Originally Posted by lauriejo
I have been known to buy items from the thrift store for just the buttons.
I bought a ugly straw bag at goodwill just for the handle. Later in the day, our son came over for dinner. He saw the straw handleless bag waiting to for the garbage and said "this is a cute bag, but it does not have a handle!" lolol
I love to use any old white or off white, stained (as long as its clean), muslin, old pillowcases etc for the foundation on my string quilts. I square them up, roughly to just larger than my block size and pile them up for later. Of course anything I trim off goes right in the dog bed stuffing bag for the next dog bed! I have very little fabric garbage out of that sewing room. Feels good!