What do you do with outdated fabric?
05-30-2011, 05:25 PM
#113
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I used up some of the fabric I no longer love and made some really simple quilts for my friend who raises several smaller dog breeds. I've also finished off some real fuglies for her babies as well. The dogs don't care.
Please, please, no one say "puppy mill" here. She is a responsible breeder. I've often said that if reincarnation is true, then I'd like to come back as one of her dogs.
Please, please, no one say "puppy mill" here. She is a responsible breeder. I've often said that if reincarnation is true, then I'd like to come back as one of her dogs.
05-30-2011, 05:33 PM
#115
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Originally Posted by Barb44
What's outdated fabric? There is pretty fabric and ugly fabric, but outdated? No. I see fabric for sale here all the time that I bought 20 years ago for 2.99 selling for 6.00. I don't consider any fabric outdated. But that's me. I like old things better than new.
If you don't want it, send it to me, it will fit right in with the rest. LOL
If you don't want it, send it to me, it will fit right in with the rest. LOL
05-30-2011, 05:56 PM
#116
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You can donate the fabric to a womens shelter if they do a sewing group. I have been teaching a group of women that are in a Elderly Womens Shelter (all of the women are over 60) for about a year. I got machines donated and I asked for any old fabric. This way the fabric goes to a good home. Check the shelters in your area and see if they have a program like this.
06-01-2011, 08:22 PM
#119
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Quilt it. It was charming for its day. It will be charming again some day. Look at the 1930s style fabric. Even the 1950s and 1960s style is coming back. Very nostalgic for those that lived through that period.
That said the only fabric I would not quilt is polyester. That was the fashion of the 1960/70s. I even made a quilt back then with some. But I would not do it again.
That said the only fabric I would not quilt is polyester. That was the fashion of the 1960/70s. I even made a quilt back then with some. But I would not do it again.
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