Saturday, March 24, 2012

Incredible Estate Sale Finds

Early this morning I got up and headed to the beautiful town of Cohasset - the town where Witches of Eastwick was filmed.  Cohasset is about 25 minutes from where I live and is just about one of the prettiest little towns in MA.

I had heard there was going to be an Estate Sale and that the lady who has passed away was an avid quilter.  Upon arriving at the house all I could think was "it is so pretty, it is a shame that she will no longer be here to enjoy it"  Then I walked through the doors...OMG!  It was a quilters dream.  I stood there just staring at all the piles of fabrics, the boxes and boxes of fabrics, the beautiful quilts, the pretty pictures and art work, the boxes of arts and craft supplies and the pile of bags containing lace.  I stood there in awe and also with a heavy heart.  This was her life.  You could tell she loved what she did and enjoyed collecting beautiful things.  I thought to myself "is this going to be me one day - is this what will happen once I'm gone?"  All your cherished items left for strangers to pick through.

I was happy to see that there were other quilters there all admiring her quilts and treasures.  Hopefully we will all do justice to the items we bought. All sales were for Cash only...I wish I had had more money on me so I could have bought one of her art quilts.  In the end I spent every last dime I had in my purse on fabric, vintage lace, doilies, tatting, ribbon and even a pair of beautiful vintage porcelain pins.  All in all I ended up with approximately 40 yards of fabric.  Here are a few of the treasures I got.









27 comments:

  1. You lucky than you!!

    You got to share one of those crocheted flower baskets on that piece of linen! LOVE that!

    jk. :)

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  2. What are those blue ceramic pieces?

    p.s. sorry about the misspelled word above. :) (thang)

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    1. They are about 1" long hand painted porcelain pins.... sooo sweet and so pretty.

      And the baskets ..... wink wink !

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  3. WOW!! I could just imagine the look on your face when you saw all that stuff. Very nice. Have fun with it all.

    Karen
    Daisy TCM

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  4. I'm always so excited when a CQer finds vintage lace like this. Congrats and enjoy!
    Hugs,
    Pat

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    1. Thanks Pat - Totallt shocked! I found out today who the lady was... I actually had the wonderful pleasure of meeting her years ago - I had taken a class of hers in making a landscape quilt.

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  5. oh, wow! Nice assortment of wonderful goodies. I'm sure you'll have lots of fun playing with them!

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  6. Hi! Glad you made it to Cohasset. Wow, what beautiful things you got. Can't wait to see what you do with all these treasures : - )

    Danielle xo

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  7. I believe she would have been thrilled to know that so many of you would pass along her love for quilting and art crafts with her beloved items! They are gorgeous!!! I'd have been drooling all over everything I'm sure! So glad you shared your lovely finds with us...I'm looking forward to seeing some wonderful items made with them!!
    blessings, Doni

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    1. Thank you Doni for stopping by my blog - I certainly enjoy yours! I can't wait to start creating with some of these pretties!

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  8. DRooooooooooLLLLLL!!!

    Now I have to wipe up my keyboard...unbelievable find! Thanks for sharing the pics!

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  9. Beautiful items Nicki - love the pins! I think this lady would be pleased to know her treasures will now be loved by someone else who appreciates them.

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  10. Fun Fun what wonderful treasures. Have fun designing with them.

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    1. Thank you for stopping by my blog. I will certianly put all these treasures to good use and can't wait to have time to play with them.

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  11. Woweee ~ What a haul of wonderful pieces you got. I bet your mind is going like crazy with all kinds of ideas.

    Enjoy your treasures ~ FlowerLady

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    1. LOL! Lorraine - when isn't my mind going like crazy LOL! Just so many ideas rolling around !

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  12. You found the mother load!
    Sooo beautiful. Have fun with your stash.

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  13. I think the lady would be very happy that these treasures have found themselves in your capable hands....

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  14. I can think of no one I would rather see inherit (buy) such a wonderful trove of treasure! Good for you! I would love to find such a great estate sale.

    oxo Judy
    apronstrings

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  15. She would definitely be pleased to know you now have them to love and create beautiful things with. And we will be watching, too, LOL. What a find - a once-in-a-lifetime CQers dream! You still seem giddy over it, too! Hugs, Cat

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  16. Fabulous finds! I love old lace. I love the porcelan pins too.

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  17. I'll bet this is an experience you will never forget. Love all the lace!

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  18. Treasures! I imagine the previous owner is looking down on you with a smile on her face knowing some of her collection has gone to a good home.

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  19. Looks like you had a fun and productive weekend, what a hall you made! Vicki

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  20. That vintage lace is gorgeous! Didn't you just want to grab it all up and run (giggle). My heart starts pounding when I run across so many beautiful items. Congrats on such fantabulous finds! I am sure you will put them to good use.

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