Originally Posted by lizzy
I love to go to the thrift shop. I have gotten pretty buttons from clothing, beautiful fabric that I hope to use at some point, and now I am buying purses for the hardware. Just the metal rings, etc., can cost over $4.00 for one purse, and I get them for .50 cents. Can't beat that. I have stopped buying clothes for fabric to reduce my stash to a managable amount.
You can also use the leather in many of the (used )purses for any number of things, hinges, repair, bracelets and so on.