Purchasing scraps
#1
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2013
Posts: 888
Purchasing scraps
Ok. I have only made quilts with selvages with some wide enough to use for paper piecing. Reason? That is what was given me and so I work my way through them. I now am getting low and am ready to move on to scraps. I really would get lost in over planning if to buy fat quarters and stuff; plus cost. My question is what is a good price to pay on ebay for scraps, from cat-free, smoke-free home? I have tried to study the bids to decide but there really is quite a range in the final sales. Per #? Or per flat rate box? I am talking about scraps 3" square up to maybe 6" square (but in all shapes not perfect squares). Not big pieces. I have been keeping my eye out at Goodwill but the staff said one of the workers buys the fabric when it comes in.
#3
I have the opposite problem from yours - I have way too many scraps. I would love to pass some on to you for just the cost of shipping if you are interested. Just let me know what kind of scraps you are interested in, kids, solids, flowers, etc., I have it all. It would probably be into January before I could go through them as this is such a busy time of year.
#4
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: kannapolis, nc
Posts: 392
Ok. I have only made quilts with selvages with some wide enough to use for paper piecing. Reason? That is what was given me and so I work my way through them. I now am getting low and am ready to move on to scraps. I really would get lost in over planning if to buy fat quarters and stuff; plus cost. My question is what is a good price to pay on ebay for scraps, from cat-free, smoke-free home? I have tried to study the bids to decide but there really is quite a range in the final sales. Per #? Or per flat rate box? I am talking about scraps 3" square up to maybe 6" square (but in all shapes not perfect squares). Not big pieces. I have been keeping my eye out at Goodwill but the staff said one of the workers buys the fabric when it comes in.
#5
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2013
Posts: 888
I have the opposite problem from yours - I have way too many scraps. I would love to pass some on to you for just the cost of shipping if you are interested. Just let me know what kind of scraps you are interested in, kids, solids, flowers, etc., I have it all. It would probably be into January before I could go through them as this is such a busy time of year.
#6
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2013
Posts: 888
Well, I hope for the worker's conscience she/he is coming in on day off to purchase and maybe getting there first because another worker calls her/him or something. I know I would feel yucky the entire time using the fabric if gotten from breaking rules of my employer.
#7
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2012
Posts: 757
I would hope that most employees would be honest but I guess there are always a few that would do it.
Last edited by tapper; 12-08-2013 at 06:54 PM.
#8
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Oak Ridge,TN
Posts: 823
My daughter had a friend in school (just a couple of years ago) that her Mom worked at Goodwill and her Mom always brought bags of clothes home that she picked out of the donations before they were put out on the floor. Don't know if it is true or not, but the daughter said her Mom didn't have to pay for any of them. That is why I donate to KARM (Knoxville Area Rescue Mission) which is a local homeless ministry here.
#9
Our goodwill where I live never has that 50% off Saturday like all the rest in other cities. I never see fabric there or jeans of a well know brand. It makes me wonder??? I don't donate to them any more. I give my donations to the food mission here.
#10
Super Member
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Jozefow, Poland
Posts: 4,474
Ok. I have only made quilts with selvages with some wide enough to use for paper piecing. Reason? That is what was given me and so I work my way through them. I now am getting low and am ready to move on to scraps. I really would get lost in over planning if to buy fat quarters and stuff; plus cost. My question is what is a good price to pay on ebay for scraps, from cat-free, smoke-free home? I have tried to study the bids to decide but there really is quite a range in the final sales. Per #? Or per flat rate box? I am talking about scraps 3" square up to maybe 6" square (but in all shapes not perfect squares). Not big pieces. I have been keeping my eye out at Goodwill but the staff said one of the workers buys the fabric when it comes in.
So, my advice, unless you are from a very small town, and very small towns don't usually have Goodwills, find other thrift stores in your area and/or another GW (my mom calls it G & W Clothing).
Find "Fill a bag for $1" deals--and fill it with all cotton clothing/shirts/skirts/kids clothing--you will get a variety of neat scraps from that a a very reasonable outlay.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
leatheflea
Pictures
8
08-25-2011 06:36 PM
craftybear
Links and Resources
4
07-27-2011 07:29 PM