to add it to store-bought clothes to make them uniquely mine; at the top(s) of shirt pocket(s), sleeve cuffs, hems of dresses, shorts or pants, even along the buttonhole placket of a shirt!. I also have a pair of thrifted jeans that the manufacturer cheeped out on outer pocket fabric and the lining shows so I can't wear a shirt tucked it. I plan to put some lace to hide that faux-pau. Video tip: Try to remember not to shake your hands when you are showing us something in your hands, it really kicks my vertigo on.
This is my first time viewing your channel and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Each of the proposed projects would make a lovely video. I don't think I could stop where you did with your purchases. I would be hard pressed to stop if I found that many sewing supplies in the thrift stores in my area. So many videos I see of hauls makes my mouth water, lol. The stores in my area do not have much in the way of sewing supplies or smalls, they mostly have clothing. I won't have trouble remembering your name; it's the same as my mother's sister. God bless sweet girl and happy creating. Sherry from Alabama
I got an entire shoe box full of vintage rick rack and various other sewing stuff for $1. I was stoked. Now I need to have a project to use it on. The rick rack ranges from teeny tiny to normal size in their original packages. Plus snaps galore. My husband just didn't get why I was so excited.
Many years ago(maybe 30?)I decided to use up some of my vintage ric-rac and embellished a 3 tiered navy blue skirt. It is similar to a patio skirt but with all sizes and colors of ric-rac. I also embellished a 3-tiered white skirt(more recently)
Dear Evelyn, I really enjoyed your last video about sewing supplies from the thrift store and this one! Thank you for sharing! As you asked if we do want to have a video where you explain how to "feel" the quality of fabric I have to say:"yes, definitely". I also want to meantion, that here in Austria I never heard that people do use old vintage patterns for wrapping up their presents. I was quite irritated, when I heard that and I really hope not too many patterns are lost because of that.
Hi Evelyn, those types of cotton laces were used by my mother as trim for cradle and cot sheets in the 1950s and 60s. They look so familiar to me.(I am the oldest of 7 so I remember a lot of what was sewn for me and my siblings.) thanks for another interesting video.
I love it all best 😁. I would love to find a crinkly doily like yours to put down the front of a dress. That will look stunning I think but as it’s handmade I am thinking, it’s unique. Which is good and not so good 😂 I to go for quality fabric these days. I never really thought about it before I met you and learned to sew but now I notice fabric quality all the time. My favourite is cotton, linen and the other day I picked up a hand made curtain which was made of gorgeous fabric. So that’s a definite refashion. The lace is beautiful. You did so well Thank you for sharing. For me that is the last bit of fun on a thrift day is the show and tell. You did soooo well. 😘
What a fabulous haul. That pointed doily is wonderful. I can see splitting it in half and using it as a 'cap' sleeve on a sundress with the points hanging down front and back. So pretty. I would have a hard time choosing one thing that I would not have left behind. If I had to it would be that Navy Linen skirt. That is a fabulous find. I like the idea of leaving the bottom ruffle only. The other ruffles could make a smart jacket for over a white blouse. Wonderful. Thank You for all of the wonderful ideas.
I'm new to your channel, love how you teach and create. Just an old yank who found out late in life that I was really good at designing for women. You have taken the intimidation out of creation for me thank you so much. I will follow regularly now.
Yes please! A video on finding the fibre content of fabrics and if it is vintage. I remember reading somewhere that fabric widths used to be one yard so I was pleased you reminded me of that.
Oooh linen is a wonderful fabric. Im learning to hand weave with the goal of weaving my own eventually. I love the idea of something that gets better as it ages, and linen does! I havent been thrifting or garage sale hunting in forever, but youve inspired me! Need to study more on hunting for quality items in general, so your fabric video is perfect but dont be afraid to go all out! 😄 How to tell quality glass or mother of pearl buttons. Those extras that say "very nice". The metal zippers are a perfect example! That is machine made lace. It's been industrialized for some time because it is incredibly tedious to make by hand. I make bobbin lace and that large panel of lace would take....so long. 😬 Weeks and weeks, months actually. It's beautiful though! I sometimes save bits of machine made vintage lace to try and recreate it. ☺️
I love that you are looking for natural fabrics. I have started to do that as well and have found some beautiful clothes in linen cotton and silk at my local charity shops. Don't usually find the same supplies as you do but I grab the good stuff when I see it.
I wish I could find sewing notions at thrift stores in Miami. Funny enough I find a lot of knitting yarn 🧶 . I go often and made myself a number of clothing outfits from great fabric I found at the thrift store. Even great linen from table clothes and brocade curtains I used to make a steampunk Victorian dress etc .Anyways, love your videos!!!
