Weekly update: vintage finds and I Spy finished

I went to a couple of estate sales on Friday. One was right here, in the town where I've lived since 2003, but I had no idea the house was there (nor did I know the family). The other was in Kenosha off a busy highway that I've traveled many times.  I spent a total of $49.

Six unused linen tea towels, a Land's End canvas tote (price tag still attached and silica dessicant packet inside), six new-in-box Sheffield stainless steak knives that we will put to use, an Aynsley bone china vase, and . . .







A cross-stitch quilt kit in the original package.


















Three two-yard pieces of vintage cotton, one of which has the original purchase price. (You can see the third piece in the first picture.)






The trims came with a useful plastic box, $5 for all.  I sorted out the still-in-package from the wrapped-around-cardboard.  I wasn't familiar with all of these brands.  Note the rayon rick rack. Nowadays Wrights, etc., rick rack is polyester. Cotton rick rack is still available but it's more of a specialty item, not on the pre-packaged racks.

(I wrote about vintage trims here.)

The I Spy quilt is my August One Monthly Goal.  I finished it Saturday evening.  The blocks are 8" finished.  (The center squares are 4.5" unf. and the border squares are 2.5" unf.  No duplicates!)

Link ups:
Monday Making
Oh Scrap!
Main Crush Monday
Design Wall Monday

One Monthly Goal Finish

P.S.  The eclipse glasses arrived Sunday afternoon -- just in time for the big event Monday!