Thrifting Art Supplies

I'm going to experiment with painting fabric this year, so I decided to thrift more art supplies. I ended up bidding on and winning two lots with the things I needed; this one is the first that I got for $9.99. It has all the foam brushes I need, and also a couple of stencils.

I didn't mind that there was a brand new diamond painting kit in it with four small projects, either. Total retail on this lot is $118.47; I paid $9.99 for the whole lot. Savings: $108.48.

This large lot I had to fight a bit for, as there were a couple of other bidders. There were so many brand-new supplies in this lot I felt it was worth the battle (some individual prices on those follow), and ended up winning it in the end.

This calligraphy set doesn't have the ink cartridges, but it came with everything else and I have plenty of ink. New it would sell for $21.29.

A complete set of Prisma watercolor pencils, and only a few have been used. This one retails for $34.00.

Never opened pastels. The cheapest you'd pay for a threesome set like this is $10.00.

Never opened watercolor paints. $5.99 to buy these new.

Slightly used watercolor pan paints. This set retails for $14.99.

This set of gel pens sells for $14.49.

Charcoal sketching set, still sealed, runs about $5.99. After searching for prices on everything else the total for the lot is $176.54. I paid $57.14. Savings: $119.40.

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Stuff

After finding this Caron one pound skein of lovely peach yarn in my thrifted lot I raided my stash for two cakes of Mandala in Pegasus, which matches it perfectly. For practice and hand therapy I'm going to make another Worth Street Afghan with this free pattern , but this time I'll use the yarn that was recommended for it plus the one pound skein. I'm not quite ready to do the vintage/recycled linen quilt I had planned (still a bit too nervous about the idea), so I'm going to use some color therapy and make a quilt from these thrifted green fat quarters. I considered doing another Yellow Brick road patchwork pattern, but I might go with a split rail fence like this one.

Best Thrifts of the Year, Part Two

Today I'm looking back at my best thrifts of the year to date in fabric. #4 is this collection of quilt kits, as it's the one that was the biggest surprise and also made me very happy, as I'd missed out on a similar lot that ended up going for a lot more at auction. #3 is this box of scrap fabric which I bought for $3.99 last month. I didn't post about it on the blog, as I just got around to sorting and measuring it. All together it's 54.35 yards, which works out to seven cents a yard. #2 is the lot with which I won my thrifting challenge bet. It was in brand new condition and will be making some local quilters very happy at this year's guild show. #1 is of course the enormous 103+ yards lot I bought for $15.00, which is still the largest and best thrifted fabric haul I've made to date.

Better than Fried

I cut some chives from the kitchen garden to make garlic-chive baked fries for dinner. This is a great side dish for veggie burgers. Click here for the recipe from Taste of Home.com.

Rayen

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