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Quilt Wishes

A bunch of lovely quilts showed up on the online thrift auction at the end of April, and I decided to bid on three lots (although I was pretty sure I'd be outbid on all of them.) The first one was this velvet crazy quilt -- in need of some repairs, but the colors are gorgeous, and I don't have a velvet crazy quilt in my collection. So I bid.

The second lot offered these two quilts. Both look more modern, and the green and brown quilt has what looks like a Minky backing. I like them both, so I bid.

The third lot was for this vintage blue and white quilt with what looks like hand quilting. There wasn't a full pic of the quilt, so it could be a disaster, but I had a good feeling about it, so I bid.

I didn't win any of them, because I wasn't willing to get in a bidding war. The final winning bids were: Velvet crazy quilt: $47.99, two quilt lot: $31.00, vintage blue and white: $97.03. Oh, well, better luck next time.

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