Well, I don't think those few people who buy used clothing to cut up are taking it ALL from the thrift/Goodwill/Salvation Army stores. I recently went to a thrift store in my area, and they had TONS of used clothing, including all types, sizes, genders, etc.

Please be careful about painting a picture with such a WIDE brush, or making a statement that really is NOT SO TRUE!! If it's your own experience that you are commenting on, fine. Otherwise....maybe state that this is your own opinion.

Love the FM store on Sunshine. My friend was in there yesterday and he told her prices are definitely going up soon.

I totally agree. If you consider the overall quality of fabric, LQS is a better bang for your buck plus my LQS owner is so helpful from picking out pattern/fabric to quilting.

I haven't shopped at a thrift store, but we do donate quite often. My one son probably gives 30 trash bags a year to good will of his perfectly good clothing( he just loves clothes!) I use to donate used clothing to a organization for special needs people until I really read their brochure. Clothing, and anything made of fabric was bundled and sold overseas. They needed money more. I have no idea what use it is put to in other countries, but that kind of stuff is shipped by huge boat loads.

Ok, I have to ask....what's a mile-a-minute quilt? I'm guessing something scrappy.
Thanks,
MaryAnna

I feel that just about anything that we comment on is 'our opinion'. If I took everything on this board as fact, I wouldn't still be reading these posts.

I am very sorry if anything I said offended anyone. Perhaps I should have just kept my opinions to myself.

That is so far out of left field thinking, it doesn't make sense. The newer in style wool blended suits/clothes at the thrift store are what the people are buying to wear, the older out of style pure fiber items are what quilters/needleworkers buy.

Tilladare you didn't offend me. We have no Goodwill stores in our area only a Salvation Army. One of the clerks there told me poor people seldom shop there--it's the middle class more often but that's what they want. The money they earn from selling the stuff is what they use for their programs--buying food, helping with shelter and utilities, etc. So I don't think anyone should feel they are taking from the poor because they buy things in these types of stores.

About the US farmers planting more cotton, what will they do, sell it overseas because i don't think anyone is the US makes fabric anymore. I was in the LQS store and Joanns today and I looked at the label on every bolt I picked up. Everything was made in Korea, China and Japan. The woman at the LQS said she has no US made fabrics available from any of the manufacturers she buys from.

Amen for this post.