The first store I visited didn't turn up anything even vaguely tempting--yesterday was the "July 4th cancelled the regular Half Off Saturday so we're doing Half Off Saturday on the 11th" day at area Goodwill stores, and the stock levels in that Goodwill reflected this. I wasn't there even 10 minutes before I set out for the other, closer Goodwill.
It was considerably better.
I hadn't been thrifting for a while, because The Child doesn't have the patience for it anymore, and I respect that. (Summer break ends in a few weeks, so I can get back to thrifting more often, if I want...which...I'm trying to convince myself I don't want, because it's not like I lack for stuff... Anyway.) I picked up several color-of-the-week fabrics, some of which I might have purchased earlier at 'full' price if I'd been in the store then. Maybe.
Top is one of the half-price selections. I knew there was a lot, and had the idea that it might be nice in a dress with an excessively full skirt. There's cotton involved, although I can't tell if the slightly oily hand is from polyester content or from the heavy ink. It's 44" wide, and as I was measuring the length, I found an attached tag with a handwritten note of "8 3/8 $1.99." The length ended up being more like 9¼ yards, though, and I paid $4 for all of it, so...yeah.
Middle is cotton, 42" wide and 3 5/8 yards long. It was marked $1.99, which seemed low for the way that store prices cloth--I discovered the stains after I got home. Ah. I'd been thinking I would make a shirt from this, so there was plenty of room to work around the stains, but I doused them with stain release before throwing the piece in the washing machine. No stains left when it came out! (I've seen many pieces of thrift store yardgoods with stains in the middle. My imagination has decided that they were all used for bake sale tablecloths.)
Bottom is a yarn-dyed cotton plaid with a slight nap (not a full-blown flannel. I think I'm the only person who's not a huge fan of flannel.) 56" wide by 2¼ yards long, was half price at $1.50
Below that is just over a yard of a 60" wool plaid, which might become a winter jacket for the kiddo. Maybe.
Next is another half-price cut, $1.50 for 2 5/8 yards of a 60" polyester lining fabric with a fine yarn-dyed stripe. It's a bit heavier than the lining fabric I'm used to. If I ever make that chintz floral print motorcycle jacket that's been percolating in my mind, this'll go inside.
The solid yellow cotton and the blue cotton blend (I really wanna say it has nylon in it) were purchased because I have the idea to make a Fallout Vault Suit for The Child (shh, don't tell him--it's a surprise.) I had debated going to JoAnn Fabric today specifically to buy stuff for that project, but the Goodwill in that direction is usually disappointing, and, y'know, there was always the possibility I might find some suitable cloth in Goodwill... Yeah. They're both about 2 5/8 yards long, with the yellow being 45" and the blue being 60"--more than needed for both, but for about $5 combined, that's OK.
And then there's the toy print.
It's a slightly coarse cotton, which I expect to feel a lot softer after it's been washed and dried (which it's doing right now.) At 44" wide and about 43" long, I'm envisioning it in a skirt with a wide border of a plain pink cotton at the hem. I don't have any plain pink cotton, much less in that odd shade of pink, so that will require a further purchase...although...I wonder if I could bleach that intense salmon I have (it's a similar coarse cotton, too...hmm...)
So. Nine cuts of cloth, most of which I have Actual Ideas about, totaling 26 3/8 yards, plus a small tin, two T-shirts, two dolls, a Lego Technics set (still in it's screamingly-late 1990s box--I didn't know that Technics pieces were ever made in purple and teal...), plus tax for a bit over $25. My friend M says I have Magical Thrifting Powers. I'll admit it, I'm proud.
But now I have more to sew...
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