goodwill
#24
Our goodwill is sorta messy. But I look weekly at a thrift store run by the hospice. Have found lots of great jackets there for $5. Fabric is limited, but they have some. It can be hard to find because they have it all rolled up. Definitely no batiks!
#27
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Glenmoore, PA
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Originally Posted by hlponyfarm
Stopped into our local goodwill store this am to see if they had anything that I could use for quilting. and lo and behold! I found remnents hanging with the sheets and curtains. I got like 4 yards of navy blue cotton for 1.27. also got 5 others that were on nice colors, cotton and most were over a yard, all for under 1.27 each. Dont know if anyone has looked for fabric in there before but you cant beat the price!
#28
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Spanish Fort, AL
Posts: 498
I shop at the Goodwill and other thrift stores all the time. Yesterday I bought eight placemats for $1.50 and made four (4) casserole carriers as hostess gifts.
We did a plaid block swap and those who didn't have enough different plaids went shopping there and bought men's shirts. You'd be surprised how much fabric you get out of a shirt.
And, since I have a cute new granddaughter I've been buying cute cotton skirts in the adult section, the larger size the better, to make cute little dresses and overalls for her.
I think the clue to shopping at places like this is to look beyond the "real" purpose of the item.
We did a plaid block swap and those who didn't have enough different plaids went shopping there and bought men's shirts. You'd be surprised how much fabric you get out of a shirt.
And, since I have a cute new granddaughter I've been buying cute cotton skirts in the adult section, the larger size the better, to make cute little dresses and overalls for her.
I think the clue to shopping at places like this is to look beyond the "real" purpose of the item.
#29
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: CA & NM
Posts: 1,120
Originally Posted by mygirl66
I work at Salvation Army, and we get a TON of fabric in all the time, but no one buys much of it around here. I wish we (employees) were allowed to shop in the store, I would have a HUGE collection!
#30
I shop the Goodwill and Salvation Army shops. I found a box of buttons for $20. Now I am not talking a shoe box, but a large apple box. The kind grocery stores get apples in! The buttons were packaged in zip lock bags and we counted a couple bags, by multiplying we figured there are about 750,000 buttons. Now I am the go to person for buttons in our guild. grin.
I was told an elderly lady had passed away and her kids just told Salvation Army they could have it all. They cleaned up her apartment and were selling everything. They were told she had collected buttons for over 75 years and they had all been on cards etc. but they just tore them off and put them in bags. How I wish I had all those old button cards too.
I was told an elderly lady had passed away and her kids just told Salvation Army they could have it all. They cleaned up her apartment and were selling everything. They were told she had collected buttons for over 75 years and they had all been on cards etc. but they just tore them off and put them in bags. How I wish I had all those old button cards too.
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