Years ago, when Mum and I used to have a regular stall at a local flea market, we used to very disparagingly call a particular shade of green 'snot green.' It's that certain shade of quite acidic yellowy-green which I think is now much more appealingly called 'chartreuse.' Any item of clothing that we had for sale in that particular colour would always sell pretty much immediately. At the time neither of use could quite imagine why anyone would want to wear such an unflattering colour. How times change, these days it is a colour I'm rather fond of.
Yesterday I found a lovely long-sleeved jumper in the good old 'snot green' shade which I was very pleased with (it has a sort of dip-dye effect, darkening to a much more foresty-green near the hem). I remember seeing this particular jumper in the Evans catalogue last autumn, and quite coveting it then. I don't recollect what the price would have been new but I'm guessing somewhere in the region of £25.00, yesterday I paid £2.49. I was very pleased.
A very similar snotty shade of green is also prevelant in this barkcloth-type fabric screen-printed with exotic birds which I found at the jumble on Saturday. I'm in two minds whether to keep the fabric (currently two slim curtain panels) with the hope that I may find a use for it in the not too distant future, or whether to put it on ebay (vintage fabrics seem to fetch quite good prices at the moment.) Decisions, decisions.
Gosh you're having a run of lucky finds at the moment.The fabric is lovely print but if you're not going to use it I'm sure it'll fetch a good price on Ebay.
Posted by: gill | 04/28/2009 at 10:38 PM