Have you ever held (or been to) a fabric yard sale?
#61
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Location: England
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Do you know of any quilt guilds in your area? Look for them online. Contact them and ask if they would be interested. If there is more than one guild, ask them all. You could hold a private sale only for quilters. We know the value of fabric. I'm afraid at a yard sale that people would not pay what it's worth.
Yard /boot sales ,stuff goes for peanuts, I bought the MOST divine q/fabric for £1 44x 80 inches.
#62
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Lumby, British Columbia
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Yes I've been to a quilters sale before. It was after our big quilt show. Someone had place a flyer on the windshield of my car and all the other cars in the parking lot. The sale was held in the basement of a ladies house. She was closing out a quilt shop and had tons a stuff. Her prices were @ $4 to $5 per meter. It was well attended, she also had an add in the local paper. Make sure to call it a quilters sale and let people know ahead of time the prices per yard will be.
#63
Our local quilt shop has a yard sale day. You pay for the table space and she also takes a small cut. Also may consider signing up to be a vender at any local quilt shows. You could command a higher price rhan a yard sale..
#64
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: near Peoria Illinois
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Something you might check into is a local guild that is having a quilt show. some have fund raisers for the show, and will accept some fabrics that are quilt related. You put a price on it, and the guild gets so much from the sale, and you get the rest. Like consignment. Not all do this. There are trunk sales alot of places. There again your foot traffic may not be quilters. Some guilds also have these as fund raisers.
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