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#14
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Hartford, Mo
Posts: 5,796
Check up on Good Will and other used clothing stores for shirts, skirts or dresses that you could cut up for scraps...and yard sales, where blue jeans are on sale....who says you have to buy new fabric??? Quilts are scrappy, made from what is available in your area...ask others who quilt in your area, and you may find your bins overflowing. I am surprise that this group has not PMed you yet, offering up their scraps....get creative! When there is a strong desire, you will find a way. Think outside the box...where o where are the scrapes hiding??? Bedspreads, etc., can be cut down for scraps, used curtains, and the list goes on.
#19
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Iowa
Posts: 816
How does one get 300 different scraps!
#20
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Alabama
Posts: 15,368
Some fabric stores (departments) will cut as small as 2" WOF. Also, there are many of the members on the board that would be glad to send you scraps in exchange for the cost of the postage. There is a section on this board called (I believe) "In Search of". You might post a thread in the section.
For scraps you only need to buy a 1/4 yard here and there, maybe 1/2 if you really like it. That way, you only spend a few dollars at a time. That is how I started. Now I think I have too much. But I haven't sewn since my accident in June. Started feeling better last week, so starting to get the itch. With all that I have seen here lately, my head is swimming with ideas!
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