Originally Posted by quiltjoey
IMHO...I think a person should use what their budget affords. During days of slavery, they saved old work pants, dresses, shirts, bedding clothes and any thing else they could get their hands on. Quilting is my hobby and I do it for fun but also have to keep myself in check with costs for I can spend and spend and spend on fabrics, notions, etc. And I think as a new quilter I had to start "building a stach" which I did not have. I am now haunting the GW,s, Kidney Foundation thrift stores, etc,, looking for 100% cottons of any type clothing and woolens. Can I afford to by at the LQS, yes; but I also choose to
look for bargains as well, like the reamants in the quilt stores, WM, JoAnn's Hobby Lobby. I don't think people really know what the cost of fabric will begin costing because of crop failures, changing economies. Moda fabric is printed in Japan as are other fabrics. We have to use what ever we need to support our quilting requirements or addictions!! Thanks for letting me ramble on... I love the QB
You are so right. Back in the 70's when my grandmother was still alive, I used to sew most all my own clothes, even a few outfits for my boys who were 4 or 5 at the time, so she got all the scraps. Then one Chrilstmas she gave me 3 quilts, one for each of my boys, and 1 for me. I still have 2 of those quilts, one needs 14 blocks re worked, and the other 2. I hadn't looked at them for years, but over the weekend I did. What a trip down memory lane, there were Dads pj,s, (mostly in shreds), scraps from some of my favorite dresses, scraps from the boys outfits, etc. They were not fancy patterns, just a nine patch, and one on rectangles 7"x 9' laid out like a brick wall. I plan to fix them and pass them on to the boys now that I am the grandmother. :D