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Old 08-28-2011, 06:02 AM
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Scored again! Purchased 22 yds of fabric for quilting stash and 14 yds of sewing fabric (for making mother's skirts). Quilting fabric cost was $.89 a yard and sewing fabric was $.85 a yard. The best purchase was the blue and yellow log cabin wall hanging. The wall hanging even had a label attached to the back!

I have begun keeping a record of my thrift store stash building fabrics on an Excel spreadsheet to keep track of actual costs of the quilts I build. I am doing the same with new quilting fabric purchases. Can you tell that in my former working life I was a bookkeeper/office manager?

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Old 08-28-2011, 06:06 AM
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Great job. I got some fabric at garage sale this weekend too. Big piece was $3 and is about 7 yards, 2 small pieces $1 each and both are over a yard a piece. In the laundry basket for today.
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Old 08-28-2011, 06:09 AM
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Yes, I am also washing all of my thrift store fabric now after reading the horror stories about bringing home bed bugs. But I sure hate the ironing!
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Old 08-28-2011, 06:17 AM
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Yes, I am also washing all of my thrift store fabric now after reading the horror stories about bringing home bed bugs. But I sure hate the ironing!
I've found that most fabrics "hand-press" fairly well when I take them out of the dryer.

I wait until just before cutting to press my fabrics.
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Old 08-28-2011, 06:31 AM
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sad to think a nice wall quilt wound up in the thrift store. Love the colors.
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Old 08-28-2011, 06:32 AM
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great find
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Old 08-28-2011, 06:33 AM
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great find!
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Old 08-28-2011, 07:57 AM
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wow...great deal...and i do love the little wall quilt
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Old 08-28-2011, 08:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Caroline S
Scored again! Purchased 22 yds of fabric for quilting stash and 14 yds of sewing fabric (for making mother's skirts). Quilting fabric cost was $.89 a yard and sewing fabric was $.85 a yard. The best purchase was the blue and yellow log cabin wall hanging. The wall hanging even had a label attached to the back!

I have begun keeping a record of my thrift store stash building fabrics on an Excel spreadsheet to keep track of actual costs of the quilts I build. I am doing the same with new quilting fabric purchases. Can you tell that in my former working life I was a bookkeeper/office manager?
Bernice needs to rewrite her gift list. Beautiful hanging.

I love the blue desert material and of course the paisley
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Whoo hoo..


Would be pretty neat if "Bernie' is a QB member..
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