Jackpot!

A few months ago, one of my husband's many cousins told me that she had come across a number of vintage patterns in my size (incredibly) at an estate sale. She also had buttons and notions galore and wondered if I might want them. Yes! Need you ask? Today the package arrived, a deceptively small box (she must be a phenomenal packer) that was bursting with all the vintage goodies you see below.

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The patterns (dresses, aprons, a slip, a robe, and men's pajamas) range from the early 1930s to the late 1960s, with most falling in the 1950s. There are scads of buttons (sets, not individuals), zippers, seam binding, hem tape, piping, trims, hooks and eyes, and even a delicate (organza, perhaps?) collar that I would think is from the 1930s. Needless to say I was absolutely thrilled to paw through it all and my mind is reeling with ideas for next year's sewing.

Oh, and are you ready for this? Don't faint, now. Those patterns, all of them together, as a group, cost just $1.

Thank you, Deborah!!!