Destashing
06-23-2011, 09:35 AM
#11
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Originally Posted by Deb watkins
I am headed to Maine in two weeks for vacation and plan on stimulating the local quilt ecomony!!! Same for Boston and Mystic CT.
Between Boston and Mystic you have to go right through little Rhode Island - definately worth the time to swing a couple minutes off the beaten path and go to Just Fabrics. It's in Cranston. Not a big shop or fancy but the owner has all out of print LQS quality fabrics at GREAT prices. She's open M through Saturday 10 - 5. Well worth the stop!
enjoy
06-23-2011, 09:55 AM
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Originally Posted by SharBear
Originally Posted by Deb watkins
I am headed to Maine in two weeks for vacation and plan on stimulating the local quilt ecomony!!! Same for Boston and Mystic CT.
Between Boston and Mystic you have to go right through little Rhode Island - definately worth the time to swing a couple minutes off the beaten path and go to Just Fabrics. It's in Cranston. Not a big shop or fancy but the owner has all out of print LQS quality fabrics at GREAT prices. She's open M through Saturday 10 - 5. Well worth the stop!
enjoy
06-23-2011, 10:17 AM
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Originally Posted by justflyingin
Originally Posted by Deb watkins
I am headed to Maine in two weeks for vacation and plan on stimulating the local quilt ecomony!!! Same for Boston and Mystic CT.
06-23-2011, 10:25 AM
#17
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Originally Posted by np3
I appreciate the concerns over prices going up, but here is my take on de-stashing. I have fabrics that I buy because I love them. Then I can find nothing that I like to go with them. Or I buy a cute children's print and no longer have anyone of that age to make anything for. I don't do scrappy. But I can't stand to throw the pieces away. So I store it and it gets enjoyed by no one unless it is a day when I just pull things out to touch them. Now that I have retired, I am being more realistic about what I will use and what will still be here when my home becomes my estate.
So I sell off the pieces that I know I won't be using, even though I still love them, in the hopes that they will give someone else joy. I am doing the same with patterns.
So I sell off the pieces that I know I won't be using, even though I still love them, in the hopes that they will give someone else joy. I am doing the same with patterns.
06-23-2011, 10:45 AM
#18
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Location: NW Arkansas
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Am doing the same.... using what I already have, making scrap
pieces in sizes from mini-wallhangings to lap quilts.
Then the Yard and Garage sales are another source, as well
as Goodwill, Salv. Army, and other re-sale shops.
For instance: today at re-sale found 2 lovely yards, polished
cotton floral for only $2.
pieces in sizes from mini-wallhangings to lap quilts.
Then the Yard and Garage sales are another source, as well
as Goodwill, Salv. Army, and other re-sale shops.
For instance: today at re-sale found 2 lovely yards, polished
cotton floral for only $2.
06-23-2011, 11:46 AM
#19
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Originally Posted by Pollyv9
De-stash...that word is not in my vocabulary! I went shopping yesterday, looking for a border fabric for a mystery BOM I am working on, and bought fabric at Hancock's, Hobby Lobby, Joanns and a local LQS. Had a 40% coupon at Hancock's, a 50% coupon at Joanns, a 40% coupon at Hobby Lobby and my coupon book was full for the LQS so got two yards of beautiful batik for just $2.24, the tax. Good shopping day!
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