Who Recycles Clothes On Here
02-02-2019, 03:41 PM
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I go to thrift stores for my own clothes and sometimes I'll see a blouse or something in 100% cotton in a beautiful print so I'll buy it for the fabric I can get out of it for a scrappy, if it's cheap. (I usually go on 50% off days.)
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02-02-2019, 04:08 PM
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If you go, find out when they have a discount for senior citizens, because it may only be one day of the week. At our local Goodwill, senior citizens used to get a 15% discount everyday, but now they only give a discount to seniors on Thursdays, and it's 25%.
02-02-2019, 04:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Kelsie
One thing I have done is use part of a heavy wool skirt for the inside of a pad for under my machine. The difference in the noise is very noticeable. Wool has a memory and will not flatten the way a piece of batting would, it springs back.
02-02-2019, 04:12 PM
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Originally Posted by JustAbitCrazy
If you go, find out when they have a discount for senior citizens, because it may only be one day of the week. At our local Goodwill, senior citizens used to get a 15% discount everyday, but now they only give a discount to seniors on Thursdays, and it's 25%.
02-02-2019, 04:20 PM
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Oh yes, many many times! I keep the recycled fabric separate from new quilting cotton, for swapping purposes. But for my own quilts I do use cotton clothes from thrift stores. And I use sheets for backing too, even if they have some polyester in them.
02-02-2019, 04:32 PM
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I never use clothing for quilts. I have a very large stash and am trying to use it up. I bought my fabrics before I retired.
It is good for some people as they can't all buy new. I did use a sheet for a back on a tied quilt. Besides being too warm with a double batting, it would slide off of us. I donated it to a place that gives away quilts to people that need them. That comforter is keeping two people warm now as I cut it in half and finished off those sides.
It is good for some people as they can't all buy new. I did use a sheet for a back on a tied quilt. Besides being too warm with a double batting, it would slide off of us. I donated it to a place that gives away quilts to people that need them. That comforter is keeping two people warm now as I cut it in half and finished off those sides.
02-02-2019, 08:10 PM
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Originally Posted by b.zang
I've been reading a series of books set in Wales during WWII and am feeling inspired to "make do and do over". It's a mindset I grew up with but have bought into the throw-away society of today the past years. While I love buying fabric and can afford it, there's a place within that wants the challenge of creating from cast-offs.
02-02-2019, 08:18 PM
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I paid $1.00 for a 4X denim dress with a full skirt at a garage sale and paired it with red buffalo check I had at home. It made a nice looking donation quilt. (Denim yardage is expensive.). I like to hit the garage sales on Thursday mornings in my part of town but most of the time I find nothing I can use for quilting.
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