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Old 03-29-2010, 03:12 AM
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KatFish
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Originally Posted by POosterman
Hit the garage sales and thrift stores. And maybe your husbands closet. Rummage sales are good too. You be surprised how much material you can get from a large shirt. Then----- you will have all kinds of scraps to work with. A lot of quilt show sell bags of scraps for very little money. So go get them scraps girlie!
I recently made 7 quilts from 15 shirts sized 3XXX and 73 yards of muslin. My Uncle Gary passed away and my Aunt asked me to make 7 quilts for the family. I can't say they were all spectacular, but the family was very happy to have them.
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