I found this wonderful little thrift shop in Sikeston, MO last week. It's called "Nifty Thrifty". I found several pieces of material for $1.00 each and a bunch of books for 50 cents each - QUILTING books! I was in heaven! I was looking through and trying to decide which ones to get, since I knew I couldn't afford all of them... and then thought, maybe they'd make me a deal. I counted the mags to see how many we were talking about - approximately 126. Hmmm....I went to the register and asked (what could it hurt?) and they said "No, they couldn't make any deals". Oh, well. I went back and scoured through to find the ones that would be coming home with me and after much deliberation narrowed it down to about a dozen. I took my fabric and books to the register and she added me up. $10.00. And then, she asked "Would I would be interested in taking the rest of the books for $20.00?" Would I??? You bet I would! So I collected the rest of the quilting books and she found a box to put them in, and we were both really happy. She said the books come in quite regularly and they would have more by next week, so it was okay to deplete their stock. I won't be shopping too often because of the distance (about an hour away) but I know I'll check everytime I'm in town and they're open. Prices were great and they had a lot of stuff to peruse. And the deal for the magazines - all told I spent around $26 for a total of 130 mags (found a few hidden ones) which equals out to 20 cents each. Lovely, just lovely. :) I only had repeats on 12 of the Quilting Newsletter Magazines and only duplicated on 2 of those from my library. I also duplicated on a McCall's Quilting that I had. That's okay though, it gives me another pattern page. The breakdown on mags was 103 Quilting Newsletter Magazines from 1984 up through 2007, and an assortment of other mags that totaled 27 copies, plus a couple of leaflets. I love the older ones that show how to do quilting "old style" with templates and such. It gives you a better understanding I think of what quilting is all about. Of course, sometimes you can update them and do rotary cutting from the directions, too. And very few of these are the older "newsprint" type pages, most are glossy full color mags. There are some beautiful patterns in these books, I couldn't be happier!




And the fabric you ask? One piece is 5 yds (and it's 56 inches wide) another was 2 1/4 yds and the other was 3 1/2 yds. They wanted $1.00 for the larger pieces and 50 cents for the smaller ones. Of course I chose the largest I could find (always building my stash). Heehee.... How do I find these deals???? Doing the happy dance...... lol

Here's pics of my haul....

Lucky you. I never run across anything like that!

WOW! That's a lot!

Congrats on your great score! :thumbup:

WOW, that's a lot of magazines!!!! What a great deal. Good for you!

Congratulations, you did great!

wow!!!

OH HAPPY DAY!!!! great bargain!!!!

Congrats on your great finds!

Dang! Thatsa deal!! I'd be buying a lot of fabric everytime I'd drop in!

Doing the happy dance for you (as much as my old decrepit body will allow anyway). Good job, great shopper.

You must be in quilting heaven! :-D

Super. I like to find deals like that.

Wow, you got lucky there.

Lucky you

Wow! How fun is that? Can I come over for decaf and some time browsing looking through all those magazines. I don't think I ever made anything out of a magazine but I enjoy looking.

Lol.... I don't think I've made anything I didn't see in a magazine (or at least get an idea from). They're great inspiration for me.

Wow! That IS a deal!! I never find anything but junk at our local Thrift Shop. Horrible filthy stuff that I would throw away rather than donate. UGH

Brilliant...those mags will keep you occupied and inspired for hours! Great fabrics too....love the centre one with the dark green background. You lucky quilter!:)

What a great deal you got

Happy reading!!! Love the fabrics as well. You should be doing the "happy Dance".

I would be in quilters heaven. Nice

Must live wrong I never find deals anywhere. You found a great place to shop.

Way to go! You got some great buys and I wish I could go shopping with you the way you attract deals!

totally cool...congrats

Good job! My husband was at a yard sale last year and came home with enough material to fill a trunk for only $25 and a box of quilting mags for $3. I was like a little girl at Christmas!

yikes...

Ya lucky Dog!

I love looking throuh quilting mags in my spare time. I keep some in the car, to keep me patient when I have to wait for something [or someone]

Good job! I don't usually have much luck, someone else always beats me to it- hey, maybe it you! Nope, we live too far apart.

I love deals like that!

Well we know what you'll be reading in the winter months. Great find.

Careful, don't want you to sprain an ankle doing the "Happy Dance". LOL Congrats! Excellent find.

Great find!!

LOL it's a thrift store - why would she worry about "depleting" the stock. In the retail world doesn't that mean you've made money & made room for "new" things to come in?

Congrats on your great finds. We don't seem to have much like that here in our thrift stores.

great find... in ca. found stuff sometime, but haven't found anything here in ks at treasure trolling shops,, think people here hold onto their stuff for sure

You are going to be so busy reading, you won't have time to sew~~~~ Have fun!!!:)

Don't ya just luv shopping the thrift shops? I'd be doing the happpy too!!

That 5 yard piece of green fabric is one of my favorite colors. Congratulations. :thumbup:

My Dad lives in Portageville and we go to Sikeston frequently. There is a little quilt shop there that has great prices. I will have to check out the thrift store next time I go.

Ooooh - enjoy all those magazines!