Do any of you buy clothes or sheets at the thrift store to use in quilts?
#31
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Gee's Bend ladies worked with the top of the line fabrics also...HUH?
I don't know why their quilts are so highly thought of other then the fact they used what they had like any other quilter who had nothing to work with but what they had. I saw the original show and exhibit at Boston and saw the quilts up close. Nice exhibit and marketed to the hilt to be a success.
I don't know why their quilts are so highly thought of other then the fact they used what they had like any other quilter who had nothing to work with but what they had. I saw the original show and exhibit at Boston and saw the quilts up close. Nice exhibit and marketed to the hilt to be a success.
#32
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I just watched a show that talked about using odd fabrics for quilts. So I headed off to the thrift store and looked in the tablecloth section and bought some not usually quilt fabrics. I also looked on the remnant table and bought some brocade and suede. We ll see how it sews up. Can you machine quilt with a sheet as the backing?
#35
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I love this idea, but the Goodwill and Salvation Army near me have their shirts marked up too high. It is hard to find a bargain close to where I live. I Think when the "chain" thrift stores find out decorators, artists, crafters, quilters, etc. are trying to save money, they mark the good stuff up.
#36
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Please, ladies, wash it before you spend your time on it....especially since most of the garment industry has been outsourced...years ago i worked in a garment factory as an inspector...well, i found out the brown stains on the garments were from the [sacred]cows walking down the aisle in the factory....what i really found astonishing was the label of the company that was retailing these garments-- a "high end" retailer that is still in business today with way overpriced and over stated quality garments!!
#37
The best quilt I had when growing up was made out of men's suits for the top, old wool blankets for the batting and flannel on the back. That was the warmest quilt to cuddle up in. It's over 50 years old now and my brother has it now and still cuddles up with it.
#39
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The best quilt I had when growing up was made out of men's suits for the top, old wool blankets for the batting and flannel on the back. That was the warmest quilt to cuddle up in. It's over 50 years old now and my brother has it now and still cuddles up with it.
#40
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I'm in the middle of tying a quilt made from mens shirts I bought from the thrift store. It would have been difficult to find the variety if I had tried to purchase new fabric. This has worked out so well that I bought 3 shirts last week and again today.
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