It Was Fab-u-lous, Darling

Yup, Saturday's eagerly-anticipated jumble sale proved to be just as good (if not better) than I'd hoped it would be.  I thought I might be on to a winner when I spotted the huge queue of people already waiting when I arrived at just after 1.30 pm.  In fact, the queue was even longer than I'd realised at first as it went right up the side of a rather large building as well as all the way down the path that I was standing on.

 
Highlights of my finds include these wonderful 1970s curtains (they pattern is huge - each repeat must be each at least a foot high.)  They're destined for eBay where these sorts of vintage barkcloth prints seem to sell quite well.  I don't think I've ever seen such a huge pile of linens at a jumble sale in my life.  On my third look through them all I still managed to unearth this little gem

 
An appliqued and embroidered duvet cover and matching pillowcase for my nephew, for when he has a 'sleepover' at Mandma's house.  There had been complaints that the floral duvet cover my Mum had put on his bed was too 'girly!'  I think this one should meet with his approval.  I also found a couple of small pieces of nice fabric for myself and

 
A lovely Rupert Bear pillowcase.  I'm not sure whether to try selling this on eBay or to try cutting it up to make a Rupert Bear bag for myself.  I've always loved Rupert so I'm leaning towards making a bag at the moment.

I also came away with 18 books for the grand sum of £3.00 - which works out at just over 16.5p per book.  Three of them have gone on Amazon for re-sale, two on Greenmetropolis, three were bought for me, including a brand new Henning Mankell novel which was only published this year and which cost £12.99 (and that's for a paperback) when it was new!!  Sadly, the rest are destined for the local charity shop.

On the clothing tables I found a rather nice vintage cotton dress - for eBay - and two T-shirts and a lovely thick hooded zip-up top for my nephew.

However, it was on the bric-a-brac stall that I came across the best find of the day

 
Two different sized bowls and a cup in the Persephone pattern by Wedgewood.  Apparently the designer was Eric Ravilious, and this stuff sells for mega-bucks on eBay.  Oddly enough, I only picked them up because I rather liked the pattern myself and carried them about in the bottom of a bat in a very cavalier manner all afternoon.  How I got them home unscathed I've no idea, but I'm mighty glad I did.

 
I've now somewhat revised my previous rather scathing comments on jumble sales in Essex - they're really rather good, you know.

I've linked this post over at Apron Thrift Girl's Thrift Share Monday.

Comments

[claire mackaness]

this sale is one of the best jumbles in essex. Stick around till the end and you can fill a binbag for £1

[Renee]

Ooooh I LOVE Those curtains and you're right they do sell well, on Etsy too. I just sold a pair myself.

[Van]

1970s curtains! Those are amazing, but I love every single one of your finds!

[Housewares]

The curtains and the patterns used in it look cool. The blue shade looks nice. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dolxfld6uQE Kids'll love this pick. The dishes are great. I love to get different types of housewares. Your finds are lovely.