Flea Market Finds were a bust...

Flea market transformation sneak peak...

I found nothing!  Two thrift stores and I walked out with one fat quarter.  That is it!  Mum said the same thing in her flea market adventures this morning.  She told me that she spent a grand sum of 25 cents on a wine glass.  Hmph!

On the other hand, I have been transforming some flea market finds.  And that is a good thing.  Last evening I put together a quilt top, sandwiched and spray basted it and today I quilted and have the binding ready to hand sew this evening.  I think this is a record for me.  Quilt in a day.  The quilt is a donation quilt.  I used 10" squares of flannelette in lovely girly colours.  The flannelette is all from the quilter's estate sale fabric from last fall and I backed it with a pink vintage sheet from last weekend's thrifting.  The binding is a lavender heart print also from the estate sale.

 This quilt will be donated as part of a birthday gift for a little girl whose family is going through some very difficult times.  They don't have much in the way of household stuff and considering the sweetie pie has a birthday this week, I thought a quilt would do the trick for my contribution.  I even managed to find some flannelette with butterflies.  Apparently butterflies are a particular favourite.  So there you have it.  No flea market finds but a story of flea market transformation.  And that is a good thing.

*(I have backed quilts before in flannelette but have never pieced a quilt with it.  It is not the most user friendly fabric let me tell you.  It tends to be stretchy.   Erg.)