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Monday, September 8, 2014

Attack of the Sewing Bug

vintage sewing patterns

And just like that, I've caught the sewing bug again. All it took was one giant flea market, two dollars and eight vintage patterns.

Let me back up. This past weekend was the 49th annual Marigold Days. It was my first time going and apparently it entails far more than I even knew when I was there. Over the two days of the event there is an antique & flea market, a baseball tournament, a car show, a quilt show and a flower show and apparently a whole lot more.
antique flea market
© Cheri Engel Chapman
antique flea market
© Cheri Engel Chapman
We (my mom, aunt and sister) went to the flea market on Saturday, where you can find just about anything. From antique furniture, to handmade goods. Modern clothes to what I would call junk, but another person may call treasures. There was even live music and a variety  of food trucks.

Even with all the variety at the flea market I came out empty handed. It was in one of the near by antique shops, Memorabilia Antiques, that I found eight vintage sewing patterns, from the 60s and 70s, all for a total of two dollars.

I haven't checked them for completeness yet, I'll get to that later this week. I know two of them are missing instructions, my favorite ones, of course. But even so, I got quite the deal. I figured out if I had decided to buy each of them off either eBay or Etsy I'd have spent about $60.08.


vintage sewing patterns

That's really all it takes for me to catch the sewing bug. With eight new patterns and a stash of fabric to go through, I might just have enough sewing projects to keep me occupied for the rest of the year.

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