Anyone with a local Hancock Fabrics store knows that they have been celebrating their 53rd year in business all month with 53% Off sales.  I didn’t get excited about too many items in the sale circular, except… when I saw Kona Cotton on sale for 53%, I had to go stock up!  Folks, that is $2.81 a yard!!!  I started by pulling out my current Kona stash to see what I had on hand…

I added some Amethyst, Tangerine, and Stone to my stash after my visit to the store, but sadly, many colors were sold out.  I did get a raincheck for about six colors they normally carry, so hopefully I can grow the satsh some more, very soon.  Every quilter knows how handy those solids can be.  I’ve been using a few of my Kona solids on a few special projects, including this…

The other major bargain I found recently came in the form of a rummage sale.  A crafter who decided that needlework, quilting and beading are no longer her thing, she is focusing on her knitting, and DOWNSIZING dramatically.  I was the third person at the sale.  Much of the good stuff, I missed out on, I was too late!!!  But, this is what I did bring home:

Most of these items are unopened and unused:

• Queen size Hobbs Organic Batting
• 17″ square Q-Snap Quilting frame
• Darlene Zimmerman’s Companion Angle ruler
• Sharon Hultgren Easy Angle ruler
• 3 pkg of Schmetz quilting needles
• Singer scissors
• Roll of Thangles
• Pkg of yarn darners
• Pkg of bodkins
• pkg of Homecraft Needles for embroidery
• 12 yds of silk ribbon
• Kwik Clip
• Wooden stylus
• 3 yds white ribbon
• Microtach gun
• 2 boxes of Pearl head pins
• pkg of Fabric Marking Pens (red, yellow, blue)
• 8 Pigma Pens (BRAND NEW!)
• 2 pkgs acid-free tags
• Quick Quarter and Quick Quarter II
• X-Acto set with mini cutting mat
• 2 pkgs hand-dyed fabrics in skin tones
• 2 patterns
• 3 books (like new!)
• Thread holder
• Yoga Block (my one and only non-crafty purchase!)

Many of these items still had price tags, and I estimate that I got about $212 worth of merchandise (stuff I would have bought and used eventually, anyway) for $35.  Not bad for a quick stop at a sale on my way to work in the morning.

Don’t you just love a bargain?  Happy sewing (and shopping!) to you…

Doris