stumped finding linen in small amounts
06-03-2025, 01:45 PM
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stumped finding linen in small amounts
I've been looking for an hour and can find samples (1") and fat quarters and from there to yardage.
I'm doing a slow stitching project and linen is a fabric I don't have with the exception of a 30+ year old dish cloth.
I want more than neutrals, do any of you have a source you can share of maybe 5" to 10" scraps/precuts?
I've tried ebay, etsy, amazon.
I'm doing a slow stitching project and linen is a fabric I don't have with the exception of a 30+ year old dish cloth.
I want more than neutrals, do any of you have a source you can share of maybe 5" to 10" scraps/precuts?
I've tried ebay, etsy, amazon.
06-03-2025, 02:58 PM
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Is not the fast way but I'd be looking at estate sales and thrift stores for linen in with the linens, especially the fancier ones. There are many weights and types, but damask you might be able to find in colors -- now whether or not they are colors you want is another matter! When looking at household "linens" make sure you check out aprons too.
06-03-2025, 03:06 PM
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06-03-2025, 03:52 PM
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Unless you're wanting new fabric, I'd do as Iceblossom suggests and scrounge thrift stores. My friend was collecting tablecloths for her daughter's wedding decoration and I was surprised what we found in thrift stores. If you end up with too much, I've been using old linen for years to clean glasses and dust or polish furniture. Works better than any of those fancy new cloths.
06-03-2025, 04:11 PM
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Have you seen this site? https://magiclinen.com/products/line...nants-set-of-5
06-04-2025, 04:18 AM
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Have you seen this site? https://magiclinen.com/products/line...nants-set-of-5
06-04-2025, 05:39 AM
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thank you all! I've found what I need, I love when multi-brains are involved.
This is what I'm doing so small pieces ...4" blocks. I stopped hand sewing about 5 years ago due to eye problems, but this is improv and the only rule is no stitch redos
It is part of my self-directed grief therapy along with using a Wind Phone
https://www.facebook.com/groups/100d...itchmeditation
if anyone else wants to jump in we could start a thread
bits are from what was on my cutting table that minute. I'd just denuded a bobbin of silk thread
Wind Phone info
https://www.mywindphone.com/
This is what I'm doing so small pieces ...4" blocks. I stopped hand sewing about 5 years ago due to eye problems, but this is improv and the only rule is no stitch redos
It is part of my self-directed grief therapy along with using a Wind Phonehttps://www.facebook.com/groups/100d...itchmeditation
if anyone else wants to jump in we could start a thread
bits are from what was on my cutting table that minute.
I'd just denuded a bobbin of silk threadWind Phone info
https://www.mywindphone.com/
Last edited by KalamaQuilts; 06-04-2025 at 05:41 AM.
