Yesterday, whilst perusing one of the local charity shops with Mum, I struck what I thought was vintage gold.
Three really 'groovy' 1970s M&S cotton bedcovers - one double and two single, each in a different colourway. There was no price on them but when I asked I was told they were £2.49 each. That seemed a very fair price to me and I bought all three. My plan was to resell them on ebay - hopefully for a nice profit.
This morning I thought I'd give them a whirl through the washing machine and get them out on the line whilst it wasn't raining - which I did.
As I was hanging them out I realised each and every one of them has been used as a dust sheet whilst someone had been painting with white emulsion. They are all peppered with tenny tiny spots of white paint. B*gger, b*gger, b*gger!! Not quite sure what I'll do with them now. Apart from the teeny paint spots they are in lovely nick and the print is amazing - perhaps I'll try selling them at 'The Travelling Flea' as picnic blankets or maybe I'll try and get rid of the paint spots somehow - anyone got any good tips for that? B*gger, again!!
If you can't get the paint off how about cutting the good bits up and making cushion covers with them ? You are so clever with a needle. I had the purple one when I was a teenager and I saw a similar one recently but they wanted £15 so it stayed in the shop.
Posted by: fiona | 02/08/2013 at 08:15 PM
A patchworker would snap them up!
Posted by: Karyn | 02/08/2013 at 09:57 PM
Cut them down into "fat quarters"?
Posted by: Linda | 02/09/2013 at 03:50 AM
That's really annoying. We've all done it. Difficult to remove without damaging the rest of the cloth. But as another idea, beacuse the flowers are super groovy cut them out individually and use them as applique on say small make up bags, when you're in make and sell mode.
Jean x
Posted by: Jean | 02/09/2013 at 12:18 PM
I'd put them on Ebay as seen with some good photos. I think they will go if the paint spots are small.
Posted by: Ffion | 02/09/2013 at 02:03 PM
I found 2 single sheets like that in an op shop. I cut one in half and made curtains. The other one's sitting in a cupboard. What would a green and blue floral single one be worth, without paintspots?!
Posted by: V | 02/10/2013 at 04:38 AM
That's reminded me, I've got that brown one somewhere.
I think you should chop them up and make something fabulous, they'd sell like hot cakes at your craft fair! x
Posted by: Vix | 02/10/2013 at 12:23 PM