Vintage Fabric and Treasures

I have been meaning to get binding made for a quilt top that's been hanging around unfinished for some time.  I bought this vintage gingham piece I believe at the last local Guild show before the pandemic.  

I could tell it was vintage because it is actual woven gingham, is a full 45" wide, and has no selvage markings. Revisiting directions for cutting bias binding wasn't too tedious.  

The green gingham center was pieced by me from a kit I bought at Sewtopia Boston; that is not yardage!  I found the charming border at JoAnn's fabrics.  I think this will make a cute picnic quilt. 

Speaking of vintage, a quick trip through the local Goodwill Thrift Store today turned up some unusual finds. 

This vintage, rare dark red Bauer ringed bowl was on a cart and not yet shelved when I spotted it. 99cents!!!

It is not in perfect condition, it has a crack and the glazing is patchy there on the bottom, but it will be gorgeous as a display piece. I checked eBay for similar bowls and found one priced at $75.00!

A vintage souvenir also caught my eye on the Goodwill shelves.

An unopened souvenir from the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics was another "for pennies" purchase.  My parents and a cousin and I actually attended some Olympic rowing competitions locally at Lake Casitas in Ojai, in 1984.  I also have a poster from the 1984 Olympics.  

This hanger contraption came home with me.  I think it was 49 cents.  I'm wondering if it might work for hanging an embroidery piece, or I can choose from artwork I have. I had a great shopping day :)

Other Winners

I've been watching some of the Olympics and cheering on our local County players--Troy Dumais of Ventura and his 19 year old diving partner Kristian Ipsen won bronze in springboard synchronized diving; it was Troy's fourth Olympics and first medal.  All the Dumais siblings were divers and the two youngest were in school/graduated with our kids. 

Our other proud Venturan is Phil Dalhausser, beach volleyball player, who unfortunately got knocked out of the games. 

The Bryan brothers Mike and Bob play tennis and are twins from Camarillo.  They are extremely high level players and also funny guys.  Hoping to see them get a medal--they have reached the finals!  We also have an equestrian competitor who is riding a horse partly owned by Ann Romney, the presidential candidate's wife.  He's at 13th place, the last time I looked. 

The Paralympics will see a competitor who was a former CHP officer struck by a truck veering off the road into him as he stood by a car he had pulled over.  The truck driver was DUI and lived, the driver of the pulled over vehicle was killed, and the officer was knocked over the embankment and paralyzed with no use of his legs.  He was a triathlete before the accident and found a way to return to his love of the competition. 

At the County Fair, I took a few shots of some other crafters' works:

Simple snowballs and 16 patches--love the scrappy look.  Each snowball has a different quilting motif in the center. 

Pretty colors and very effective use of stripes for the sashing. 

Embroidered Irish blessing and flowers in the center and wonderful creative machine quilting of a Celtic bent.  The lighting is making this brighter green than it was in person.

Representation of my hometown with the beach, hills, mission, Two Trees, planted fields/orchards, mountains, palm trees and poppies.  Yep, that's what it is like here!

I have to believe these cats are all original designs--each one was so different and creative.  Look at the one with the eye patch at the top!  I liked the blue pieced border as well.

I loved this orange kitty with a fun checkerboard in 1" or smaller squares, and look at the colorful narrow framing.  The little pieced cornerstone blocks are no more than 3" square.   Tons of work in this piece and it won a special recognition award. 

This throw sized quilt was really sweet too, with the little Japanese dolls.

Nine patches, four patches, and flying geese all in flannels combine to make a warm and cozy quilt.

This wall hanging was probably about three feet square.  The lighting is making the colors much brighter than they were in person. 

Just look at that miniature smocking, embroidery, and orange peel quilting in the background.  Exquisite!