connecting threads scrap sale - did anyone else go?
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King's Daughter , 06-26-2010 06:05 PM
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Told my DH I doubted I would buy anything.
I was there 2 and a half hours.
They weighed my bag and it was 33 lbs.
Dumped it out on the floor and sorted through and got rid of some of it, then went and added more.
Weighed it again. 25 lbs.
He just laughed hysterically (I don't think he was crying...) when I got home and hauled that big bag upstairs.
Did get some nice pieces, one is 7 1/2 yards, another (the feature print from
Cheep Talk) is almost 5 yards, and that was after splitting it with another lady (we used my nail clippers to nip a notch in the selvage so we could tear it). Supposedly I have the equivalent of about 62 yards. Wish I had dumped it out on the floor and taken a picture of it before folding it up. It was fun, and I'd do it again! All the shoppers were nice (of course) as were the employees.
I was there 2 and a half hours.
They weighed my bag and it was 33 lbs.
Dumped it out on the floor and sorted through and got rid of some of it, then went and added more.
Weighed it again. 25 lbs.
He just laughed hysterically (I don't think he was crying...) when I got home and hauled that big bag upstairs.
Did get some nice pieces, one is 7 1/2 yards, another (the feature print from
Cheep Talk) is almost 5 yards, and that was after splitting it with another lady (we used my nail clippers to nip a notch in the selvage so we could tear it). Supposedly I have the equivalent of about 62 yards. Wish I had dumped it out on the floor and taken a picture of it before folding it up. It was fun, and I'd do it again! All the shoppers were nice (of course) as were the employees.
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King's Daughter , 06-26-2010 06:11 PM
Senior Member
Um...not really. Is that bad?
And I have an order from them on the way... all half price stuff fat quarter collections.
Plus...before going to the scrap sale, I went to my LQS with a 40% off coupon and bought a Fruitcake layer cake. Last year I fell in love with Figgy Pudding and made a D9P with a charm pack and some yardage, and the colors are very similar. My first layer cake! So this week alone I probably spent my entire year's fabric allowance.
And I have an order from them on the way... all half price stuff fat quarter collections.
Plus...before going to the scrap sale, I went to my LQS with a 40% off coupon and bought a Fruitcake layer cake. Last year I fell in love with Figgy Pudding and made a D9P with a charm pack and some yardage, and the colors are very similar. My first layer cake! So this week alone I probably spent my entire year's fabric allowance.
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fabric-holic , 06-27-2010 02:17 AM
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I was there 2 and a half hours.
They weighed my bag and it was 33 lbs.
Dumped it out on the floor and sorted through and got rid of some of it, then went and added more.
Weighed it again. 25 lbs.
He just laughed hysterically (I don't think he was crying...) when I got home and hauled that big bag upstairs.
Did get some nice pieces, one is 7 1/2 yards, another (the feature print from
Cheep Talk) is almost 5 yards, and that was after splitting it with another lady (we used my nail clippers to nip a notch in the selvage so we could tear it). Supposedly I have the equivalent of about 62 yards. Wish I had dumped it out on the floor and taken a picture of it before folding it up. It was fun, and I'd do it again! All the shoppers were nice (of course) as were the employees.
I'm so envious.....I live in Columbus but couldn't get to the sale.Originally Posted by King's Daughter
Told my DH I doubted I would buy anything.I was there 2 and a half hours.
They weighed my bag and it was 33 lbs.
Dumped it out on the floor and sorted through and got rid of some of it, then went and added more.
Weighed it again. 25 lbs.
He just laughed hysterically (I don't think he was crying...) when I got home and hauled that big bag upstairs.
Did get some nice pieces, one is 7 1/2 yards, another (the feature print from
Cheep Talk) is almost 5 yards, and that was after splitting it with another lady (we used my nail clippers to nip a notch in the selvage so we could tear it). Supposedly I have the equivalent of about 62 yards. Wish I had dumped it out on the floor and taken a picture of it before folding it up. It was fun, and I'd do it again! All the shoppers were nice (of course) as were the employees.
I've never heard of them doing this before, have you?
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King's Daughter , 06-27-2010 11:10 AM
Senior Member
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I've never heard of them doing this before, have you?
This was the first time. Hope they do it again!Originally Posted by fabric-holic
Quote:
I was there 2 and a half hours.
They weighed my bag and it was 33 lbs.
Dumped it out on the floor and sorted through and got rid of some of it, then went and added more.
Weighed it again. 25 lbs.
He just laughed hysterically (I don't think he was crying...) when I got home and hauled that big bag upstairs.
Did get some nice pieces, one is 7 1/2 yards, another (the feature print from
Cheep Talk) is almost 5 yards, and that was after splitting it with another lady (we used my nail clippers to nip a notch in the selvage so we could tear it). Supposedly I have the equivalent of about 62 yards. Wish I had dumped it out on the floor and taken a picture of it before folding it up. It was fun, and I'd do it again! All the shoppers were nice (of course) as were the employees.
I'm so envious.....I live in Columbus but couldn't get to the sale.Originally Posted by King's Daughter
Told my DH I doubted I would buy anything.I was there 2 and a half hours.
They weighed my bag and it was 33 lbs.
Dumped it out on the floor and sorted through and got rid of some of it, then went and added more.
Weighed it again. 25 lbs.
He just laughed hysterically (I don't think he was crying...) when I got home and hauled that big bag upstairs.
Did get some nice pieces, one is 7 1/2 yards, another (the feature print from
Cheep Talk) is almost 5 yards, and that was after splitting it with another lady (we used my nail clippers to nip a notch in the selvage so we could tear it). Supposedly I have the equivalent of about 62 yards. Wish I had dumped it out on the floor and taken a picture of it before folding it up. It was fun, and I'd do it again! All the shoppers were nice (of course) as were the employees.
I've never heard of them doing this before, have you?
It was actually in their distribution center near a small airport, in a big warehouse, called Craft Americana (I think). They wouldn't cut fabric for you, but didn't seem to object to us splitting up the bigger pieces.
I got one piece that was 7-1/2 yards, and weighed it, and it weighed 3 pounds, so that piece cost me $15, which works out to $2/yd, which is what they said in the email.
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