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Old 01-24-2011, 06:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Holice
I was at a local wholesale the other day and he showed many shelves of "header Cards" These are cards the manufacturer makes to show off the fabrics in a line. He also has boxes of short pieces of fabric he got from fabric companys.
If these were put in bags and offered in the quilt shop.....Would you buy it. It is all good first quality fabric. One card had 5 pieces on it ranging from smallest about 12" up to almost full width x 12"
I made this cover from those
And made the vest also from another line

http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-27123-1.htm
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-41319-1.htm
And both are not cotton
Don't haisitate ;-)
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Old 01-24-2011, 07:29 PM
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If the price is right I sure would I love the scrappy quilt block effect.
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Old 01-24-2011, 07:33 PM
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Absolutely.
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Old 01-24-2011, 09:40 PM
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Yes if I liked the fabric :-D :-D :-D
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Old 01-24-2011, 10:40 PM
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Sometimes our LQS sells them individually, not in bags. Prices vary depending on how large and how many pieces are in the set. They also offer some of them free to volunteers who make charity quilts there. I love using them and when the price is right I do buy them.
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Old 01-24-2011, 11:15 PM
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Our LQS used to have these for sale for a very reasonable price and I used to buy them all the time. When I bought them, they were all stapled to the cardboard top. They were great.
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Old 01-25-2011, 02:34 AM
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I would and i have. Enjoy
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Old 01-25-2011, 11:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Annaquilts
A local quilt shop sells these for $1 a piece. If it is fabric I like I buy them. they just have a big box under a table or in a corner and people like to dig through. I like finding several of the same cards so I have enough for a little top or I put cards together that will blend. I think selling by the bag will not work as people might not like everything in it unless it is from the same line and it matches.
Pay it forward: Take what you like out of it and pass it on.
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Old 01-25-2011, 11:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Lindsey
my daughter brought some of these home from work where they were tossing them. I dont think i would buy them but hey for free yes why not. I cut them off where the staples were and got a few strips and a five inch square out of them. all christmas fabric. there weren't really that many but I got a pack of nickles out of them.
I did the same with drapery samples. I pulled the book apart and cut off the stapled/glued side. I sorted all of the pieces into 100% cotton and cotton/poly or cotton/linen. I made a beautiful scrappy quilt with the 100% cotton. Used a beige lightweight denim as my blender.

There's a little sentimentality to this story. The book had been given to me by a cousin who owned an interior design shop. He passed away so after the quilt was finished, I gave it to his younger brother. He treasures it.
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Old 01-25-2011, 11:44 AM
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This is such a great idea. I have just started quilting and have no stash.
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