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A Surprise For Me!

It's like the world is balancing itself today just for me.
I got my quilt out the door and in the mail in record time.   I can't show it to you though... one of THOSE awesome deals=)     And there was a surprise waiting for me on my counter.

This old box just sat there. My husband told me that a girl I know dropped it off for me thinking I could use it.
Guess what was in it?
Vintage lace! It gets better.... VINTAGE RIC RAC!!   Okay, who is screaming now?  I am, I am.  Wait, it actually gets better. Two toned and sparkly ric rac!   I almost wrote this post in all capital letters, it is just that exciting!   They don't even make this stuff anymore.

I was so happy, I started free motion quilting circles.   As you know I love circles, and dots, and ric rac.  Life is good! Posted by Jackie at 6:30 PM Labels: circle me silly, vintage ric rac Gene Black said...

Fun stuff.
Your circle quilting looks great. My circles are never that round.

June 26, 2013 at 4:25 AM Susan Being Snippy said...

I have always loved rick rack but much of it was 'cleared out' in my sewing room clean up! Actually I sold a bunch of the sparkly rick rack in my etsy shop -- it went pretty quick, so other people love it too!

June 26, 2013 at 7:50 AM 
I like the one that is slightly pointy and also sparkly. What a good friend to give you those!

June 26, 2013 at 7:55 AM 
Lucky you

June 26, 2013 at 8:36 AM sherry said...

nice gift

June 26, 2013 at 8:38 AM 
What awesome treats to receive.

June 26, 2013 at 3:05 PM 
How fun , love vintage notions and rickrack is at the top of the list !

June 26, 2013 at 4:47 PM 
I love the box lid.

June 27, 2013 at 5:49 AM 
How do you do circles that look like circles when machine quilting? Mine look like squares....lol.

June 27, 2013 at 1:44 PM 
Wow. Cool. I would have squealed, too! Lucky girl!

June 27, 2013 at 7:17 PM Lauren M. said...

love the ricrac - now you don't have to do a summer auction!

July 1, 2013 at 4:52 AM 
Love the vintage laces and rick-racks! I have a bunch like these from my grandmother's stash, including a couple of the metallic ones. The price tags are still on some of the packages of rick-rack - 15 cents and 25 cents - but she bought them at half price (original prices are crossed out) for 8 cents and 13 cents!

July 1, 2013 at 7:05 AM 
Love the ricracs! It' s those kinds of things that feed our creative souls. Excellent circles....I can't wait to try my new sewing machine out on those!

July 1, 2013 at 7:08 AM