Quilting craft items to sell
05-05-2010, 06:11 PM
#62
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Location: Blackwood, New Jersey
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Our quilt guild collects all the old buttons we can and puts them in small, unusual jars (such as little jelly jars, cosmetic jars, etc) and ties a ribbon around an sells them. Easy to put together and goes over great!
05-05-2010, 06:18 PM
#63
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Location: FL
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Rice filled heat bags are fabulous and sell well. Just sew a square and leave an opening in one side. fill 1/4 way full with long grain regular (NOT INSTANT) rice and stitch closed.
Put a note with it to heat in microwave for 1 minute (no longer).
Put a note with it to heat in microwave for 1 minute (no longer).
05-05-2010, 09:20 PM
#68
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: NW Kansas
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Originally Posted by huntannette
Hi ...how about Zhu Zhu pet clothes...very popular right now and easy to make...a scrap of material and an elastic...check the Zhu Zhu pet website
05-05-2010, 09:31 PM
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Originally Posted by grandma Janice
This is a new one to me. What is a sausage pillowcase?
05-06-2010, 04:42 AM
#70
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Daphne, AL
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Be sure that you use all cottons in the construction to avoid scorching of fabric. My first potato bag was a gift and scorched on the corner after a few uses. Naturally, I began making them as gifts also. Then one of these scorched. After analyzing construction, I finally decided that it had to be the polyester covered cotton thread that I had used. Now I use cotton thread and have had no more scorched bags.
To make construction and use a lot easier, I just flip the top over like a purse. Much easier to insert and remove potatoes.
No need to decorate front - just use attractive printed fabrics. There are a lot of fabrics out there printed with fruits, veggies, etc. Be sure and wash the fabric first to remove any excess dye and the sizing.
These sell for $10 on the net. The friend who gave me mine - at last count - had sold 132.
By the way, I cut mine 11x22. I like that little extra width.
Good luck with your project.
To make construction and use a lot easier, I just flip the top over like a purse. Much easier to insert and remove potatoes.
No need to decorate front - just use attractive printed fabrics. There are a lot of fabrics out there printed with fruits, veggies, etc. Be sure and wash the fabric first to remove any excess dye and the sizing.
These sell for $10 on the net. The friend who gave me mine - at last count - had sold 132.
By the way, I cut mine 11x22. I like that little extra width.
Good luck with your project.
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