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A purchase with extras

 I love old sewing books. I know that there are lots of women who love to buy shoes,  or clothes or jewelry or fancy kitchen equipment. I love to buy old sewing books. 


I will often go through the sewing book auctions on eBay to see if there is something that I want to add to my collection. A week or so back I bid on this book published in 1975. I liked that it had diagrams and sizing charts for children's clothing. There is currently a crop of young relatives that I have been sewing for.it is useful to have such a book for when I make the next batch of gift-garments.


I won the auction.


The book arrived yesterday. I opened the package. The book was well wrapped in cardboard.

Inside the cardboard there was 

this excellent booklet from 1941 with directions for lots of different crochet, knitting and embroidery stitches as well as directions for at least a dozen projects.


Tucked into the 1941 booklet was



this instructional booklet for making crochet toys.


I was already delighted by all of the extra goodies tucked into my purchase. And like the late night TV ads used to say...Wait!! there's more!




There is just under a yard of this patriotic/nautical  cotton poly fabric that I would guess is from the 1970s.


Wait!!! there is even more!!!


A sweet note from the previous owner of these sewing goodies.


The seller was an old age home helping it's residents deaccession their things.


Each item in this package made me happy. The whole kit and caboodle is just the best thing ever.


Comments

  1. AnonymousJune 14, 2026 at 10:48 PM

    Dear Sarah, thanks for sharing these treasures with me. I too love old sewing books. Enjoy. Denise

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    1. Sarah JacobsJune 14, 2026 at 11:15 PM

      Old sewing books are one of my great pleasures.

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