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[QUOTE=lsb142;5436432]I found an ad on Craigslist for quilting fabric. I met the lady yesterday and picked up 5 trash bags of fabric. I paid $100 but there is easily several hundred dollars worth of fabric there. I started ironing it to put it away. I will never finish and don't know where I am going to put it. I keep telling my husband I'm collecting fabric for my retirement on a little over a year.
At the current prices of fabric even if you can use half of it you still got a terrific bargain for about what 9 yds of fabric would be from your quilt shop. I'm still using my stash more and more and trying not to buy what I don't need. I know fabric will probably continue to escalate but I am afraid the soaring prices are putting many people in the position of not being able to take up the hobby anymore. |
It must have been exciting to see what you could find in the bags! Great bargain.
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Originally Posted by dottiequilts
(Post 5439749)
When I thanked him and was loading my truck (gleefully) he told me that I wouldn't have had to bring quilts, the strings hanging on my black pants were just like the ones always hanging on his Mom's clothes!
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Keep on buying your toys BEFORE you retire. It seems that the money doesn't go as far once you retire.
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Ladies, thanks for the encouragement to buy now for later. That's a real good excuse, I mean reason, to indulge.
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You were thinking that you can never have too much fabric. And you're right! Enjoy it.
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Your find and your thoughts remind me of the way I have found myself in. I clean houses in my spare time, a friend of mine told her friend about me and he called me. We set a meeting time and we went to his mothers house, She was a quilter and all around craft person. Well to make this shorter I work of fabric, she had a basement full in tubs.I called it quits today on fabric! But I have a great stash now but no time to sew.When I can I will make baby quilts for a childrens home to pratice my la skills.
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