Hey! I've been binging your channel in the past few days. I might be buying a used sewing machine tomorrow and I went thrifting today! I got a bed sheet (100% cotton) to practice on and a few pieces of clothing that I might want to alter. Your channel has been very helpful in giving me the push to start my new hobby! I already know how to hand sew, but I'm excited to learn how to use my machine and to be able to take on bigger projects!
Great haul Evelyn! Neat stuff! You hit the spot with " buy it in bulk". I had laugh! I was told if you find a great deal to "Buy it cheap and stack it deep!" My "toss it out" idea, being able to tell the difference in quality material/fabric vs. the crapola stuff. BTW, my hand is up waving, Natural Fiber Guy Here! Thanks for all you do for us, Evelyn!
Such lovely things... it’s so good to know that you’re going to use them for good projects! I love the rose-coloured vintage printed cotton, now it’s out of its plastic bag. It’s going to look gorgeous.
My sister and I went to a couple of thrift shops here and I found some awesome material, thank you for the wonderful tips,,I'll continue to check them out
I’m a new subscriber, and absolutely love your thrifting finds and ideas. That unusual, but beautiful black and gold lace looks very Art Deco to me, and made me think it would look great on a 1920’s style flapper dress.
Late to the party, but you appeared in my recommendations, and so I started binge watching your content! Great stuff. A few months back, I found a bunch of “new” vintage metal zips and bias tapes with all the original packaging! I almost don’t want to open them, just on the novelty alone. Graphic design on old packaging can tell us a lot about the era in which they were made. Here in Japan, there’s a lot of old mom and pop shops in residential neighbourhoods, so it makes it easier to find new old stock. I’ll grab it when I can.
Great stash. Love the table cloth and the 90 centimetres fabric. If you make the table cloth into a circular skirt I’d love to see it finished. I would really like to see a video on how to distinguish different fabrics. Many thanks for your show and tell. Love Lynne
Very exciting! I cann't wait to see all you're going to do with those blouses and lace. I love the round tablecloth, I'm always on the lookout for them, that's a beautifull one for a fullcircle skirt!
I used to thrift with my mom and we would look at pillowcases, pillow shams, skirts/dresses and things like that to re-purpose into bags or purses. She made some really beautiful bags out of the finished pillow shams because they already had beautiful edges they were already finished for you and the other side was already a Lining of sort.
I love thrifting for sewing/knitting supplies, I rarely buy anything new! The other day I got some fabric (I still have to decide if it's viscose or polyester, if it'll become lining or a blouse), thin pink trim (that goes perfect with the fabric) and a gadget I'm not sure what it is - my first thought was a thread cutter, but someone guessed that it's a distance for sewing buttons - I'll try if it's sharp enough to cut thread, otherwise I guess I'll start using it for buttons!
What an exciting haul! I can’t wait to see how you use those laces. I’d definitely love to see a video on how to identify fabrics. I’d also love a video on how to clean old findings like buttons and buckles. 😘
Thank you so much Evelyn, I really really love 💕 thrift stores, we call them Charity shops in the UK 🇬🇧, And we have a couple of shops that deal with sewing etc. So I’m going to look at them in a different light 💡 now. xxx Mags
So many great sewing supplies are at the thrift store right!! What was your fav find you couldn't leave without?
What do you like to get at the thrift store?
You and I would be fighting over the natural fiber fashions. Linen /cotton in a pink shift was a grand find, the challenge will be to find how best to resuse the material. This is truly my favorite part of thrift store hunts...show and tell!
It's the Brest part right Diana!! It's good that there are plenty of thrift stores for us to treasure hunt in!! Without fighting! 😂
love love love your cheerful happy attitude! I have thrift shopped since way back.I love finding garments in natural fabrics also.Its a delight to see your videos you're such a good hostess!
My latest 'Could Not leave without' was a roll of white Sillk Dupioni. $8! It's on a roll and 60" wide so no folds or real winkles. Gorgeous. I think there's about 8 yards on it. I want to dye the pieces that I use. I've been doing research on it. It's just simply wonderful.
Vintage sewing machines! My hubby thinks I have a problem but only problem I have is a lack of space, lol. Seriously though, I love jars of vintage buttons. Each one is like a little treasure chest, you never know what you’re going to dig up, and I find sorting them very relaxing.
I'm a new subscriber and I took your advice. Started looking around my local thrift store. Guess what I found. I found a whole bolt of interfacing for$4.99 and a whole bolt of wool crepe for$5.99. I thought that was a steal. I said to myself that is such a great idea❤
Great finds!!
