We headed to an antique mall called Whistle Stop in Corry, PA. We had seen the commercial on television and our interest was piqued. So yesterday was our day to check it out.
Honestly, I haven't been to an antique mall for several years so I was excited to see what treasures the mall contained.
At first, all I saw was glassware. Miles and miles of sparkling shiny pretty glassware. Nice, but not really my thing. I wove through booths and up and down aisles until I finally came across a booth with lots of textiles.
There were aprons, tablecloths, handkerchiefs, and other textiles. There were a couple quilts and I was tempted by the unique Dresden Plate summer quilt (no batting), but I passed.
Then I spied a booth across the aisle with some stacks of haphazardly folded textiles. Hmmm. I just love poking around in piles of old textiles -- you never know what you'll find.
The first thing I pulled out of the stack was an adorable 1930's/40's doll quilt. It was machine-quilted, but it spoke to me and of course it went home with me.
There were some other vintage pieces and although I was tempted by the vibrant yellow 30's top, it had enough damage that I wasn't sure it was worth the price.
I continued looking and found some other quilty items. BUTTONS! A cute sewing box (I actually saw several sewing boxes and baskets). Doll pin cushions. A pair of adorable Sunbonnet Sues in frames.
A few booths later I scored a set of 8 signature blocks -- SUNBONNET BABY blocks. Of course, I had to have them. I have several different sets of Sunbonnet Sue blocks (even Colonial ladies and Sunbonnet Sam) but I've never had the Sunbonnet Babies before.
Aren't they just the cutest?????????
I added a Blue Willow platter at an unbelievable price. I paid for my treasures and I headed across the street to another antique shop.
I didn't see any quilty stuff until I was about ready to leave and I spied some quilts hiding at the back of a booth.
I was really drawn to the indigo and blue Sawtooth quilt because I have never seen this design before, but it was in such poor condition. What a shame.
There were a few other quilts, too. I bought a Nine Patch quilt (on the higher shelf in the photo above) from the 1930's/40's teeming with tons of feed sack fabrics. I thought that I could use this one in the presentation I'm putting together on feed sack fabric for my quilt guild. (Yeah, yeah, I know ......that was just an excuse to buy another quilt. LOL!) The quilt is a bit worn and ragged with some pretty bad repairs with sparkly butterfly fabric, but the feed sack fabrics are really wonderful.
Sigh.....Yes, I know I'm supposed to be trying to downsize my studio, but there's always room for something special or interesting.
Until my next antiquing adventure.........
