Originally Posted by
Iceblossom
So glad to have you join us! We do have some other members from across the pond and a lot of Canadians here too. Is nice just to find other people who understand our desires to cut up perfectly good fabric and make other things out of it. So, grab a cuppa, and come in for a visit!
Finding (and affording) fabric can be a challenge for many of us. I have a large stash but most of it was accumulated at thrift stores and estate sales. You can recycle clothing, especially the backs of men's large shirts into nice pieces of yardage. The back is a nice large piece is rarely stained or torn.
I've managed to get some fabric from a local charity sale - all oddments and offcuts, thinking that one day I'll use them. Fast forward 2 months and my sister has asked me to make my nephew a quilt as his new flat has single glazed windows. He is really into upcycling so I've used this material from the sale for the top. My sister has given me an old duvet which I am taking to pieces for the wadding and also one of the sheets off my nephew's bed for the backing. So it is totally 'up cycled'! I just hope he likes it!