Definitely great finds!! An Entire bolt!! SWEET!! Can't go wrong on that one!!
Oh, that doily!! And the tablecloth....the lace!! Nice haul 👍🏻 I love old linens and I always look for them when I’m at a garage sale/estate sale. I recently refurbished an old suit case and wanted to find a couple vintage hankies to place inside. I mentioned to my friend & neighbor, who is in her late 80’s, that I was wanting to find a couple for my project. She proceeded to present me with a beautiful silk brocade covered box, and it is full of vintage ladies hankies! Probably 15 or so; I couldn’t believe it!! I felt bad about accepting it, and she said no one in her family wanted them and she wouldn’t take any money fir them. I still can’t believe she gave them to me, what a treasure! Thank you for the idea to check thrift stores, I can’t wait to go check it out!!
"I don't knows what I'm going to use it for yet. That is not the point."
Same
Kindred spirits! 😄
@@Evelyn__Wood That black and gold lace reminds me of the 1920s.
I might have a distorted view of the fashion in this time, though.
According to your expertise, would it be ok for this time?
I went to my favorite Good Will store because I needed more retired lady shirts. Of course I stopped at the craft area where they have fabric and “stuff”. I found a beautiful dark red, 10 meter(!) Silk Sari, heavily decorated all over with Gold! It must have been a wedding Sari. They didn’t know what it was and the Pali was folded to the inside. Priced at $7.99! US
😲😲😲 Woo hoo!! Wanda what a find!! Those are the best treadure hunting days! Now what are you going to make from it??
I love finding saris! I always check the linnens for them. $7 for that much silk just cant be beat.
I, too, found a sari. It is lovely material. I really want to make something great. What are you making with yours?
Sheryl F , I belong to the Society for Creative Anachronism. The idea is to recreate (read that as recreate, not exact copy) the Middle Ages as they should have been, I.e. minus plague, famine, and permanent death (dying on the fighting field is common, but you are expected to come to dinner that night and fight again next day).
Creation of clothing of the period is highly respected. I love Byzantine, Italian Renaissance, and Tudor, as well as any other period with glitz and flattering for short, curvy women, with Tudor England my favorite, although, for sheer Glitz, Several of the Italian States can’t be beat. 10 yards means I should be able to do large parts of outfits from all three of my favorites. Sadly, today’s fashions for a middle class retiree don’t present much scope for such beauty. Which is the reason I love researching and creating something from before 1603 (death of Elizabeth).
Leah Regier if you live in the US, buying Saris from India on EBay is incredibly cheap! 5-6 yard silk ones can be bought for between $12.00-24.00 with free shipping from India!
Terrific haul.. Sew jealous. I shouldn't be since I have baskets of vintage lace, tatting buttons. OMG the blue linen is fabulous.
🤣🤣 I know the feeling!!!
Yes to fabric video. And YES to anything edwardian!!! I love 1906-1914 fashion.
Just very impressed with your ability to see ideas and use vintage items and put them to use uniquely. I love your zeal for being thrifty and not wasting things. That is a gift from God. And so timely. We are a nation of wasteful people. My goal is make denim quilt using old blue jeans which is in monumental supply. God bless you and keep up the good work.
Yes to a video on how to know your fabrics. I do buy a lot of fabrics from thrift stores.
That table cloth is beautiful!
I can't argue with the wide lace being your favorite, but I would absolutely lose my mind over that beautiful linen tablecloth.
😍 those buckles... and the gorgeous eyelet lace. i have so many buckles mixed in with other items, i really should go through and put them all together. As for the old metal zips, I had a customer back in the early 1990’s who would have been 80+ and she preferred to wear these vintage “girdles” that were almost industrial in their construction. I think they were from the 1950’s or earlier and had been repaired many, many times over the years. I can distinctly remember trying to track down some particular heavy duty metal zips for the repairs (which pre internet days was no easy feat). I last saw this customer in 1994, but I still think of her when old heavy duty zips pop up in my vintage habby hauls.
Oh I love this story! ❤❤
The table cloth is beautiful! I'm going to be looking for them the next time I go thrift shopping. Please do the video on identifying fabrics. One on how to remove (hopefully) stains on vintage fabrics would be very helpful too. Looking forward to your next video.
