My Garage Sale Quilt...

This past weekend we went to visit my sister in Shiner. Shiner is a pretty, little quaint town. My sister often goes to garage sales and comes home with some of the cutest things. I think my favorite "deal" she's come home with is the weathered tin tray above her stove with a floral motif painted in it. My goodness.... What I would do for that tray! And the best part.... It was in the "free" box!!!
So Saturday morning when they were going to a garage sale I thought I'd meet up with them there. The people had depression glass listed in the ad. So that was really what I was interested in. I didn't care much for her depression glass but what I did find made me oh, so happy!



My $5 quilt! I have been interested in quilting, or at least learning HOW to quilt for a very long time. And I've always admired my sisters quilts in that pretty cabinet she stores them in.


So when I saw this one and the lady told me only five dollars I knew I HAD to grab it!



She had another quilt but it was much newer and in perfect condition. I didn't want that.



I wanted a quilt that had bern loved. One that had stories to tell and a character to admire.



I look at the flaws as pieces that have been loved many times over. This one is all handmade. I wish I knew the story behind it.



I know nothing about this quilt expect that it is handmade and has a star pattern. All obvious things. BUT... I love it so much already!



I've found a few pieces of material that are my favorite already. I imagine they could be fragments of a favorite apron or shirt.



Lena told me I should make a quilt with their baby clothes. I told her I want to try it out with some old flannel shirts from Goodwill before I cut into their baby clothes!



I was scared Papa Bear would fuss that I brought home "more junk" but....



He loves it!

I'm watching another quilt in eBay. It ends in three days so I'm keeping my fingers crossed on that one! If I do win it, expect to see many more photos of it on here!
I hope you all have a wonderful weekend. We don't have much if anything planned... Just staying around home, cleaning, planting, relaxing. I love those kinds of weekend!

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