huntannette

ha ha ha .....cute...no thy are toys, electronic hamsters....my grandaughters just love them....check their website

Deborah12687

How about making quilted pop can coolers, pet blankets or quilted coupon keepers. I go to the fleamarkets and sell these kind of things and they sell really good. Good way of using up scrap. Ohhh.....sun glass cases too.

adrianlee

Square tissue box covers. Saw some done in quilt blocks and they were so pretty.

grocifer

Kat -- Do you mind telling me how much you get for the pillowcases. I've been persuaded by one of our hospital administrators to participate in their craft show and think I've probably already spent too much money on fabric at $7.00 per yard.
Great Ideas have been posted on items that go well.

butterflywing

map/toy holders to hang over the back of the front seats of cars. they are sooo handy.

dyer804

As I am packing for a vacation, I realize how handy various sizes of zippered bags are. Yes you can use plastic bags, but they are not as sturdy, etc. Perhaps as assortment of small, medium, and large (but not too large) bags for travel would be popular. I know they are on my list of things to make or buy before my next trip!

kayquilt

How do you make your sun glass cases. Do you mind sharing your instructions.

Deborah12687

I sure will share my patterns with you. Have to find them as the patterns are still packed up since our move. Will post pics of the patterns tomorrow for you.

jljack

Table runners and small quilts (child drag around size) do really well. We sell both at our show, plus the pincushions and other items mentioned already. Ask everyone in your guild to make donations of sewing related items - old patterns, magazines, jars of old buttons, etc. All that stuff really goes well. Good luck!!!

RedGarnet222

At our quilt show they have a huge table of numbered items and a can next to it for tickets. You buy 4 for a dollar, write your name and phone number on it and put your tickets into the item's numbered can you want to try and win. (I use my return address labels. I buy lots of these and who want writer's cramp?)
That makes it more profitable for the group. Last year the girls each made a tote bag and filled it with quilting goodies and wrapped the totes with cellophane. There were other items donated by the group that were cute small kits,hand dyed fabric packages, baskets of fat quarters, books with special rulers, bundled patterns, table runners, lap quilts, ect. Believe me ... Those cans fill up to the rim for some of the items.
At the end of the show, the items are drawn one at a time, they have a container they dump the tickets into and someone else pulls the winner. They announce it and if the person isn't there, they notify them by phone and mail it to them. That way everyone has a chance to win even if they left earlier.

There is also a seperate country store with items the quilter's want to sell individually. There are some items in there that are used some new. I don't know if the guild charges them a small fee, or what.