I ended up kind of playing all day.

[nuranar]

I didn't sleep too late, but I did move slowly, trying a new way to curl my hair (way more work than it's worth) and making a grocery list. (The plan was to actually get groceries before leaving for an 11 o'clock appointment, but that didn't happen.) I went to my 11 o'clock, then since I was over there I hung out with my parents for a few hours.  Then I spent 3 hours at the antique mall by their house.

I don't know why I spend so much time at antique malls! I love it, but wow, I get tired, too. This was a good trip, though. One booth had some nice vintage linens, including a basket of colorful hankies. I controlled myself (and was cheap) and got one red one, and one dark blue one with red flowers. I also got a feedsack with pink/plum flowers, plus lime green leaves and navy swooshes.

But my best find was a vintage 50s/60s Swirl-like wrap dress for $40. It's made from a vivid pink/peach color cotton with a wide border print of blue and green parrots in 3 rows on some bamboo. It looks made at home, by an expert seamstress. Not only is the stitching very nice (as well as some neat mending under the arms), but the planning of the layout of the border print was really good.

And after 15 minutes with Google, I found the sewing pattern it was made from! How cool is that?



Obviously the border print goes around the hem. It's very wide, so it covers half the length. But then she added a seam down the middle of the bodice, then cut the pieces out on the bias so the rows chevron down the front. And the long ties are cut so the bamboo runs down both of them!  It's an expert piece of work. And even though it must have seen some wear (the underarm repairs), the fabric is still fairly crisp and it doesn't look faded. I'll definitely put up pictures soon. I was going to take some tonight, but I'm too tired.

So after I finished at the antique mall, I drove home through rush hour, got groceries for the next two weeks, made dinner, and went to Home Depot. I'm beat. But it was a good day. :)

ETA: jordannamorgan , one of the booths had a bunch of the Universal Monster cards. Are you trying to get the full set? According to one ebay seller, these are from the Milton Bradley game "Monster Old Maid." :p

Comments

[jordannamorgan]

Wow. Is it these things? I wasn't aware of them until now. Looking at the picture on that page, what strikes me is that the "Dracula's Daughter" card is actually very much from a Hammer Horror film, so it isn't all Universal monsters. Curious.

Anyway, they're amusing, but probably not something I would go to any effort to have. Trading cards are a far bigger temptation to me than playing cards. ;Þ Thank you for asking, though!

(What it would be nice to have a full set of is the random FMA trading cards I've acquired... but that would be kind of a challenge because, you know, I can't read Japanese.)

[nuranar]

The link isn't working for me, but here's the only listing on ebay I found:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Milton-Bradley-1964-Universal-Monsters-Old-Maid-Complete-Set-in-Box-/151122312596?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item232f977d94

The cards I found were $2.50 apiece.

[jordannamorgan]

Yeah, that's the same thing as the page I linked to. Like I said, they're an interesting curiosity, but not something I'd really want. Thanks, though! :)