More Charity Shop Bargains for 2018 & beyond!

janb5

Miro..you definitely have the ` eye`. It is a lovely dress and will look stunning. A few strategic adjustments are a good investment for this.

Pollycat

Mir! wrote: »

Could someone please confiscate my purse and credit cards?? I am spending too much 'big' money lately!!!

Called into my local Debra charity shop/coffee shop this afty. Spotted a Planet pure silk dress with matching clutch bag and wrap in the same fabric. Loved the colours, sludge green/pale yellow/cream & black and the outfit looked new, (possible worn once cos looked a bit like a wedding guest outfit). A size too big and priced at £16.99. Left it cos I was not too keen on altering a pure silk dress but it 'haunted' me as I continued my wanderings. Yep....I went back and bought it. Now having tried it on I can see it will only need the straps shortening a bit and the side seams under the arms taking in for a perfect fit. Not too daunting after all:) Doubt I will wear al 3 items together, (pattern overload). Can't find what the original price would have been but there is the dress only for sale on FleaBay starting at 99p...:eek: Will be watching to see if it sells and what for.....

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Silk-Dress-Size-8-Green/183804606473

Don't count on my support to curtail your spending, Miro.
Not when you get bargains like that.

DigForVictory wrote: »

That Man has been at it again. An ink bottle & a storming jug/vase both Bourne (pre-Denby!) the ink bottle with impressed marking dating it at 1901-1909 for 50 pence & the jug "(finally sold!" exulted the staff who had had flowers in it & so noone asked to buy it) for £2. With a basestamp not in my Denby book - circle with Bourne Denby Derby inside & Made in England round the bottom half. A photocopy (from Denby shoved into the dustcover of my book) suggests 1950 but there is absolutely no reference to how that's arrived at.

What?
Really? :eek:

<hobbles off to check the underside of all old Denby pieces.>
Will report back.
Is the jug plain or patterned?
What colour?

Miró

DigForVictory wrote: »

Miro, would the stunning silk shirt you got work as another layer over that? A not-jacket but something to fend off the goosebumps as the summer evenings chill?
Wow, though - just wow! And no, I will not hide your wallet when you find Whole Outfits with change from £20. Just challenge you to donate another (with hindsight unloved) outfit, to ease your troubled mind

Brilliant idea about the shirt....never would have thought of that! Sadly the shirt is a different shade of beige...more browny than greeny as in the dress so it will have to be the trusty cream pashmina I think. Actually the wrap thingy that came with the dress is so huge (about 24" x 2' 18" in old money) I could make a short sleeved shirty top out of it! (silk...ewwww unlikely!)

I deffo need to have a cull/sort out ready to donate on my next trip to North Yorks. I always hand in stuff to charity shops well away from home as I am quite capable of buying back my own stuff by mistake:o Also once I decide to part with something I just don't want to see it again - either in a C/S or even worse....being worn by someone!!

janb5 wrote: »

Miro..you definitely have the ` eye`. It is a lovely dress and will look stunning. A few strategic adjustments are a good investment for this.

Thanks Ahem, the adjustments took far longer than expected due to a sewing machine malfunction which took ages to sort out. (usually trusty 40yr old Elna), but anyhoo, all completed now

That reminds me...Magpie100 recently posted about things not bought. Well about a month ago I was in our Sue Ryder Vintage Shop - a wondrous mix of vintage clothing and sewing/craft supplies. (I think the idea is to encourage our huge student population to buy in order to restyle/repurpose in creative ways.) They always have loads of sewing machines on sale, from vintage treadle Singers to the modern computerised things. On my way out I spotted a Bernina overlocker priced at £40. Now, in the days when I made a lot of my own clothes I always dreamed of owning an overlocker but somehow never managed it. Oooooh I was so tempted tho!!! Sense prevailed as I would have had absolutely nowhere to store the blooming thing

DigForVictory

Colour can be so tricky on computer screens.
May I respectfully suggest not taking the shears to the accompanying wrap until the whole has had a chance to 'settle into' your wardrobe? In part as silk can be a Jezebel to sew but also as some day you may wish to lend/gift/rehome the complete set.
Pollycat - I have a link to basestamps which shows my little mystery so please be tender with the size 3s and share my bemused glee at the (does Langley green make sense?, a sort of anaemic green) jug style vase, wide base, jug handle, narrow mouth, all of a sort of twisted rope texture colour & vintage along these lines but treble the base width & much more tagine-you-could-pour from ... "Often found on giftware, c1945-1950s." - Where this site gets its info from I have no idea but as a secondary source it fits with the photocopy from Denby.

luxor4t

Owain_Moneysaver wrote: »

.........go back and buy the other one tomorrow, otherwise people will think you only have one jacket............

For a minute I thought my MiL was posting she could list the contents of all her neighbours' wardrobes!

DigForVictory

luxor4t, I think I'd give your MIL a spasm. Mind, someone that knowledgeable might help me look turned-out, rather than thrown.

Magpie100, Owain's right - if it's worthy of you, grab it. Besides, if the second jacket is as handsome as the first, having two allows you to ring changes, eat soup wearing one etc & worry a little less about its care & maintenance.

tessie_bear

just a heads up our british heart has its so called red cube event...essentially red cubes on some hangers saying half price...also a lot of claires bits 3 for a quid

luxor4t

luxor4t wrote: »

For a minute I thought my MiL was posting she could list the contents of all her neighbours' wardrobes!

DigForVictory wrote: »

luxor4t, I think I'd give your MIL a spasm. Mind, someone that knowledgeable might help me look turned-out, rather than thrown.,..........

Umm, sadly she was more of an armchair critic rather than an adviser, which is why the 'only one jacket' comment made me jump - it was the sort of thing she'd say. On a more positive note, she was also a one woman neighbourhood watch!

Magpie100

'Therefore you should definately go back and buy the other one tomorrow, otherwise people will think you only have one jacket.'

Owain - I have SO many jackets! I promise you. Previously on this thread I bought 3 in one shop haul (the Whistles one, my lovely red wool jacket, worn for the first time yesterday, and a Green Lamb golfing jacket). I have about 5 others in my wardrobe, and that's before we even get to the coats...

I am tempted to go back today and see if the other Whistles jacket it still there and the t-shirt - but I think I'll try and hold on and do a proper trawl in a couple of weeks' time.

Pollycat

DigForVictory wrote: »

Colour can be so tricky on computer screens.
May I respectfully suggest not taking the shears to the accompanying wrap until the whole has had a chance to 'settle into' your wardrobe? In part as silk can be a Jezebel to sew but also as some day you may wish to lend/gift/rehome the complete set.
Pollycat - I have a link to basestamps which shows my little mystery so please be tender with the size 3s and share my bemused glee at the (does Langley green make sense?, a sort of anaemic green) jug style vase, wide base, jug handle, narrow mouth, all of a sort of twisted rope texture colour & vintage along these lines but treble the base width & much more tagine-you-could-pour from ... "Often found on giftware, c1945-1950s." - Where this site gets its info from I have no idea but as a secondary source it fits with the photocopy from Denby.

Thanks for the links, I know exactly what you mean.
Good buy for £2.00.