Please share your best money-saving tips for quilters on a budget
09-20-2010, 07:43 AM
#131
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Originally Posted by marlene tarzwell
Originally Posted by 4dogs
I just discovered that IF you purchase an entire roll of batting (it comes at this store at 80 yards per roll) it is cheaper if the employee doenst have to "do" anything to it (like measuring and cutting)..it sells for $1.50 a yard if you have it measured, but in buying the entire roll of 80 yards, I got it for $1.00 per yard.......of course it will last for a year and its a huge roll, but that is a lot of $$ saved !!!
Last year I bought a full bolt. It usually takes me about 2 years to use. But I am not retired and quilting a lot more so it won't take that long to use up.
09-20-2010, 08:51 AM
#132
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Originally Posted by jitkaau
Originally Posted by JJs
Find someplace that sells name brand fabric from a year or so ago at way low prices. Just today my DH drove me to a place 100 miles from here where I got RJR, Windham, etc for $3.29 a yard. Even if you have to buy online and can't 'feel' the fabric. If you stick with name brands there should be no problems.
Unless of course you HAVE to have the $13 a yard stuff that just came out....
Keep all your leftovers for a scrap quilt.
Unless of course you HAVE to have the $13 a yard stuff that just came out....
Keep all your leftovers for a scrap quilt.
This is the same in GB, know a super warehouse ,much much cheaper than shops BUT 3 HRS away ,grotty journey and petrol high cost ,so go only once/twice year.
09-21-2010, 12:36 PM
#136
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Originally Posted by greaterexp
I've gotten some great books at low prices from this site:
http://www.edwardrhamilton.com/
I'm tickled pink to see so many great tips. Thanks for starting this thread.
http://www.edwardrhamilton.com/
I'm tickled pink to see so many great tips. Thanks for starting this thread.
09-21-2010, 12:38 PM
#137
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Originally Posted by ganny
Originally Posted by jitkaau
I always use 'stash buster' patterns. By that, I mean that there is no wastage. I make the scraps into fancy borders, or cut the fabric from strips so that there is nothing except a minimal squaring up scrap that is left over. Not much fussy cutting in this house! One criticism I received from a member of the quilt guild I belong to was, "I don't like your quilts - they always look like you've made them from scraps." AND THAT IS RIGHT.
09-22-2010, 06:30 AM
#139
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Recently I've tried using up any scraps leftover from the quilt by piecing them together and using them in the back somewhere. Nothing fancy, just so they're used. I find that I just buy more fabric anyway even if I "stash" my leftovers so this is a way to use them, keep the back interesting and reduces the amount of fabric I have to buy for backing. And.....my LAQ loves them, she said the backs are as fun as the fronts.
09-22-2010, 12:02 PM
#140
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I reuse clear plastic containers to hold my scraps. I used to use shoeboxes, but you can't see what's in them. I have a big plastic barrel that pretzels came in, full of strips for string quilts. I buy those little dishwasher detergent packs in the largest size possible, 64 or 48 to a tub, and use the clear tubs for scraps. I have a couple of smaller clear tubs that candy came in, and I use them for my postage stamp squares and miniature paper piecing scraps (the tiniest scraps).
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