Mystery Lot Part One

The latest Goodwill auction lot arrived, and this one was a bit of a mystery. It also took three weeks to ship, so I'd almost given up on it by the time I finally got confirmation. This was described as a fabric and embroidery lot, but there weren't a lot of pictures or details in the listing. I saw enough to make me bid nine bucks for it, and I went unchallenged again, so that's all I paid.

In the lot I found three quilting panels of houseplants in very good condition.

Lots of old iron-on transfers for embroidery, mostly for pillowcases, some plastic canvas letters, some misc. instruction sheets and a vintage crewel eyeglass case kit with what looks like everything still in it.

A partially stitched needlepoint kit without the original yarns had warped over time, but I could still read the instructions on a stamped embroidery cloth.

Someone saved their needlework canvas scraps.

Lots of sealed kits were included as well. Most are for pillowcases, but as you'll see this maker really liked them. I was able to approximately date the lot by the linen kitchen towel that was still folded up inside its mailer.

The towel is for 1980, so I'll guess this stash dates back quite a ways. The strong musty storage smell suggested forty to fifty years.

Two quilt panels, both identical, for a child's quilt. This one looks circa the sixties, as do most of the other kits.

Then I found a bag of pre-quilted panels that were later, like this one for a cut-n-sew holiday apron, pot holders and oven mitts. Stop by tomorrow to see the rest.