Originally Posted by
ljptexas
I went by local thrift store (haven't been in a very long time). I go look for sheets, pillowcases, material. Well, I found a cute pillowcase $.49 (in green swirl), a panel for a frog $.99 (I will cut out pieces for little 1/2 squares, whatever I can salvage, greens, reds, blacks, red plaid), 1 yd of yellow $.69 & best find yet--- a 3- tiered skirt of valentine theme, bet there's 2 or 3 yrds there $.99.... They have reasonable prices. money goes to Association of Retarded Citizens...
If you're willing to spend time with a seam ripper, there are treasures at thrift stores. One thing I passed up in December was a deep red velvety duvet cover for $10. A bit over my junker budget----------but it would have been a good buy for fabric.