fabric comes from the most unusual places...
07-11-2012, 08:20 AM
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Wow those are some seriously hideous pants but I agree - really cool fabric!
I've bought skirts for fabric in the past. I still have on skirt that I'm going to chop up and make in to a bag or something. It has women walking poodles on it
I've bought skirts for fabric in the past. I still have on skirt that I'm going to chop up and make in to a bag or something. It has women walking poodles on it
07-11-2012, 10:01 AM
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Oh I dunno, I've seen PLENTY of uglier pants ...they wear the silliest looking pajama bottoms IN PUBLIC, seems to be all the rage on the college kids around here. And the accompanying 'bed head' and sleepy, hung-over look is a MUST! 'Course this IS California!! But those you found will be great for quilts! Way to go and thinking outside the pants box! LOL
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07-11-2012, 10:30 AM
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Cool I do this at the Goodwill Pound Store near by (everything sells by the pound different prices for different things like clothes $1.25 a lb or such). Great pillow cases, sheets, skirts and etc in fancy colors.
07-11-2012, 12:06 PM
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Originally Posted by ruthie
You're right the pants are disgusting but the fabric is great. Can't wait to see a quilt with it in it.
07-11-2012, 07:20 PM
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Originally Posted by joobee
Should look great in a quilt. How do you test for fabric cotton content??
07-11-2012, 10:08 PM
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Originally Posted by oma66
I take a piece of the fabric and lite it with a match, over the sink, and if it melts it has polyester or nylon in it, if it just burns, it is cotton...at least that is what a quilt teacher told us in a class once upon a time. It is amazing how quickly the poly will melt...scary!
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