If there was ever anyone who looked like "a kid in a candy store", you are it in this video! Thanks for sharing your finds and your enthusiasm. Once I paid $5 each for two sewing boxes FILLED with all their original items: Thimbles, Needles and threads (of course), Iron-on transfer patterns, Scissors, Seam rippers, Measuring tapes, and all those other little bits 'n bobs one keeps in a functioning sewing box. Now that was fun! Sometimes I'll find a particularly nice piece of material in both fabric and pattern and will use it to put matching border on both top sheet and pillow cases to make an eye-catching set ... this can be a remnant, a sheet or pillow case(s) or even a piece of clothing. One project I am hoping to finish soon is changing the curtains in my bedroom: I have a pair of floor-length sage green soft fabric curtains which were left in the house when we moved in (nothing wrong with them and I like the color so have just been saving them until inspiration hit me) and I thrifted a king-size pillow sham which I bought solely for the absolutely gorgeous shell pattern (I don't even own a king-size pillow but this was one of those things that simply said "BUY ME") in the same lovely green as the curtains and I am going to use it for the valance. All that with a sheer under curtain. I am going to improvise the valance by sewing it directly onto the curtains so I don't have to use a triple rod set which I think will be too overwhelming for window. Yeah, I have hordes of lace too. For me, that wide lace you purchased would be nice as a hem trim on a slip. I love making half-slips from batiste and giving them elaborate lace trim in contrasting colors. *Sigh* ... your video and my looking at what I have to work with has made me create a list of projects to consider or finish up on. One of the things I like about repurposing already sewn pieces is that often there is little or no sewing, i.e. a full flat sheet makes for a nice shower curtain; all you need to do is button hole it ... and a second flat sheet can make matching curtains or any other lovely trim you might like to add to the room. Okay, this is getting lengthy ... be well and keep those videos coming.
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The linen shirts and tablecloth I could not have passed up! Those laces are all so pretty, lucky you. I'd love to see a video with ideas to use up lace bits & how to ID fabrics at the thrift store. Can't wait to see what you do with all your treasures!
I like the lace beading and Irish Crochet style doily best. That doily is hand made with size 30 or smaller thread. It needs to be washed in hot water and color safe bleach, towel dried and ironed dry. If it seems too limber, starch it and iron again. You can block it with pins on cardboard after starching if you prefer. It will make a fluffy Fichu if you weave a white ribbon to make it ruffle. The chain picot pattern is beautiful, and in my estimation, by far the best piece of lace there. It is hand made and lovely. The wide rose motif lace looks like bridal lace, and is my second favorite. The linen blouses are catching my imagination. Can't wait to see what you do.
I think you crochet! 😄 Thankyou for the tips! I love doiley too! I can't wait to turn it into something!!
There is no way I could leave without that classic red belt buckle...Lovely!
Great fun watching you sharing your finds for the day! Thank You
I reuse zippers (particularly metal toothed ones) as often as needed. Which seems to be a lot.
May I recommend that before use, to wash/dry first. Then steam iron the tapes with starch. This makes it So much easier to insert into your garment, as you've returned the zip to nearly new condition.
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OK, but can we take a minute to appreciate that beautiful eyelet blouse you've got on!? LOVE IT! Makes me really want summer...but I'm still in winter! And that circle tablecloth! Please make it into a skirt! It would be so beautiful.
Oh I like the lace best, how existing it is like going into a toy shop ☺
That tablecloth is begging to be a circle skirt! Beautiful circular tablecloths are something I always keep an eye out for because it's so easy to transform them into such beautiful, floaty skirts. And so much more affordable than buying a large enough piece of fabric to make a seamless circle skirt - and the fabric doesn't come pre-hemmed!
Right!!!! 😀 It's pre hemmed!!
@@Evelyn__Wood I made a lovely one recently with a white lace tablecloth! Used navy blue fabric underneath and for a wide waistband. Wish there were more thrift shops near me so I could make some more!
I make stuffed animals, dolls, doll clothes, and children clothes, I would love to find linens/lace/buttons for making the items. Most of my lace stash is handmedowns from other people who know about my obsession, people who find little baggies of lace like you found and they give them to me (sewing peoples are the best), The nice thing about the cheaper lace's, is you can put them on doll clothes and little kids really don't notice that you've used something cheaper, they just love the frills! I have several tablecloths and a BUNCH of handerchief (linen with hand embroidery), saved up to make either a quilt or some doll clothes with. I LOVE finding hand embroidered things for so cheap (people have no idea the time and love put into this stuff), and adding this to your own craft just makes it more special!
How to tell fibres? Definitely interested in a video about that. I get a lot of fabrics from thrift stores although there is less selection lately.
I just purchased two one gallon freezer bags STUFFED full of vintage laces, each bag only $2.00! Very excited to use these.
