Thread: Impressed with freecycle

Since I'm new to quilting, and I know how expensive fabric is...I posted on my local freecycle board looking for anyone willing to part with scraps for me to practice on. One lady offered me a bag of her "scraps" and when I picked it up off her porch, I was pleasantly surprised to see that it wasn't just scraps. I must have walked away with 20+ yards of different fabrics. Some only a a few inches, but others had a few yards. Not all of them are patterns I would have chosen myself, but hey...it was free and it's for practice!

Just had to share!

Great for you................

Great! I love recycling of any kind. My two neighbors and I recycle clothes among or kids (7 altogether) and all are different sizes. It is not unusual that one jacket gets worn by three kids. When the biggest grows out of it goes to the next in line.

I once got a large bag of batting "scraps" from freecycle. The pieces were really quite large... enough so that only four were needed for a lap quilt.
You did well !!!

I just quit my freecycle. I had a lot of no shows. I like the idea of freecycle but some ruin it for others.

Originally Posted by hheelleenn

I just quit my freecycle. I had a lot of no shows. I like the idea of freecycle but some ruin it for others.

Glad you had a good experience with freecycle, but like hheelleenn, I had a disappointing experience. I offered a motorcycle sidecar. A guy came to pick it up and told my husband that he was planning on selling it. If I had wanted it sold, I would have sold it myself. Unfortunately, I was at work when he picked it up, or I would not have given it to him.

The moderaters said that the point of freecycle was to keep things out of landfills, but I still felt as if I had been used, I had thought it was going to help someone. I quit freecycle because of this.

Originally Posted by bluteddi

I lurk on freecyles here locally.. usually it hasnt' been too good of pickings... I try to be specific of what I am seeking ( heck I even use blends and knits) sheets or scrpas are fine....but say up front I can NOT use clothing 4-5 times I've ended up with junk clothing that I would not even take to Good will......
I have used freecycle in other ares with grand results..... you just never know what your gonna get...

I recycle anything and eveything I can....

reuse
make do
buy less

bluteddi, you're my kind of people! During the depression, in the 30's, people said, "Use it up, Wear it out, Make it do, Or do without." We need to do more of that. I use scraps that most people wouldn't think of saving. It just has to be a nice color and decent fabric.