Ok. I did it again I hit the thrift shop today. It is a good thing there are only 2 shops in my town and 1 I don't shop cause I don't like paying new prices for used stuff. I got a bag full of scraps for one dollar. Thought I would share, if you all ever get tired of my thrift shop finds just tell me. I used an orange to show how much is there.

Wow, you sure do great at these thrift stores!

Super, I have some of that black flowered fabric too. It was one of my favorites.

Makes me want to hit the two thrift stores I have in town!!!

Wow, that's great! I went to one today and they want 50 cents a piece.... You got a bargain!

They tried to raise the prices on fabric when they thought WM was taking out the fabrics and no one would buy it. So the prices have dropped back down. BTW our WM kept some fabrics.

WooHoo! I love thrift stores...wish I had more time to visit them, you found some goodies!

Way Cool Kiddo..... I went today hoping to find a Non Stick egg poaching pan. Didn't find one so looked for favric. No luck....

I think it's great when a quilter finds a buy like you did.
I just wished I could find buys like that.

Good for you. You know how to burn test for cottons? I do that on fabric I'm not sure about.

WOW You sure got value for money.

No I don't. Please tell me how. Tho I generally use what feels good to my fingers.

You take a small piece and burn it. If it all turns to ash it's cotton. If there is some twisted hard pieces left there's polyester or some kind of non-cotton material in it. I've tested material I thought was for certain cotton...and it wasn't.

Thanks, I will have to give it a try.

pretty find!

I want to go live by you :mrgreen: Ours never have anything like that :cry:

You are so lucky! I keep hitting the thrift stores in the different towns I visit weekly to see clients, and they just don't seem to have fabric. Did get a 1/2 gallon plastic bag of nice sized moda fabric scraps for 50 cents, but then went and spend $$$ on coordinating fabrics so I would have enough to make something....I think I defeated the savings... :shock:

I used to be able to find tons of fabric but the other quilter and even the omish discovered my secret. So now I am finding less and less but I will still keep looking.

Scrappy quilt here she comes.

You did great! I never see fabric in Thrift Shops here. Never. I'm happy for you. Keep on shopping girl! Get it ever chance you can.

Great find! I don't see bags of fabric at our stores either.

You have to be very opened minded when shopping in a thrift/resale store or garage sales. Make your list (on paper or mentally) and keep shopping and watching for what you "NEED". It gives you another reason to go shopping more often.

You know a great thrift shop. Good for you. Lots of fun quiting ahead.

Way to go, you will be busy for a while.

Wow thats a great find. I dont have any luck either at my thrift shop so i go to the yard sales. There i can get some great bargains but you have to go early to get them.

Holy Cow! Lucky Ducky! :D

nice haul

You did great! I love the thrift stores for finding fabric. Just have to time it right! I have a large collection of double knit poly quilts and love finding chunks of double poly fabric to finish them.

I find poly fabric all the but I never buy it.

We were suppose to have the city wide yard sales last weekend but it stormed instead. Hopefully they do it again, I am also a yard sale junkie. If there is a bargain to be had I will search til I find it. I guess it is from being poor so I have to find the best prices. If I was rich I would still be looking for the bargains. It is just the way I roll I guess. Thank you everyone for indulging me with my finds, I don't have too many to share them with.

cjo momma, no I won't get tired of seeing your treasured finds as you do exactly what I do and I love it!!!!!!! I have fun and a great deal of satisfaction in making my quilts from Op shop finds, it makes it much more challenging but I love scrappy quilts so I am in my element. In fact I got a couple of bargins yesterday as I had to visit the city for an eye appointment. I can only get to go once a week but boy have I got some great fabrics, yesterdays were Retro from the 70's! My stash (if you could call it that) is 99% Op shop finds and 1% sales special fabric.

Gal

Thank you Gal. You could show your find to us too. Heck post them on here with mine. I would love to see them. Maybe I should start a thread on showing your bargains. What do you think.

I love to see everyone's "finds" and yes if I won the lottery tomorrow, I'd still be buying my vintage and retro clothes and thrift store rummaging to supplement my stash.

I would like to find a thrift shop like that

SCORE!!!!! ;) ;) :lol:

Awesome find. I need to check our Good Will. That would be exciting to find a bunch of fabric for $1.00

Wow, what a buy. Don't stop sharing. I love your finds.

O I love your pics of your Thrift Shop finds , I'm so happy to see others like me here on the board that doesn't mind
shopping for the bargains and being thrilled at what we find. I'm the same way if I woke up rich tomorrow I'd still shop at the
Thrift Shops and yard sales and Goodwill's, they are my kind of
fun :D

Great find!

I love your finds. If everyone gets tired of them you can still show me pictures, I will never tire of them, all of my adult life has been thrift store shopping. I love it when I get something really good and can use it, for such a small price. Most of my shopping when I was younger was out of necessity, now its just for fun. Love it. Love what you found. Great find.

Rita