YES!! on the video describing different fabrics.. I really struggle knowing what kind of fabric is what. I attend estate sales a lot and thrift stores and i have an array of vintage fabrics and would like to learn more about them. thank you for these informative videos. I love watching!
thanks for watching 😀
I just made a cup a coffee and was deciding whether or not to look at my computer...then I saw you had a new video. So I enjoyed my coffee while looking at your treasures with you. I would never pass up vintage buckles and lace/trims. Luckily the thrift store I go to a lot has their fabric rolled up with rubber bands so you can open it up. They also have their trims in bags that are sealed, but roomy enough so you can move things around and see what is in there.
Happy to have a coffee date with you Judy!
i acquired some sewing notions from an estate sale about 10 years ago. i paid $40 for SO MUCH STUFF!! i gave away, sold and donated a ton of fabric that i could not use. i've had the lace boxed up since then (i'm thinking she must have been a lingerie maker? based on the types of lace). i finally got around to cutting foam core boards to fit my file cabinet and then wrap the laces in groups on the boards. i must have 20+ yards of some of them. she used newspapers and magazines as "spools". the newspapers were from 93 (in fact , the day i was doing it, the newspaper was dated the same date, but in 93). one magazine though was dated 1973!!! some items are obviously on the newer side, but others were definitely the better/older nylon from years gone by. there were even a few that had smaller amounts that just may have actually been handmade. some nice cotton crocheted (by machine) were included too. i've thought about maybe selling some on ebay as i have way more than i could ever use. there were also old zippers. seems like there were some still in package from the 40s.
i'm enjoying your vintage thrift sewing supplies videos.
This is insanely lucky! You should totally use that lace on all the things! It was meant to be used! I hope one day I come across something this great!
i would love a video with the way to tell fabrics apart. i'm so jealous of that thrift store.
That flowery fabric is divine!
Love the over the top enthusiasm and love for natural fibers
Big circle table clothes make great templates for papasan cushion covers. I also always look at the jewelry for cute sew on accents (earrings make cool buttons)
Yes please - a fabric identification would be helpful. Great vlog, thanks
Lovely samples of insertion lace. They would look fantastic on Edwardian combinations!
I would love to see how you would turn a round table cloth into a skirt. I just found your channel and I'm already in love with your videos. Your style is my goal!
Love your enthusiasm and joy you bring to discovering the treasures in the Thrift stores. I'm that way too. I have not been out and about much lately due to covid, but they finally lifted most restrictions here. I shop thrift stores for 'fabric', often sheets, tablecloth and things too for weaving twined rugs or make other items. That doily with the four corners, the one you show just before the shirt is a breadbasket liner. I made quite a few of those to place inside of a small, shallow wicker basket filled with buns or things like that. I lost weight the last few years and kept some of the clothes I love to refashion. Like you, I LOVE linen and all natural fibers. I also love to reuse what's there already. I just discovered you on you tube a few days ago andI look forward to see more of your videos. They are so inspiring.
Evelyn, it was such a joy to find you. As an Aussie who is an avid op shop and thrift store shopper, most of my wardrobe is "preloved".
I've only recently come across the CosTuber posts and all of you beautiful, creative and clever people have inspired me to sew a 1930's day dress for my Phd graduation in a couple of weeks.
Hearing you chat through your haul, your enthusiasm for all things vintage is inspiring. I grew up with my mum sewing the 'good old-fashioned way' with natural fibre fabrics and precise finishing, and I despair at the modern, disposable, nasty construction. It's a delight to see and hear someone with such passion for quality with economy.
Thank you for sharing your confidence in your personal style.
Aww thanks so much for watching!! 😄
Yes! Please do a video on different uses for lace. I have been collecting lace for a while now and would love to actually use it 🙂
😀 Alot of people have asked this too! It seems we all love some great ideas on new ways to use things! Thankyou for the suggestion!!
I love so much the mauve vintage fabric which was in the plastic bag. I would see it for a low-necked 50's summer dress. I would also like to see what you are going to do with theese beautiful beltbuckles, maybe new belts ? They would be so nice with a vintage dress. And your wide lace that you call your 'lucky find" is wonderful.I have a lot of this kind, white, beige, black which belonged to one of my grand-mothers, with several pairs of lace gloves. I think they are part of some bridal dresses. Some years ago, in a vide-grenier I had the luck to find for quite nothing a lot of beautiful handmade laces which where made by the nuns of a convent. Nobody was interested by such a treasure!
These looks amazing! I would love to see the final garments you have made with all of that, especially the pink floral fabric and the yellow floral table cloth!
I am not a sewer but I love vintage sewing items - patterns, buttons, lace, etc. Loved your video.
