What quilting supplies/tools do you hate to spend money on?
06-13-2013, 08:28 AM
#45
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In the past I would have said rotary blades. It used to REALLY irritate me to have to buy them. Then one day my DH found them on ebay or Amazon REALLY cheap (And they were OLFA). It was so exciting to get a box with 50 brand-new, still packaged rotary blades.
06-13-2013, 09:45 AM
#46
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Location: Shipshewana, IN
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There are enough free patterns available that I have never bought one.
I buy most items at thrift stores or yard sales: Magazines (like new, some with templates in them) 20-25 cents each; Quilting Books (only new or just like new and I review them for content) $1 - $2 each; Fabric (Only buy new or like new, 100% cotton and check for musty or cigarette odor) $1 - $2 a yard; Rulers, I never pay more than $5 each. I have also found needles, pins, bobbins, bobbin holders, storage bins and other supplies at yard sales. So I guess my answer to your question would have to be thread.
I check the newspaper weekly for yard sales in my area; sometimes they will say fabric, sewing supplies, etc., in their ad, sometimes not. The secret is getting out EARLY. I have been to yard sales where the woman is a quilter and needs to liquidate stock; is no longer quilting; and/or taught classes; had a shop or someone in her family had one; or other similar situations that have occurred either personally or with a family member (usually mother or grandmother). You can get great buys out there. I also frequent Salvation Army, Goodwill and St. Vincent DePaul weekly in our town. Last week my sister beat me in finding a beautiful homemade vintage quilt, in excellent condition for $1.80, yes I said one dollar and eighty cents, at Salvation Army. I really wish that I had taken a photo to share with you. So there really is not a need to spend a lot of money at our trade/craft unless you choose to do so.
Good luck!
I buy most items at thrift stores or yard sales: Magazines (like new, some with templates in them) 20-25 cents each; Quilting Books (only new or just like new and I review them for content) $1 - $2 each; Fabric (Only buy new or like new, 100% cotton and check for musty or cigarette odor) $1 - $2 a yard; Rulers, I never pay more than $5 each. I have also found needles, pins, bobbins, bobbin holders, storage bins and other supplies at yard sales. So I guess my answer to your question would have to be thread.
I check the newspaper weekly for yard sales in my area; sometimes they will say fabric, sewing supplies, etc., in their ad, sometimes not. The secret is getting out EARLY. I have been to yard sales where the woman is a quilter and needs to liquidate stock; is no longer quilting; and/or taught classes; had a shop or someone in her family had one; or other similar situations that have occurred either personally or with a family member (usually mother or grandmother). You can get great buys out there. I also frequent Salvation Army, Goodwill and St. Vincent DePaul weekly in our town. Last week my sister beat me in finding a beautiful homemade vintage quilt, in excellent condition for $1.80, yes I said one dollar and eighty cents, at Salvation Army. I really wish that I had taken a photo to share with you. So there really is not a need to spend a lot of money at our trade/craft unless you choose to do so.
Good luck!
Last edited by Nancy Ingham; 06-13-2013 at 10:02 AM.
06-13-2013, 10:48 AM
#49
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Location: Wyoming
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Nancy you are so right on there are good places to buy this stuff without spending an arm and a leg like Harbor Freight for the cutting blades applique scissors at the vet supply same thing called bandage scissors if we look around we find all kinds of things
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