Garb finds!

[isabelladangelo]

I thought we could use a nice new topic on items we find that prove useful in garbing.  This could be anything from mugs (Dad bought me a nice new pirate goblet with skulls for my birthday!) to even good fabric finds.  To start with, here is my thrift store finds of the day:

003 par Isabella, on ipernity

These are two belts I found at my local thrifts store that will work for medieval and early Renaissance.  I really love the lion one.   :-)  The top belt was $2.90 and the bottom was $3.90.   So ladies, gentlemen, and rascals, what have you found lately?

[Rowan MacD]

  If I get the pics loaded to photobucket (the only way I can post on this forum) I'll do that.

  But my favorite place to get repurpose-able jewelry is Gordman's, on what Hubby and I call the "Ugly Jewelry table' 
   Last week I was able to score a necklace and earring set (for 9.99) that was quickly cut apart and made into brooches to be used to hold feathers on hats.  The large medallion with gold stones from the necklace is destined for Milords hat while the two smaller golden sparklies have already made it onto my new green velvet. 

   I also picked up a set of 2" round gold filigree earrings for 4.99, those are destined to become links in a jeweled belt, the pattern is similar to a rose window.
   

[Rani Zemirah]

Oh, my... I can see myself posting in this thread a LOT!  I will have to get some pics of a few of the things that I have found over the years... and since it is now garage sale season here, I'm sure I will have at least something to post just about every weekend through the spring/summer/fall!  Great thread idea, Isabella! 

[isabelladangelo]

  If I get the pics loaded to photobucket (the only way I can post on this forum) I'll do that.

  But my favorite place to get repurpose-able jewelry is Gordman's, on what Hubby and I call the "Ugly Jewelry table' 
   Last week I was able to score a necklace and earring set (for 9.99) that was quickly cut apart and made into brooches to be used to hold feathers on hats.  The large medallion with gold stones from the necklace is destined for Milords hat while the two smaller golden sparklies have already made it onto my new green velvet. 

   I also picked up a set of 2" round gold filigree earrings for 4.99, those are destined to become links in a jeweled belt, the pattern is similar to a rose window.

I can't wait to see pictures!  The filigree earrings sound particularly lovely.   I bought a few pieces myself at the local synagogue's annual vintage jewelry sale this past weekend.  Three different pairs of earrings are now in the process of becoming Norse disc brooches.  :-) 

[isabelladangelo]

Oh, my... I can see myself posting in this thread a LOT!  I will have to get some pics of a few of the things that I have found over the years... and since it is now garage sale season here, I'm sure I will have at least something to post just about every weekend through the spring/summer/fall!  Great thread idea, Isabella! 

:-)  Can't wait to see what you find, Rani.

[Sev]

A few weeks ago at a flea market, I got one of these tankards for $3. I thought it was really cool, and what a gorgeous handle! But I covered the body of it with a leather wrap so I could have tea in it, and also because some of those monarchs haven't been born yet, from my character's perspective... =)

This thread is gonna be so much fun!

[Butch]

A few weeks ago at a flea market, I got one of these tankards for $3. I thought it was really cool, and what a gorgeous handle! But I covered the body of it with a leather wrap so I could have tea in it, and also because some of those monarchs haven't been born yet, from my character's perspective... =)

This thread is gonna be so much fun!

Nice find Sev!  You may also wish to cover some of the handle with leather thong if you plan to have hot tea; that handle can get hot! Or else realize you've gotta hold the cup by the body when drinking hot beverages.

[Sev]

I generally hold my tankards more by the body than by the handle (I at least slip my hand through the handle) because my wrists get cranky if the weight of whatever I'm holding twists them too much. I had tea at an event this past weekend, though, and while the handle did heat up quite a lot, it somehow was never uncomfortable! In fact, the entire surface (handle, leather-wrapped body, and rim) only ever reached my ideal hand-warmer temperature =)

Didn't try touching the bottom, but I think I'm okay not knowing how hot that gets, haha!

[Rani Zemirah]

Here is the tankard I found several years ago at a yard sale...for $1.  It's tin-lined copper, with a braised brass handle... and it comes to every Faire and costuming event I attend. 



(view of the stamp on the bottom)



This is probably one of my most favorite finds, ever!   


Oh, yes... and last Friday I found two pair of cream colored gloves, one pair cotton and the other organza with cutwork embroidery.  They were .10 per pair... and they both fit, which doesn't happen with vintage gloves very often!  Also found a triangle shawl with long fringe (for .50) that I will be painting with some special shimmery acrylics I have. 

[Hoowil]

It wasn't so much garb as a faire find, but a few weeks ago at a thrift store I found a matched set for eight of plates, bowls, mugs and goblets, with two platters and a serving bowl, all carved out of wood. It was absolutely beautiful, but a bit out of my price range. It was only available as a set, and was $65 if I remember right. A great deal for what it was, and it would have been nice to get for the encampment, but alas....

[Rani Zemirah]

Hoowil, I consider anything that can be used as an accessory for Faire or costuming to be part of my "garb"!  If it helps to define my character's station and identity, then it's garb... right?   


I found this a couple of weeks ago at a yard sale for $1, and I'll be taking it apart to use for something pretty here in a couple of days.  It's a queen size deep cream colored 100% cotton bed skirt, embroidered with several different kinds of silk satin ribbon flowers in various colors.  The skirt part is 14" wide, and I will be using it for the bottom ruffle of a nice full petticoat.  I'm hoping there might even be enough left over to trim the sleeve ruffle of a matching chemise, as well. 



A little blurry, but this is one of the ribbon flowers up close. 

[PollyPoPo]

RE:  Rani's $1 find - some people just have all the luck.

Good for you.   

[Rani Zemirah]

RE:  Rani's $1 find - some people just have all the luck.

Good for you.   

Polly, I do a LOT of hunting, also!  In fact, my family constantly gives me a hard time about what they call my "garage sale problem"... saying garage sale signs switch on my "auto-pilot", and I'm incapable of passing one by.  I just tell them I don't have any problems with them, at all... I'm actually extremely good at navigating garage sales!    heheh 


I'm excited that it is finally garage sale season, again!  I'm sad during the winter because no one wants to sit outside and sell me their treasures... so I go to thrift stores, instead.   

[Trillium]

Rani, you need to move south.  There are garage sales here year round!

[Rani Zemirah]

But Trill... I would never be able to go outside during 3 of the 4 "seasons" (hot, hottest and still-way-too-hot) you have down there, so I would still miss all the good stuff!  Besides, I would also have to kill ALL of the TX drivers (except the ones on this forum, of course.. heheh) just to be able to get to the sales... and then where would I be?  That's right... in Huntsville.  They don't have many garage sales in the Big House...    lol  Oh, and then there is that whole having to drive ALL OVER TEXAS just to get where I needed to go! 

No... I think I need to stay up here... at least until I can figure out how to move even farther north!  Or until that whole climate shift thing gives us Canadian summers, which I'm really hoping for, you know!  heheh  And I probably would be even more bankrupt than I already am if I could go garage sale-ing all year long, as well!  I already need to build an addition onto the studio, just so it has room for all the stuff I keep dragging home...   


Oh, and just as a btw... I took the bed skirt apart today, and I have 6.11 yds (220" L x 14" W) of lovely ribbon embroidered cream cotton for what I am convinced is going to be the loveliest petticoat in my garb collection!  I'll be using 5 yards of it for the ruffle, and I will still have plenty left over for a deep sleeve ruffle for a new chemise!  Now I just have to find a matching color and weight of cotton to make them with!  Maybe I will run across a nice set of sheets that will work here in the next couple of weeks!