Economical foundation fabric
07-05-2010, 08:49 AM
#61
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I make lots of scrap quilts for different groups and think buying fabric for scrap quilts defeats my aim to use up what I have. My guild gets lots of fabric donations, often some are too thin to use for quilts so I use them for string foundations. Goodwill store is opening in my area and I'll be there often scouting out 'bargins' for my quilting.
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07-05-2010, 10:12 AM
#63
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hi,i'm a new quilter,but i started out learning to use better quility fabric like kanscity trouble and i find it to be the best, but i never hade a diamond till a few years ago and just the feelingof the value made me feel like i was worth something and very special.. value of a prduct makes the difference, get the best you can aford..
07-05-2010, 10:53 AM
#64
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Join Date: Apr 2008
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I am using the centers of bedskirts that are made out of that flimsy stuff instead of cheese cloth when I make jelly.
I had a lot of it and out of cheese cloth and went looking in stash for something that was thin to strain the berries in. Anyway is sure beats spending money on cheesecloth.
as for the skirts I used them to make curtains and because of the design, when hung in the sewing room, you can not tell at a glance that there are four lengths serged together for each panel of curtain. Also a few years back, I used skirts to make a shower curtain out of and also able to make valances by adding some to top which forms the pocket in the back.
At the time, I found the skirts at an outlet for a dollar a piece.
Now all the outlets are gone, but if I find any again at a cheap price, I will buy some to use for jelly bags, even if the skirt lays around in stash for a while.
I had a lot of it and out of cheese cloth and went looking in stash for something that was thin to strain the berries in. Anyway is sure beats spending money on cheesecloth.
as for the skirts I used them to make curtains and because of the design, when hung in the sewing room, you can not tell at a glance that there are four lengths serged together for each panel of curtain. Also a few years back, I used skirts to make a shower curtain out of and also able to make valances by adding some to top which forms the pocket in the back.
At the time, I found the skirts at an outlet for a dollar a piece.
Now all the outlets are gone, but if I find any again at a cheap price, I will buy some to use for jelly bags, even if the skirt lays around in stash for a while.
07-05-2010, 06:52 PM
#67
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Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 397
I use the bedskirt middle for a foundation for crumb blocks and also for string quilts. I made a daylight and shadows quilt as a string quilt by putting all light strips on one side of the block and all dark strips on the other side of the block.
10-11-2010, 09:40 PM
#69
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Oklahoma
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Originally Posted by Betty Ruth
I, too, have used the center from bedskirts as foundation fabric for crumb or string blocks. I also use used dryer sheets as foundations. The drawback for dryer sheets is that they are not that big. The largest block that I've been able to get from them is 6 inches square. Finished blocks will be only 5 1/2 inches square, due to the seam allowance, but I just finished a string quilt (throw size) using the 6 inch dryer sheet foundations.
NOTE re Dryer Sheets: they are highly flammable.
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