I love going to thrift stores and finding all the great material and items too. It is great and fun to go on the hunt.
I usually look for buttons, especially mother of pearl ones, they can get so expensive when bought new! I would love to see ideas on how to use small lenghts of fabric or lace. Thank you for sharing these finds!! :)
I love to find those buttons too! Ideas for uses on small fabric and trim lengths is a great for a video!!
Laura Gagliani - accessories! Fabric floral style pins, handbags, hair scarves, yo-yo embellishments, patch pockets, sachets, collars...ah! Stop me, I’m out of control!!
I love finding fabric and sewing items at thrift shops and flea markets! The thrill of the hunt is half the fun. I would love to see a video on how to determine the fabric content, yes please! Thank you for all your great videos!
Hi Evelyn!! WOW!! What a thrift haul, so many goodies.. Wonderful vlog.... 💜💜🧵🧵
Yes! Id love to know how to spot vintage fabric! ❤️ Love your videos, all of them... I learn so much from you ❌🛑
So. I'm newly retired. Had my sewing machine overhauled and picked it up two days ago, hadn't used it for a few years. I am very excited to be able to spend time relearing things I forgot and learn things I never knew.
You are inspiring.
Went to a thrift store yesterday but only came up with a little 3/4 sleeve cardigan and a lovely slip. I have some very simple clothing projects to complete and so I will work at it bit by bit.
Thank you for the inspiration, I am so excited.
That table cloth is BEAUTIFUL, and would make a wonderful skit, or heck cleaned and used as a tablecloth for now.
I thought so too!! Except I have a rectangle table... 🤔
I layer vintage cloths at times. A nice solid rectangle with that lovely round as an accent piece.
@@Evelyn__Wood I foresee you casting an eye in the furniture section 😉
@@kimberlydonohoe3427 That's a great idea! I have a very large round table, but I would never have thought to layer a smaller one over a bigger one! I would not have bought that small one. I'm so glad I read the comments and replies!
@@ziggiezag938 you can put a cute square one over a round too.
Production value Best episode yet.💯💯💯
New toys!! 😄 What fun to find such great things and at decent prices!
I love old cloths for refashening and cotton for cutting up for quilts.Shirts in cotton supply a smaller amount just right for quilts that need variety.
Great finds! I've been thrifting buttons, and just brought home a big jar of belt buckles. Some aren't my style, but there are some mother of pearls ones, and a good handful of others I'll use. I'm so excited!
Those buckles OMG 💗💃🤩😍💕💖💝💞❣
Great finds! I love to find old wooden cotton reels, vintage linens & buttons.
About 3-4 weeks ago I stumbled into a Goodwill store. I simply wandered around looking for crafting eyeing different bags. No fabric, but I kept on. Suddenly 2 bags I thought were just full of crafting hay became: vintage sewing patterns!!!Bought them, took them home and went through them. The best part of the haul? Several Vogue patterns from the 40's, 50's, and 60's!!!! In fact there are 3 patterns I will actually use. The rest are pretty ripped or tattered up, but some I can re-create. I love thrift stores; I could NEVER pass one up!!!
I buy a lot of fabrics from the thrift store. I'm always on the lookout for old buttons. I've been known to buy a jacket just for the buttons and then re-donating the jacket. I've bought pants that are way too big just because they are made of silk and because they are so large, they can be taken apart and recut to fit me. Bags of scraps can be used for quilting, pocket linings, small bags, hey, even wrapping for special small gifts! I love the tablecloth you found! As far as small bits of lace, I like to add it to store-bought clothes to make them uniquely mine; at the top(s) of shirt pocket(s), sleeve cuffs, hems of dresses, shorts or pants, even along the buttonhole placket of a shirt!. I also have a pair of thrifted jeans that the manufacturer cheeped out on outer pocket fabric and the lining shows so I can't wear a shirt tucked it. I plan to put some lace to hide that faux-pau.
Video tip: Try to remember not to shake your hands when you are showing us something in your hands, it really kicks my vertigo on.
I’m binging all your thrift hauls videos!!!! I love them.
This is my first time viewing your channel and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Each of the proposed projects would make a lovely video. I don't think I could stop where you did with your purchases. I would be hard pressed to stop if I found that many sewing supplies in the thrift stores in my area. So many videos I see of hauls makes my mouth water, lol. The stores in my area do not have much in the way of sewing supplies or smalls, they mostly have clothing. I won't have trouble remembering your name; it's the same as my mother's sister. God bless sweet girl and happy creating. Sherry from Alabama
I got an entire shoe box full of vintage rick rack and various other sewing stuff for $1. I was stoked. Now I need to have a project to use it on. The rick rack ranges from teeny tiny to normal size in their original packages. Plus snaps galore. My husband just didn't get why I was so excited.
