Emma S

Fabric is the only reason I go to garage sales. If the person advertises that they have fabric that is the first place I visit. $2. is about my upper limit for yardage, most of what I get is less than a $1 a yard. If the price is under $2 I will usually take the whole piece.

mjhaess

It is hard to sell fabric unless you get a sewer...Not a lot of people sew these days..

purplefiend

Most things don't sell at yard sales unless you're just about giving them away.

buntcake49

Thank you for all your advises. I tried to be reasonable with the pricing: $7.50 per yard for double sided quilted fabric and $5.00 per yard on cotton fabric. I am going to wait a little longer until I can get the fabric more organized according to color and them and then try it again.

DJinSC

Craigslist!

Jan in VA

To sell quilting fabric in a yard sale, consider:

1. style of fabric (all cottons?, manufactured in last 10 years?, panels or prints?, theme)
2. price of fabric (It's a yard sale, for Pete's sake!)
3. condition of fabric (smell, damage, cut into odd shapes, faded, animal dander)

onaemtnest

Oh, for me...$5 a yard is too much at a yard sale and the dbl sided again for me, would be too pricey @ $7.50 a yard. I think that people that frequent yard sales are the ultimate bargain hunters with pockets full of change, and they part with paper money a little more reluctantly. :0)

I would think what previous posters have stated that fabric no matter what you paid for it, at a yard sale the $1 - 2 dollar per yard is the most one can expect to get, if you are set on selling by the yard.

The QB is a GREAT place to sell your fabric, you are selling to people here on the board that know what they are looking for and there are no fees associated like you have to pay with auction sites. I find in my experience buying here on the QB, you'd better get your PM to the seller PDQ because it seems to sell very quickly.

sparkys_mom

That was my experience with the only yard sale I ever participated in. I swore I'd never do it again and I haven't. If I don't want it, I donate it. I have better things to do with my time and energy.

cricket

I usually like to pay $1 to $2 a yard at garage sales.

onaemtnest

I so agree with this, it is a lot of work, for the eventual return for my efforts... my way of thinking. Better to bless someone and help a non-profit.

On the same note I also do not stop at garage sales anymore 99% of the time people are ridding their lives of 'stuff' and trust me, after nearly 50 years of marriage I have enough stuff!