Rummage Treasures, Part 2

Just a few more of the treasures from last week's yard sales...................................

A pair of vintage, linen, starched hospital bed sheets. Can't imagine these being on a bed in a hospital today - Linda thought they were from a local hospital, but appear to be marked from a veterans' hospital. I would guess turn of the last century. One is perfect, the other has age stain along the top. If I can get that stain out, I am thinking of turning them into curtains, without having to cut into the wonderful fabric.Hmmm, did they have linen sheets during the Civil War?

Great old wire planter/pot basket. Too bad the 6th pot was missing!!!

Above is a gorgeous 9 patch(?) quilt top - made of what appears to be "satin" lining material. It is soo pretty, but so impractical, because I don't really think this fabric is machine washable. I would love to send this out to be machine quilted, but not really sure what I will do with it. If it ever got a spot on it, I would have to scream!!!LOL

Not sure about this pretty ribbon mesh - looks like it was meant to be a poncho of sorts- but I'm thinking it would look cool draped over a lampshade.

Some kaleidoscopes (see previous post) a signed Puerto Rican print (now hanging in my guest bathroom), and a cool Moroccan bottle.

Not sure if I showed this in a previous post- but this was from the same "haul"!!! There was just so much "stuff", I forget!!! This is a vintage hand tied whole print quilt- not the best colors - but very warm. My nephews will be sleeping under this one and another I found a while back, when they come to visit at the end of the month!

I bought this candle set (75 cents!) just to get all the "coins" scattered in it!!!!

Well, time to go clean/purge the basement - this last weekend's finds have kind of tipped the scales on me having a bit too much stuff!!!LOL Definitely time to re- open and restock the shelves in the eBay, Etsy and land shoppes!!!!!!

New Quilt for my Collection!

Went to an auction yesterday and there were some lovely quilts there. I don't really have the patience to hang around all day at an auction, so, I bid on one that was on the first wagon load of stuff. More on this auction on my other blog
I'll be running right over there to write all about it, after I post this one!!

The quilt is machine quilted, not hand, as I would have liked, but it is feed sack, with a white feed sack backing. The words on the back are faint, but can still be seen. It is kind of neat, and probably the only one that would have been in my price range!!!My husband about had a fit, and kept trying to take the auction number away from me!!!Oops - forgot to turn this picture upright!!! Oh, well.............

This quilt was made by the wife of the elderly man who used to own our property. She died several years ago, and he died just recently. It's kind of sad tho', when your life, and all you were, ends on an auction block. But, we accumulate so much stuff in our lives, and you can't take it with you..................

(Another blogger mentioned having trouble setting pictures on Blogger, the way she wants them - don't feel bad - I can do it on Wordpress, but not here, for some reason!!!)