Looking for scraps
 

Good morning from NC. I live in a small town with no local fabric options other than Walmart. Sometimes I can travel to a Hobby Lobby a few towns over. I subscribed to Sew Sampler Box mostly to get access to nice fabric. I am looking for ways to purchase scraps - especially batiks for small projects like mug rugs. I see a few on eBay but they seem expensive. Any suggestions?

See if there is a Quilting group nearby. Many Guilds have a free table. I have also found fabrics at Garage sales. Often the family just wants to get rid of it. Another option is repurposing clothes like our past quilters. Thrift stores have sales of fabrics they can't resale. A friend at my Guild started repurposing fabrics while her husband was in the military and money was tight. She is hooked and doesn't buy fabric yardage at all.

This post might get moved - but you might post this in the "In Search Of" board on here.

I recently bought a couple of jelly roll packs because I wanted a variety of batiks to make a collage quilt with an couldn't figure out a cheap way to get a lot of different colors online (I didn't need a yard or two of each and many places have minimum requirements.)

They may be a bit more pricey than you're looking for, but they have a surprising amount of fabric per roll. Maybe something to look at?

I've had good luck getting some of the theme packs from equilter:
https://www.equilter.com/category/38...se-scrap-packs

Didn't see any batik packs this set :(

A nice way to get a variety of scraps is to buy 10" squares layer cakes online. Connecting Threads often has sales and MSQC has daily deals with precuts often at 40% off or more. I too am having a hard time buying scraps cheap. We used to live where a wonderful thrift store is and they always had gallon Ziploc bags filled with scraps, but so far I haven't found anything like that here in our new corner of the State.

While you have to purchase in 1 yard minimum increments, (so not exactly scraps but will be reduced to scraps once you cut into them!) I highly recommend Hancocks of Paducah on line, they almost always have a great sale going on batiks. Right now they have a lot on sale for $4.99 per yard. https://www.hancocks-paducah.com/SAL...sc&Theme=Batik

If you are a repurposing peerson ( thrift shopper) look for table cloths, drapes & sheets. They offer much nore yardage and are usually very reasonable.Many people use large men's shirts or women;s clothing in large sizes.

Hi Nonnie,
there are quilters who sell scraps on Etsy. Any size, any color, batiks, etc.

Keep an eye on the “offer” section of this board. There are often offers of scraps just for postage

i bought a like-new ladies 4x lightweight denim dress with a full skirt at a garage sale $1.00. I got a nice charity quilt by adding a print I had on hand.

I have a friend that gets tons o stuff from the Goodwill on-line site.

Is there Freecycle in the US? (Did it originate there perhaps?) You can 'ask' for things as well as give them away.

I am sure that there are quilters who find scraps from trimming after quilting, cutting from fat quarters etc a burden and would love for them to be used by someone.

Facebook has many sites where women can sell off their unused material, thread, patterns etc. You will have to join each site to be able to do business (selling or buying), but some great deals can be made. I purchase a lot of my children's novelty fabric from one or two of the sites.

Yes there is and I've used it several times for quilt stuff and other things as well.

look on Amazon, but read the reviews so you know what you are getting. Looks like the strip widths can vary

I did buy fabric about a month ago from the facebook fabric sale site at $3 a yard, not all were a full yard so I got a lot of different fabrics for my scrap quilts. I also buy from thrift shops in my area. Quilted twins online shop has fabric for $4-5 a yard and they make up bundles of 1/2 yards too. The hunt is half the fun-

I forgot about goodwill online. Yes, you can get fabrics there!

Batik fabric is expensive so the scraps will be expensive too. There are many good online shops that have daily specials. I buy the deals at Quilt in A Day and Missouri Star because of low or free shipping. Moda makes a scrap bag that super nice sold at QIAD.

There is a Facebook group called fabric relocation station that is a no selling group. People post fabrics they want to get rid of; you only pay the cost of shipping. You can also list specific fabrics you're looking for.

I have children and friends in NC. around New Bern and Oriental. I would be glad to send some scraps if you pay the postage. I sent a big box to my daughter in AL but still have more than I will ever use because I just am not doing much right now. Let me know.

Thanks for the link to EQuilter. Looks like a great source!