Bought my first bolt!
#1
Bought my first bolt!
I've been sewing all my life, but I bought my very first full bolt of fabric today! It's just muslin for quilt backs (108" wide!), but it feels like a milestone to me.
#3
I buy bolts often. Especially white on white and cream on cream. It seems like I use them up within a year. Also, Joanne's has a great flannel sale every year the day after Thanksgiving, and I buy flannel by the bolt for quilt backs. Also, I love the bolt sale at Sauders in Denver, PA. They have it several times a year.
#5
Wow, you are a true professional now. Congrats. I get how you feel. Years ago I bought a bolt of blue calico with little red and yellow flowers for the whopping sum of $30. I was making cutesy stuff to sell and tried a business selling baskets with Vermont cheese and other food products. Planned to make napkins and basket liners. It didn't work out, and I've still got a bunch of it buried somewhere in my stash, but it's kind of dated to use now.
#6
I buy bolts of fabric with my two quilt friends. I buy a bolt and they each buy a different one. We then swap 5 yards each. Most bolts are 15 yards. I end up with three different fabrics of 5 yards each. We buy a lot of bolts and swap when we go to Marshall's Dry Goods warehouse.
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Wow, you are a true professional now. Congrats. I get how you feel. Years ago I bought a bolt of blue calico with little red and yellow flowers for the whopping sum of $30. I was making cutesy stuff to sell and tried a business selling baskets with Vermont cheese and other food products. Planned to make napkins and basket liners. It didn't work out, and I've still got a bunch of it buried somewhere in my stash, but it's kind of dated to use now.
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