Vacation Fun; Thrift Stores, Fabric Warehouses, and other Cool Stuff.....

“We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.”     ― George Bernard Shaw   I had a couple of great days visiting with Irene at the ranch and now am having another wonderful time with my kids...... My son and I went to a few Thrift Stores, garage sales and fabric warehouses and today my DIL's parents will come up and we will go to some craft fairs.........I am in my element! We went to one thrift store and it seemed like almost everything we bought there cost $2.87.....I'm thinking their prices somehow were geared to total up a whole number when the bill was totaled because we both bought items totaling up to $18 even............well anyway.........I found some real fabric bargains there............someone had worked so hard on this crazy quilt made of old neckties........even embroidering the seams with some beautiful stitching..................       so sad that it ended up in somebody's "trash" but I'm going to take good care of it....I will probably take the old backing off of it and do something different but I love the top....... I also found this drunkard's path top that somebody had never finished with a backing................... p  It is made of denim and homespun plaid together with a yellow mottled cotton print.  It is really beautiful but not something that is really "me" so  I think I will finish it with a homespun backing and make it a charity quilt......again, a shame that someone "threw it out" but nice that Ida found it......lol I also found a 4 yard piece of nice flannel and a gorgeous rayon cover-up scarf that I thought would make a great table cover since I haven't had the nerve to put a bathing suit on in quite awhile.....haha    and, yes.........................all of these treasures cost me $2.87 each! Today we will be making some stepping stones so Nana can have some handprints from the Grands to take home with her......and also we are going to make some snow globes for Christmas..............I love this "Nana time"............................ Ok then I am going to say Ta-Ta for now........I started this post yesterday and if I don't publish it now it may not make it for another day........... so I will talk to you next time.................