😂😂 Oh course he didn't! But we get it!! 😁
Many years ago(maybe 30?)I decided to use up some of my vintage ric-rac and embellished a 3 tiered navy blue skirt. It is similar to a patio skirt but with all sizes and colors of ric-rac. I also embellished a 3-tiered white skirt(more recently)
Dear Evelyn, I really enjoyed your last video about sewing supplies from the thrift store and this one! Thank you for sharing!
As you asked if we do want to have a video where you explain how to "feel" the quality of fabric I have to say:"yes, definitely".
I also want to meantion, that here in Austria I never heard that people do use old vintage patterns for wrapping up their presents. I was quite irritated, when I heard that and I really hope not too many patterns are lost because of that.
Not too many, but this is not the first time I've heard of 'old' patterns suffering this fate! 😢
So many lovely items...so happy for you 😍
Hi Evelyn, those types of cotton laces were used by my mother as trim for cradle and cot sheets in the 1950s and 60s. They look so familiar to me.(I am the oldest of 7 so I remember a lot of what was sewn for me and my siblings.) thanks for another interesting video.
I love it all best 😁. I would love to find a crinkly doily like yours to put down the front of a dress. That will look stunning I think but as it’s handmade I am thinking, it’s unique. Which is good and not so good 😂
I to go for quality fabric these days. I never really thought about it before I met you and learned to sew but now I notice fabric quality all the time. My favourite is cotton, linen and the other day I picked up a hand made curtain which was made of gorgeous fabric. So that’s a definite refashion.
The lace is beautiful. You did so well
Thank you for sharing. For me that is the last bit of fun on a thrift day is the show and tell. You did soooo well. 😘
Knowing fabric is definitely something that comes with experience!
great haul, a video on how to tell what fabric is what, would be great. love that wide lace, so beautiful.
What a fabulous haul. That pointed doily is wonderful. I can see splitting it in half and using it as a 'cap' sleeve on a sundress with the points hanging down front and back. So pretty. I would have a hard time choosing one thing that I would not have left behind. If I had to it would be that Navy Linen skirt. That is a fabulous find. I like the idea of leaving the bottom ruffle only. The other ruffles could make a smart jacket for over a white blouse.
Wonderful. Thank You for all of the wonderful ideas.
I'm new to your channel, love how you teach and create. Just an old yank who found out late in life that I was really good at designing for women. You have taken the intimidation out of creation for me thank you so much. I will follow regularly now.
Yes please! A video on finding the fibre content of fabrics and if it is vintage. I remember reading somewhere that fabric widths used to be one yard so I was pleased you reminded me of that.
I would never have left the linen silk blouse, love ❤️ it👍
Oooh linen is a wonderful fabric. Im learning to hand weave with the goal of weaving my own eventually. I love the idea of something that gets better as it ages, and linen does!
I havent been thrifting or garage sale hunting in forever, but youve inspired me! Need to study more on hunting for quality items in general, so your fabric video is perfect but dont be afraid to go all out! 😄 How to tell quality glass or mother of pearl buttons. Those extras that say "very nice". The metal zippers are a perfect example!
That is machine made lace. It's been industrialized for some time because it is incredibly tedious to make by hand. I make bobbin lace and that large panel of lace would take....so long. 😬 Weeks and weeks, months actually. It's beautiful though! I sometimes save bits of machine made vintage lace to try and recreate it. ☺️
How fun! I enjoyed this video so much, I felt all excited like it was me who found all those awesome gems 😍🤩🤗
That tablecloth is amazing I collect them, so I am always on the hunt.
Me too! I collect vintage tablecloths and linens. I just adore them.
i love thrifting. I love the vintage fabrics even though i do not sew clothes but make other things and love lace and all that
I love that you are looking for natural fabrics. I have started to do that as well and have found some beautiful clothes in linen cotton and silk at my local charity shops. Don't usually find the same supplies as you do but I grab the good stuff when I see it.
I wish I could find sewing notions at thrift stores in Miami. Funny enough I find a lot of knitting yarn 🧶 . I go often and made myself a number of clothing outfits from great fabric I found at the thrift store. Even great linen from table clothes and brocade curtains I used to make a steampunk Victorian dress etc .Anyways, love your videos!!!
