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    Old 05-19-2015, 05:31 PM
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    Check the quilting fabric listings at Ebay and Etsy. At Ebay, you can select to see the "sold" listings, so you know what is selling, and for how much. Etsy is a little more difficult - you can see the active listings, and you can see what someone has sold but not the price it sold for. Typically, crafting and sewing supplies sell for more on Etsy than on Ebay, but in my experience, Ebay sells faster.

    If you go that route, I second the recommendation that you be accurate - and I mean really, really accurate - in your description and take good pictures. Some buyers will use any excuse to get a refund and if they say the item wasn't as described, you have to pay to have it shipped back to you, so you're out shipping both ways.

    I've never had much luck with CL, but that may also be an option.
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    Old 05-19-2015, 06:43 PM
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    Originally Posted by JulieW8
    Check the quilting fabric listings at Ebay and Etsy. At Ebay, you can select to see the "sold" listings, so you know what is selling, and for how much. Etsy is a little more difficult - you can see the active listings, and you can see what someone has sold but not the price it sold for. Typically, crafting and sewing supplies sell for more on Etsy than on Ebay, but in my experience, Ebay sells faster.

    If you go that route, I second the recommendation that you be accurate - and I mean really, really accurate - in your description and take good pictures. Some buyers will use any excuse to get a refund and if they say the item wasn't as described, you have to pay to have it shipped back to you, so you're out shipping both ways.

    I've never had much luck with CL, but that may also be an option.
    Even when the description was accurate, one can get a buyer that will be unpleasant just because he/she can be.
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    Old 05-20-2015, 03:32 AM
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    I regularly search craigslist looking for garage sales which feature quilting products. I've also purchased scraps via etsy, so those are both good options. Good luck with your sale.
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    Old 05-20-2015, 04:10 AM
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    How do you obtain different membership status?
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    Old 05-20-2015, 04:23 AM
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    Originally Posted by Lady Diana
    How do you obtain different membership status?
    By participating on the board. The more your participate your status changes.
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    Old 05-20-2015, 04:44 AM
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    Maybe check with a guild.
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    Old 05-20-2015, 07:28 AM
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    Originally Posted by feline fanatic
    By participating on the board. The more your participate your status changes.
    I checked and the OP has been a member here a long time, so really, unless things have changed, all she would have to do is start posting more and in a couple of weeks she could sell here. (That is how it used to be anyway...since she's not a new member.)
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    Old 05-20-2015, 07:32 AM
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    I recently had a garage sale for moving. I also had bags of scraps. I put them into zip lock bags, (1 and 2 gallon size) I got three and four dollars a bag. I did put strips and block together and them misc scraps too. All but one bag did sell. Good luck, and just remember people are always looking for deals, and if you want them to sell, price them low.
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    Old 05-20-2015, 08:59 AM
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    I agree with de-stash Instagram.
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    Old 05-21-2015, 04:49 AM
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    I agree with jingle I had thought about selling mine then with todays prices and all of mine is out of quilt shops so is good fabric and I decided no way then I checked out pattern prices and decided I would keep mine especially after I saw one pattern priced at 45.00 dollars and I could take some of my patterns and or magazines mix and match and come up with almost the same thing I keep hoping to run into a young person who would like to quilt and can't afford it I would just give it to her and help her get started
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