Saturday, 23 July 2011

Savers Greensborough.

Living up to my new reputation as an opshop queen (among others here - ha ha!!) I visited Savers today. Hadn't been there for a while, so I was delighted to find a heap of goodies. Somebody must have brought in the goods and chattels of a deceased estate, because there were more tablecloths than I'd seen for years. Breaking my self imposed restriction on buying cloths, I couldn't resist these among the other bargains.
Aren't these dishes adorable! Well, only if you like chooks. The photo is distorted because of the angle I took it on but there are three soup bowls (99c each), three bread and butter plates (49c each) and for some reason I was only charged $2.99 for the four dinner plates.



Quiche dish for $3.99. We use my old dishes for bird baths in the aviaries, but I'm running out of 'old' dishes, so I pick them up at opshops now.


Paisley cotton fabric for patchwork $3.99


Seersucker tablecloth $6.99. It was folded in a way that suggested it was a round cloth, which I was looking for, but when I got home I discovered it is oblong. Never mind - I like the sunny design, it will be good on the table outside in the summer.


This cloth ($2.99) is an old Semco cloth embroidered with blue Lazy Daisy. Hard to see the pretty stitching from this distance.


This cloth ($4.99)is of interest to me because the tiny embroidered castles in each corner match a set of napkins I bought years ago. Never thought I'd find a cloth to match!


Art deco doiley in perfect condition - 99 cents


Them chooks again! Terry towelling tea towel 99 cents
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5 comments:

  1. Pull Your Socks Up!23 July 2011 at 01:28

    I simply cannot walk past gorgeous old tablecloths and it seems you have the same "problem";)). You find such amazing treasures! xo

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  2. ladychiara23 July 2011 at 12:51

    I can't resist vintage linens and you have some beauties there! The art deco embroidery is fabulous and the Semco tablecloth looks lovely even if I can't see the embroidery.

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  3. Lyndel23 July 2011 at 18:33

    oh wow. the Art Deco embroidery looks fantastic, is it shaped, or is that just the angle of the camera? Itf it is shaped, as I expect, it is a cover for a Tea Cosy, one of the flash ones you tied on with a ribbon just when special visitors were coming.... love it♥

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  4. Gina E.23 July 2011 at 23:48

    Thank you ladies! Lyndel, the doiley is actually that shape, and I did wonder the same thing as you, if it was a tea cosy cover. I've got a couple more like that, but I don't keep them with my other tea cosy covers, as they are specific designs to cover the padded cosy, and the art deco ones wouldn't sit right with the others.

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  5. secondhandrose24 July 2011 at 08:27

    Love the paisley fabric!

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