sewbizgirl

There are "for sale" groups on Facebook where you can post and sell your unwanted yardage. Current fabric goes best at about $7-8 a yard, and older stuff will fly away at $3-4 a yard. I have a sale there every so often, when I'm feeling too guilty about all the fabric I have and will never get to.

You need a Paypal account (or the equivalent), and some flat rate envelopes and boxes to ship in. You can print shipping online from the USPS website, or use PirateShip.com.

rjwilder

The Guild I belong to has a garage sale once a year. Everyone gets a table to put all their items on to sell. Usually there is a lot of free stuff and fabric sells for $2. and up per yard.

cashs_mom

What a cool idea!

RedGarnet222

I took another back - car seat full to the second- hand store today. Sadly, I brought home some fabric goodies for the sewing room. Oh well, maybe someday. At least they are blenders.

cindynvb

What a timely thread! I'm in the process of decluttering my entire house. I'm doing well but my major obstacle is the sewing room and my books. I don't buy much and I make charity quilts but that just doesnt seem to make a dent. It seems like I'm following the best ideas here, UFO's use lots of fabric for backs, shop your stash,etc.
But I'm really reluctent to give away fabric. I do have a small box for the free table at my guild, hopefully I will give away more than I bring home! That is really my downfall, all the free fabric I have been getting lately and the fact that I make too many quilts with tiny pieces.
So new plan:
Make a bunch of simple quilts
Piece some backings
STOP taking stuff from the free table
Be real and get rid of that ugly stuff
Sort scraps and purge
Watch KonMarie
I guess I will have to accept that it's going to take awhile.
Any ideas for easy fast quilt patterns for donation quilts?
Thanks

Mkotch

Well said! I put fabrics I know I won't use on the "free" table at guild meetings. I have also thrown some cotton/poly fabric that snuck into my stash. I make re-useable gift bags with some fabrics, and piece backings as well.

sewsewchickie

My family and relatives have had the tradition of when something is mailed, to use our unwanted material as packing. If I receive a pkg, and I don't want the enclosed material, I pin a note to the material as to who I received it from and make sure I send it to someone else when the next box needs to be sent off. That way I don't accidently send it back to the person who didn't want it to begin with. I use material as packing even when it is being transported somewhere by car. When I receive a pkg, I'm usually more excited by what am I getting for material than what is in the parcel!!

mmunchkins

What a great idea!

LI_diva

Jordan fabrics has a pattern/video for using scraps cut into 2 1/2 inch strips.
I haven’t done it, but looks pretty simple and mindless.

https://jordanfabrics.com/pages/scra...s-diamond-trip

Julienm1

I've made this pattern. Used it to decrease my odd length jellies. Fun, fast, and easy.