Question on Selling Stash
 

I have decided I need to downsize. I have chosen fabric that I am really not in love with to get rid of. My question is, what do I ask for in the way of $ per yard? I have over 340 yards to get rid of and don't want to have to cut it. I have anywhere from 1 yard to 10 yard pieces. Also I have quilt shop fabric and JoAnne and WalMart fabric and don't want to separate them. Was thinking $2 per yard???? Was going to have a pre-sale for the local quilt guild members and then sell the rest at a community yard sale. Help!

a lot of people sell here. take a picture and show them on the for sale items. people seem to do well with it.

Anything under $4 per yard is a bargain that most quilters cannot pass up - why not start at $4 for the pre-sale and then mark it half off for the remainder.

It would probably sell out quickly on this board. I personally like to see it marked "LQS" or "JA" or "WM" so I know the quality as well as the price. The big advantage is that you don't have to pack it up and haul it to guild or the curb for your community sale. Just the post office!

I live near Kansas City and a recent article in paper was about a family that when their mother died, she left 1,500yd of fabric! So they rented a store front (plan to sell other items once sewing stuff cleared out) and are selling it at $2/yd.
That seems to be the going rate around here at estate and garage sales too

you could sell the pieces individually or you could make up bundles of coordinating fabric and sell those (like FQ bundles), if you don't want to fiddle with and price each and every single piece. Just a thought.

actually, doesn't seem like a lot of "action" on for sale thread here...

Here too, except, yesterday, went to goodwill...saw 1 yd. of kerchief print...$6.99! Prices there seem to be getting higher......but the parking lot is always almost full.....

Weird question, why don't you sell it by the pound? Then you won't have to worry about size of fabrics or the cutting of fabrics. You could always weigh a yard and give an equivalent price per yard of what a pound of fabric is worth.

I think selling locally would be less hassle than shipping the purchases. Since $4 and $2 have been mentioned perhaps split the difference and do $3 per yard. Guild members will probably make a big dent in your stash and then once it is at the community sale start at $3 and then go down lower midday.

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I've been to several sales where people were selling their stash by the pound. People will sort through and pick what they like, and you don't have to worry about yardage or quality or anything. I'd start by weighing one yard and figuring out how much you'd like to get, and then go from there.

Get an accurate scale if you decide to go the "by-the-pound" route.

I found that quilting type fabrics weighed between 3.5 and 4.5 ounces per yard.

Approximately 4 yards per pound.

When I was selling on eBay, the starting price for LQS fabric started at $4. You can always check to see what fabric sold on eBay. Put the type of fabric in the search box, then scroll down on the left side and check the box SOLD.

there are rules for selling here on the board ..one of which is you need to have 20 posts in certain areas in order to sell..certain criteria for the fabric also..It's listed in the section..read it and you'll know what to do in order to sell here on the "Board".

Great idea... it should fly out at $3 a yard, and lower, later in the day.

Get a medium flat-rate box from the post office. All you can fit in there ships for one price, no matter how heavy. Stuff a bunch in, then take a picture of those fabrics to list for sale as a lot. Then you'll know the shipping price with no hassles. You can count the yardage to decide how much you want for it.

If it was me, I'd bundle up as much as possible. Like one bundle of 5 yards (2 bundles of the 10 yard you mentioned). If price is reasonable, they will buy it up. Heck, some of the estate sales are only selling by the bolt, so you shouldn't have any trouble with bundles.

At $2/yd for sure people will pick out the LQS fabric & that will fly out no problem. The question is whether people would pay that for JAF fabric when you can buy it in the store new for under $3 (depending on the brand -- of course, if you buy Kona cotton at JAF, it is going to be more like $4-5/yd on sale.

I agree with those who've suggested pricing by the pound. I've seen people walk away because they were waiting in line for 30+ minutes while a single person cut yard after yard of fabric for someone who picked out 30 different fabrics. You also want to consider posting minimum amount per order & if you can manage it, try bundling together fabrics ahead of time so you can be sure to get rid of both your high end & your big box fabrics. If they're priced identically & sold separately, most quilters will choose the high end stuff first unless they really need a particular color/pattern.

I agree with the suggestions you have received. I have noticed there is not much action on the board "for sale" since the format was changed. Seemed to go better when you were able to respond on the board.

For Sale items? Where are those found on here?

I frequently buy fabric on the "for sale" site here. When I am interested, I private message the seller. There is no need to respond to the thread itself. Are responses on the thread what you mean by "action"?

Location for selling here is
Members Only Thrift Shop and Yard Sale> Items For Sale or Trade
There are rules that management has set so that this is more of a garage sale than a retail store.
Here are the guideline for selling on this board:
http://www.quiltingboard.com/items-s...a-t165381.html

I read the article about the fabric the lady left her family and it was actually 15,000 (no 1,500) yards, with panels and other items.

There are other sites as well, such as the Yahoo groups: SewItsforsale and Quiltersfleamarket. You do have to join them in order to sell.

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I saw that article. The woman left 15,000 yds of fabric, not 1,500.

Personally, I would try to sell locally first -- benefit your community. Selling by the yard would require that you either measure each piece in advance and mark it, or measure each piece as you sell it... a lot of time and effort. Seems like by the pound makes sense. Would suggest that whatever you have left goes to the local guild for projects (you already belong more than likely) or donate to Goodwill, church group etc., that once out of your stash, never to return to the collection! Then you can enjoy the use the fabrics you have kept, and others will enjoy their new fabrics.
If you decide to sell on any online site, it will require posting, managing, replying, waiting for transactions to occur, packaging, mailing etc. etc. Your time involvement would be quite extensive.

The for sale section was changed to private message only. In some ways it made sense, because there were people posting "I want it!" and people private messaging "I want it!" so it could be a problem. But people could also post to see what was still available, and the seller could post about things being gone or still available, and that was nice.