Tuesday 28 February 2017

Charity shopping, a retro fabric haul.

I've bought ALL of the retro fabric, look!!

Charity shopping, a retro fabric haul. By UK charity shop blogger secondhandsusie.blogspot.com #charityshopping #retrofabric #vintagebedsheets #retro #vintage #thriftshopping #opshopping

Charity shopping, a retro fabric haul. By UK charity shop blogger secondhandsusie.blogspot.com #charityshopping #retrofabric #vintagebedsheets #retro #vintage #thriftshopping #opshopping

Look!  They're new in their packet!  It's too exciting!  Mum says she had this bedding but in a different colour in the seventies.  She says my Nan and Granddad had it too, in yellow and brown flannelette!  You can see the brown and yellow version on the packet illustration too.
Dorma bed sheet £3.99, pillowcases £3.49, local Salvation Army charity shop.

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These are new in their packets too!!  They have their original price stickers on too, £5.75 for the sheet and £1.15 for the pillowcase.  I kind of don't want to take them out of the packets.
St Michaels bed sheet, £3.99, pillowcase £1.99, local Salvation Army charity shop.

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These 2 pieces of retro curtain offcut tell me they want to be made into a cushion cover.
Fabric offcuts, £1.99, local PDSA charity shop.

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I believe these are Marks and Spencers/St Michaels too, and they look like they've never been used.
Retro pillowcases, £1.99, local hospice charity shop.


Have you had any luck in the charity shops lately?

P.S. Check out my other charity shop posts for more!  
 
 
 
 
 

16 comments:

  1. You're right, the pink pillowcases are St Michael, I used one to back one of my quilts and it was still in the packet when I bought it. You got a lot of fabric for the money there, great finds.

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    1. I like the idea of a quilt backed with that fabric, I bet that's super pretty!

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  2. Ooh, nice! Have you ever been to Hereford? There is an amazing charity there called Rose Tinted Rags that teaches sewing skills to people with learning disabilities, and also happens to have a giant shop full of vintage fabric, yarn, patterns, and haberdashery. It's just wondrous! I'm sure I saw some fabric similar to yours there.

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    1. Ooo that shop sounds so lovely, I've not been to Hereford but tis the husbands homeland so I'm sure we'll go eventually, I'll try to remember to visit it!

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  3. They are a little bit fabulous. A good find. I know what you mean about not wanting to take them out of the packet, it seems a shame, but you can't not use them! X

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    1. Thank you, I think I will take them out of the packets eventually, but they can stay in there a little bit longer!

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  4. I made a dress out of the matching sheet to those St Michael pillowcases! I got stopped and told so many times that people had that sheet (or their nan or parents, did) that I gave it to a charity shop.
    Great finds! xxx

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    1. I bet that dress was gorgeous, whoever bought it from the charity shop was a lucky person! :)

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  5. I love the pink and blue Marks'/St Michael prints - they're so pretty!

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  6. I am always amazed that you find these in your charity shops at humble prices, i only see them at retro shops and then the prices are a little to extortionate too. So pleased for you that you do though.

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    1. Thank you Shaheen. I do get lucky in my little town, we still have a few scruffy charity shops left where the prices are cheap!

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  7. OOOh, you did so well!!!! These are lovely!

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  8. You have SUCH excellent retro fabric luck, I need to come and try your charity shops!

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    1. I am spoilt by good charity shops - we have about 12 in my little town!

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