Originally Posted by dogles
Recently I lost my husband of 34 years. We have three children and have 3 granddaughters. I have my youngest daugther and youngest granddaughter living with me. I live in a small 3 bedroom mobile home. I want to start quilting. so far the only thing I have done is the breast cancer awareness quilt for my sister and the cross stitch quilt for my middle granddaughter. I have a few scraps from these. I want to start quilting but don't have the money or the stash. How do I start to build up so I can quilt?
I am deeply sorry about your husband. I hope this small tip might help you in your gathering up of a stash.
One day quite a while ago, I happened to be in my local dry cleaners when the woman who does their alterations heard me mention something about making quilts and asked me if I would like her to save her "scraps" for me. Of course I said yes! About a month or so later I had to go to the cleaners again and she gave me what she had kept for me up to that time. I was amazed!! There were three big bags full of mostly cotton fabrics, (I had told her what I could use and what I couldn't.) You might want to try the same thing. Just ask anyone you might know who does any kind of professional sewing or alterations if they would save their left-overs for you. The other thing I like about her scraps is that they are so varied. Some of them I would never have thought of using, but they worked out just fine in a scrappy quilt. Good luck. 8-)