Originally Posted by rivka
So I've been watching Craigslist lately for garage sales to try and get fabric inexpensively. And I saw this today:
http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sfv...173995256.html It was a bit of a drive for me, as I live about an hour and 20 minutes away, but hoo-boy was it worth it! I'm not going to have to buy fabric again for a very long time. The pictures in the listing don't look like much, but there was actually quite a lot of it. The majority of the stuff she had to sell was cotton; not specifically quilting cotton, mostly Joann quality, but that's fine for me; she had bought it for a clothes business she used to have. I filled up 19 grocery store bags, and paid $180 for it all (she gave me a discount because I bought so much!) Having just looked through a couple of my bags, there's around 30+ yards of fabric in each bag, which works out to around $0.30 a yard! There was still a lot there -- if you live in the LA area, it's worth checking out. She's trying to get rid of it all before she moves in a month. There's a good mixture of fabric, from blenders, to florals, and some big print stuff, including some Hawaiian type fabrics. I promised I would post about it here in the hopes that some people would be interested, and help divest her of some of it :) |
You did great! have fun with it and post pictures of what you make.
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Oh lucky you. Enjoy sewing.
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WOW you go girl!!!!
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Oh, what joy! I love that piece with the butterfly's.
Originally Posted by rivka
So I've been watching Craigslist lately for garage sales to try and get fabric inexpensively. And I saw this today:
http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sfv...173995256.html It was a bit of a drive for me, as I live about an hour and 20 minutes away, but hoo-boy was it worth it! I'm not going to have to buy fabric again for a very long time. The pictures in the listing don't look like much, but there was actually quite a lot of it. The majority of the stuff she had to sell was cotton; not specifically quilting cotton, mostly Joann quality, but that's fine for me; she had bought it for a clothes business she used to have. I filled up 19 grocery store bags, and paid $180 for it all (she gave me a discount because I bought so much!) Having just looked through a couple of my bags, there's around 30+ yards of fabric in each bag, which works out to around $0.30 a yard! There was still a lot there -- if you live in the LA area, it's worth checking out. She's trying to get rid of it all before she moves in a month. There's a good mixture of fabric, from blenders, to florals, and some big print stuff, including some Hawaiian type fabrics. I promised I would post about it here in the hopes that some people would be interested, and help divest her of some of it :) |
I wish I could find a garage sale for fabric for my charity quilts, but the snow is way too deep this morning, LOL.
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Wow! Great Find. Looks like many happy quilting days are ahead.
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Wow!! What a find!! I search Craigs List here in ohio.
I have gotten numerous items from there including fabric. Have fun with it. Chris |
Awesome find, CONGRATS!
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WOW, LUCKY YOU! You sure got some pretty stuff!
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