I have won fabric bundles on Goodwill.com also. I take a laundry basket with me to pick it up. I take the box to my car and open it up. I pull out anything I want to keep and think I want to use and then I take the box with my cast offs right back into the store and re-donate it!
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Great sewing room and soooo neat..
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Pretty organized room. I am packing mine up for a move to a new apartment with a large bedroom for sewing. But discovering along the way all the duplicates of crafting supplies and I am so tired of searching to something I really need NOW and taking hours to locate it. My new room has to be organized so I will enjoy more time in there. Oh yeah, the joys of fabric withdrawal!!! Brutal.
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To the ladies who are throwing away material- Surely every community no matter how small has a church which I feel sure would be happy to take your donation. Please try before binning it.
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Originally Posted by auntpiggylpn
(Post 5384494)
I have won fabric bundles on Goodwill.com also. I take a laundry basket with me to pick it up. I take the box to my car and open it up. I pull out anything I want to keep and think I want to use and then I take the box with my cast offs right back into the store and re-donate it!
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Next time you feel the urge to purge think about donating any unloved fabric to local charities. They are so appreciative of donations.
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Originally Posted by katesnanna
(Post 5385975)
To the ladies who are throwing away material- Surely every community no matter how small has a church which I feel sure would be happy to take your donation. Please try before binning it.
Originally Posted by Elainequilts
(Post 5386127)
Next time you feel the urge to purge think about donating any unloved fabric to local charities. They are so appreciative of donations.
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Just imagine how creative you can be with your newly reorganized sewing room.
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I also cringe when people toss fabric away - but then, I didn't actually see what was pitched!
I think many people do not realize how expensive it is to ship fabric - I can cram about 9 pounds of fabric into the larger medium flat rate box - but that costs $11.35 to mail if mailed from a post office, $10.85 if the postage was printed on-line. I think some folks are willing to give unwanted fabric away - if there would not be an additional cost to them to get it gone! |
Originally Posted by bearisgray
(Post 5386214)
I also cringe when people toss fabric away - but then, I didn't actually see what was pitched!
I think many people do not realize how expensive it is to ship fabric - I can cram about 9 pounds of fabric into the larger medium flat rate box - but that costs $11.35 to mail if mailed from a post office, $10.85 if the postage was printed on-line. I think some folks are willing to give unwanted fabric away - if there would not be an additional cost to them to get it gone! What I have in 13 gallon trash bags could probably fill close to 10 large flat rate boxes. That's close to 16 bucks a box! Not to mention the gas and time it takes to lug all that to the post office.......lol It's easier to throw it away. |
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