I love thrift store shopping! I rarely find whatever I am looking for, but I find other treasures. ;-)
Last week Heather, on the Vintage Sheet Blog showed
some ideas for using vintage sheets in your home.
I loved the very first photo! So a-thrifting I went! LOL
I altered the pillowcases I found to use as quilt top covers.
I have a small stack of tops that need quilting~ and I thought hanging would be better than stacking. So I sewed buttonholes to the tops of the cases so a hanger could fit through.
Whoohoo! Tops neat and tidy. With their backings hanging with them. :-)
One pillowcase I found was longer~ for those body pillows and it was exactly a print my DD would like. So I put a buttonhole in the top of it for a garment bag for her. Much better than having those plastic cleaners bags in your closet! :-)
Can you see the buttonhole? My thought was that by doing it this way, they could always be
used as pillowcases again should a need arise. :-)
DD's is getting put up for Christmas. The first project in my Christmas Through the Year basket. Yay!
Kim, at Lily Patch Quilts will be the hostess this year, so I'll be linking to her later in the month. Maybe I can go thrifting and find another case for DD before the end of the month. ;-)
I hope you are finding inspiration around you too!
Until next time~
Happy stitching!!
13 comments:
What a great idea - and I have some old pillowcases right in the linen closet so I don't have to go shopping.
This is a great idea--thanks for sharing!
Oh my word, Sandie, what an awesome idea!!!! I love going "thrift-store-shopping", coming up with fun treasures to re-purpose.
Great repurposing of those pillowcases!
Great idea, it seems like I never find any sheets at our Goodwill.
Good idea- I have mine in pillowcases but that is a better idea.
I love good will shopping as well. Great idea for the pillow cases. Keeps them dust free.
Awesome idea Sandie! That link to all those vintage sheets ideas is inspiring...
I like your idea because it means I was ahead of the bunch! I sewed a vintage sheet up into a garment bag about 12 years ago to store my wedding dress. Recently I've seen the vintage sheet craze on blogs and wondered if I'd used them appropriately. Seems I have!
The button hole idea is genius! So glad that you were inspired on my blog. And, that you found a way to protect your quilt tops.
Boy, that's a really great idea! I try to go thrift store shopping but the chaos nearly kills me every time.
Very clever idea for even no longer wanted pillowcases lying around the house! I love thrift stores too. Bought my hubby 6 shirts for $15 a couple weeks ago :)
Great idea! I love thrift shop buys and seeing what others do with the things they "find"!
Well I will join the chorus and say also "GREAT IDEA"!
The thrift store finds will be prettier and cheaper than brand new store bought ones.
(visiting from CTTY linky)
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