The Cabinet Arrives

My vintage DMC floss cabinet just arrived, and it's in great shape. I can't exactly date it, as information on the internet is sparse. The company switched from a bell to the horse head in 1961.

Actually the thick plastic drawer fronts and waffled particle board inside suggest the cabinet is a bit newer; maybe circa the late 70's or early 80's. I do know from pics on the internet that in its original condition there would have been dividers in the drawers, too.

I can't express to you how much I've longed to find one of these cabinets for my sewing room. I also always assumed that I'd never be able to thrift one at a price I could afford.

There's a bit of cracking to the wood case on one side that my guy is going to repair for me, but otherwise the cabinet is in marvelous shape and I couldn't be happier.

As to what the cabinet is worth: I've found the same model selling for $48.00 on eBay. Due to the minor damage I'd price the value of mine at $45.00 retail. I paid $14.00 for it. Probably the loveliest thrift of the year. :)

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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.

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.

The Mercantile

If you don't mind walking 33K square feet in retail space, The Mercantile may be the vintage/arts store you'd enjoy visiting if you're ever in Orlando. I certainly did. Because it was busy I didn't take any photos in the store, but it's absolutely amazing and chock full of antiques and artisan creations, most of which were pretty reasonably priced. For $21.00 I invested in a picture of sailboats for the guest bathroom I'm redoing, and a fairy mystery jar of cool stuff. The jaw was hand-painted and decorated, and utterly charming. I think I wanted the jar more than the contents. As you can see the contents were both generous and pretty cool, too. I finally have some vintage gloves to use for my art quilter bingo challenge!

Rayen

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