You guys, I just can't say no to a batch of mystery buttons.  No matter how bland it looks at first glance, there are sure to be treasur...

Ever since childhood, I've relished having my birthday as My Own Special Day.  So today is that kind of special!  It's also, as a fr...

A fiber friend is going through the sad process of clearing out her ailing aunt's home.  The aunt was quite a crafter, and had amass...

What a gift! Not long ago I was the happy recipient of a cardboard box labeled "old fabric."   The story:

Tablecloth update: Having finished embroidering and doing the cutwork in all but one corner, the tablecloth is on hiatus.  My daughter i...

I popped in to an estate sale at this historic register house near my neighborhood as much to visit the house as to shop.  The house was ...

  I received an email query about the name of this quilt block.  I've seen flower blocks with gathered petals before, but usually the ...

Remember this sweet baby quilt I posted about a couple of months ago? Well, look what I found at an estate sale this weekend! I thi...

Welcome to Egypt! Having just visited Turkey during the ancient Roman era in my previous post , let's continue the tour with a st...

Yep.  One week later, the next estate sale.  Another button collection...... I pawed around in a little basket of little ribbon bows, so a...

Yep, another estate sale, another button jar.  I just can't pass 'em up.  All these for one dollar, folks.  Score!  (Thanks to my fr...

At an estate sale, I found some wonderful old music magazines.  I bought a few and gave them to a musician friend for her birthday.  A coupl...

My recent estate sale excursion found this lovely little box, which I bought for my daughter who crochets.  The design is marquetry, inlaid ...

I was at an estate sale this weekend, and found several dusty, dingy cardboard boxes filled with dusty, dingy old sewing supplies.  In amon...

A while back, I posted about an incredibly lovely vintage silk jacket . One of its many gorgeous features is the wonderful metallic bra...

I found this vintage smock at an estate sale.  I bought a bunch of craft supplies and doo-dads at this sale, all the while wishing I had ...

This lovely tablecloth was rescued from the bottom of some huge piles at an estate sale. Hooray for salvage operations! I'm finding...

She was rescued from the bottom of a bag of unwanted linens at an estate sale. I'm guessing, going by the print on her robe, that sh...

This is the Magic Vine quilt I was working on in the photos in my previous post . When a picker brought the top into the antique quilt ...

Today, I came across these photos that I meant to use and never have.  They were taken a couple of years ago now, by Raimonda Daras.  I...