[QUOTE=Nerys;7711710
Some people throw away small leftover pieces of fabric so if you know any quilters ask for their leftovers.[/QUOTE]
I've been given piles of leftovers. Most of my friends now know that if it is heading for the dumpster, give it to Mavis. It's so nice to make a scrappy quilt out of other people's stuff. When you are putting it together, you don't have to worry too much about getting two of the same fabrics next to each other.
If I get too much, or don't like some of it, it can be donated to St. Vinnie's or sent in the planes that go to Jamaica. The military needs to train their pilots; they need to learn how to fly a plane that is loaded. So they take things to the missions down there. They take sewing machines and cabinets, bicycles, fabric and lots of other things. The plane leaves from Milwaukee and we have a man near here who gathers stuff together and a semi comes and picks it up and delivers it to the plane.