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08-20-2011, 04:54 AM

#71

tmg

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Join Date: Mar 2010

Location: Kimberly, Al.

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You bet I would. It can be called "NEW TO ME". what one person does not like another might love. The people at the thrift stores really don't know what they are selling. Love going to them though.

08-20-2011, 04:58 AM

#72

Geri B

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Join Date: Jun 2011

Location: Illinois

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we should form a franchise.....we all live in different areas...hey, MickieD here we come....but this is so much better for one than fast food......fast fabric yahoo!!!!!

08-20-2011, 05:35 AM

#73

AprilG

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Join Date: Aug 2011

Location: Orfordville, WI

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Quote:

Originally Posted by jme

Would you shop at a second hand store meant just for quilters/sewing?

Sounds like a great idea! I get a lot of material from regular second hand stores. By that, I mean, I buy dresses and cut them up for scrappy quilts. I also make dolls and I get a lot of fabric for my "babies" that way. It is a cheap way to get fancy material and plain.

After all, isn't that the way your granny made her quilts? Old clothes and flour sacking. I still have my granny's quilt hanging on my sewing room wall.

08-20-2011, 05:43 AM

#74

SharonTheriault

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Location: Jackson, Georgia

Posts: 611

sounds like a fun place to shop.

08-20-2011, 05:44 AM

#75

jme

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Join Date: Nov 2010

Location: DFW Texas

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Quote:

Originally Posted by sosew4fun

Yes, I go to a shop that she buys your excess stash by the
yard, bolt or piece and resells it. She resells for $4 per yard
on bolts, some is cheaper. Also takes embroidery,stamping,
yarn. She opened a tiny store front and is always busy.

That's good to know! Thanks!

08-20-2011, 05:52 AM

#76

Ellen 1

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Join Date: May 2008

Location: Colorado

Posts: 1,184

Quote:

Originally Posted by jme

Would you shop at a second hand store meant just for quilters/sewing?

We have a relatively new shop here in Englewood (Denver Metro area) Wooden Spools, that is "fabric exchange". The fabric looks beautiful and you'd never know you were not the first time buyer!