Fabric on a Tuesday
10-01-2014, 11:14 AM
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Lucky girl, I'm sure you will all have a fun time. When I was recovering from surgery and couldn't work for a few weeks, my best friend (who loves to drive, by the way) would call me up and say we're going fabric shopping. We went to JoAnn's, Ben Franklin's, and 3 or 4 other quilt shops in the area, one had discounted some of their bolts of fabric to $2.99/yd. - $3.99/yd., so needless to say we had fun. It was the same fabric that had been on their shelves, but they were making room for new fabric. We had a blast, searching the shops, having lunch, then going home to "fondle" our fabric. I remember one fabric in particular I had purchased as a quilt backing, however, it had other ideas, wanted center stage and I made a gorgeous quilt which I donated to my church for their Harvest Fair Raffle and it was very successful. Does anyone else have fabric speak to you?
10-01-2014, 11:44 AM
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Here is what I bought:
These are two bolts of 108" backing fabric. We each bought two bolts of different colors and prints and will split the bolts.
This is three yards of 108" backing:
This is 3 yards each of Robert Kaufman fabric with metallic:
I bought a full bolt of this because I had to have all of it. I love it.
These are two bolts of 108" backing fabric. We each bought two bolts of different colors and prints and will split the bolts.
This is three yards of 108" backing:
This is 3 yards each of Robert Kaufman fabric with metallic:
I bought a full bolt of this because I had to have all of it. I love it.
10-01-2014, 11:52 AM
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The backing bolts were $4.99 a yard. The yardage cut backing was $7.99 yard. See how much you can save by buying the bolt and splitting it?
The RK fabric was $3.98 a yard and the bolt of the pretty blue was $2.75 a yard. I also bought 5 yards of vintage winnie the pooh fabric on the $1 a yard clearance table. I have a lot of crib quilts to make this year.
The RK fabric was $3.98 a yard and the bolt of the pretty blue was $2.75 a yard. I also bought 5 yards of vintage winnie the pooh fabric on the $1 a yard clearance table. I have a lot of crib quilts to make this year.
10-01-2014, 03:23 PM
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Location: Ohio
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721 miles for me, I visited last October, I was visiting my daughter in Memphis, I wish I knew about buying the bolts of backing so much cheaper when I was here, I would of bought a couple of bolts. I did buy some yardage.
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