😄 I would say half the stores I go to have no sewing supplies at all! Most have maybe one basket full.... this was sewing gold! 😄
Hey! I've been binging your channel in the past few days. I might be buying a used sewing machine tomorrow and I went thrifting today! I got a bed sheet (100% cotton) to practice on and a few pieces of clothing that I might want to alter. Your channel has been very helpful in giving me the push to start my new hobby! I already know how to hand sew, but I'm excited to learn how to use my machine and to be able to take on bigger projects!
Yeah, this is so much fun.... love thirfting of goodies! I love finding table clothes to be reused
Great haul Evelyn! Neat stuff!
You hit the spot with " buy it in bulk". I had laugh! I was told if you find a great deal to "Buy it cheap and stack it deep!"
My "toss it out" idea, being able to tell the difference in quality material/fabric vs. the crapola stuff.
BTW, my hand is up waving, Natural Fiber Guy Here!
Thanks for all you do for us, Evelyn!
Such lovely things... it’s so good to know that you’re going to use them for good projects! I love the rose-coloured vintage printed cotton, now it’s out of its plastic bag. It’s going to look gorgeous.
You are a good thrift shopper!
I’m learning a lot from your adventures and enjoy your videos! 🥰
My sister and I went to a couple of thrift shops here and I found some awesome material, thank you for the wonderful tips,,I'll continue to check them out
Always enjoy your tutorials thank you🤩🤩🤩🥰🥰
That x shapes linen is for bread! I have some I use when I make fresh bread and travel, it’s good for minimal waste and ethical grocery. 👍🏻
I’m a new subscriber, and absolutely love your thrifting finds and ideas. That unusual, but beautiful black and gold lace looks very Art Deco to me, and made me think it would look great on a 1920’s style flapper dress.
That's what I was thinking too!!! 😀
Yes, thank you very much! Make us a video about finding out what materials that are in a given fabric :-)
Late to the party, but you appeared in my recommendations, and so I started binge watching your content! Great stuff.
A few months back, I found a bunch of “new” vintage metal zips and bias tapes with all the original packaging! I almost don’t want to open them, just on the novelty alone. Graphic design on old packaging can tell us a lot about the era in which they were made.
Here in Japan, there’s a lot of old mom and pop shops in residential neighbourhoods, so it makes it easier to find new old stock. I’ll grab it when I can.
Great stash. Love the table cloth and the 90 centimetres fabric. If you make the table cloth into a circular skirt I’d love to see it finished. I would really like to see a video on how to distinguish different fabrics. Many thanks for your show and tell. Love Lynne
Very exciting! I cann't wait to see all you're going to do with those blouses and lace. I love the round tablecloth, I'm always on the lookout for them, that's a beautifull one for a fullcircle skirt!
I used to thrift with my mom and we would look at pillowcases, pillow shams, skirts/dresses and things like that to re-purpose into bags or purses. She made some really beautiful bags out of the finished pillow shams because they already had beautiful edges they were already finished for you and the other side was already a Lining of sort.
Please do a vlog on fabric types! I love watching and I learn sew much,,, thank you! 😎👏🏻🌵🤠👍🏻
I love to watch your video Ms. Evelyn. I started learning some from you about sewing,,thank you
I love thrifting for sewing/knitting supplies, I rarely buy anything new! The other day I got some fabric (I still have to decide if it's viscose or polyester, if it'll become lining or a blouse), thin pink trim (that goes perfect with the fabric) and a gadget I'm not sure what it is - my first thought was a thread cutter, but someone guessed that it's a distance for sewing buttons - I'll try if it's sharp enough to cut thread, otherwise I guess I'll start using it for buttons!
I love the tablecloth. It will make a beautiful skirt
Just found your chanel LOVE IT I love thrift in and I do find sewing things at a thrift I'm so happy I found your chanel
Thanks for watching!! 😄
Good video. Very inspirational, as I am trying to get back into sewing. Thanks for posting.
Thanks for watching! 😄
Oh my goodness - I had no idea that such wonderful things could be found! Thanks for your wonderful videos. I so look forward to each one!
What an exciting haul! I can’t wait to see how you use those laces. I’d definitely love to see a video on how to identify fabrics. I’d also love a video on how to clean old findings like buttons and buckles. 😘
Very interested in video to identify fabric content. Thanks!
Thank you so much Evelyn, I really really love 💕 thrift stores, we call them Charity shops in the UK 🇬🇧, And we have a couple of shops that deal with sewing etc. So I’m going to look at them in a different light 💡 now. xxx Mags
I am so grateful I found you on fb. :). Best to you.
That red buckle !!! Id have definitely got that! Oh and the floral circle tablecloth!
Thrifting is so inspiring! I have bought many a shirt just for the buttons 😁