Please share your best money-saving tips for quilters on a budget
#102
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: NW Wa
Posts: 1,549
I agree with Chele scrap quilts are great...
ConnieF
Oh and I would only ues sheet if they was 100% cotton. No blends on the back of a cotton top...
My tip I use is to cut straw's and place on the thread holders and put 2 spools on one peg.... I have 2 of the 120 holders full of doubles seperated by 30 and 40 weight embroidery threads.... works great....
ConnieF
Oh and I would only ues sheet if they was 100% cotton. No blends on the back of a cotton top...
My tip I use is to cut straw's and place on the thread holders and put 2 spools on one peg.... I have 2 of the 120 holders full of doubles seperated by 30 and 40 weight embroidery threads.... works great....
#104
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Eden, Utah; originally NY
Posts: 357
Originally Posted by ConnieF
I agree with Chele scrap quilts are great...
ConnieF
Oh and I would only ues sheet if they was 100% cotton. No blends on the back of a cotton top...
My tip I use is to cut straw's and place on the thread holders and put 2 spools on one peg.... I have 2 of the 120 holders full of doubles seperated by 30 and 40 weight embroidery threads.... works great....
ConnieF
Oh and I would only ues sheet if they was 100% cotton. No blends on the back of a cotton top...
My tip I use is to cut straw's and place on the thread holders and put 2 spools on one peg.... I have 2 of the 120 holders full of doubles seperated by 30 and 40 weight embroidery threads.... works great....
#106
Originally Posted by jitkaau
I always use 'stash buster' patterns. By that, I mean that there is no wastage. I make the scraps into fancy borders, or cut the fabric from strips so that there is nothing except a minimal squaring up scrap that is left over. Not much fussy cutting in this house! One criticism I received from a member of the quilt guild I belong to was, "I don't like your quilts - they always look like you've made them from scraps." AND THAT IS RIGHT.
#108
Craigslist & Freecycle are sometimes a great place to get stuff.
We have several thrift stores in town that sell fabric. One of them measures then folds the fabric. I have gotten some gems there. They only charge about $1 a yard which is sweet.
We have several thrift stores in town that sell fabric. One of them measures then folds the fabric. I have gotten some gems there. They only charge about $1 a yard which is sweet.
#109
My daughter gave me many of her reels of cotton as they kept breaking. I use them on my bobbins, but today the colour I needed was one of those reels. After much frustration and many breaks of the cotton, in desparation I sprayed the reel with my water sprayer and lo and behold sewed for another hour and a half without a single break.
I also use clear plastic cutting boards from the $2 store for cutting my templates. I get 2 boards for $2. They are great as you can see through them when fussy cutting.
I also use clear plastic cutting boards from the $2 store for cutting my templates. I get 2 boards for $2. They are great as you can see through them when fussy cutting.
#110
Originally Posted by C.Cal Quilt Girl
Keep all extras of batting larger pieces for QAYG wallhangings or bing together for smaller Quilts, toss all scrappies into bins larger @ smaller pieces. And chain stitch as often as possible. Paper bags for templates, old candy, cookie tins for all the small stuff (w/a label) no fun going thur 10 tins for spool of thread :)
Good Ideas above !!
Good Ideas above !!
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