cr12cats

to answer barbz I can't drive anymore so I have to wait to go there saturday ( if not snowed in) but after I go I will post what area it is and how much okay?

Momsmurf

Along the same lines as UNSUBSCRIBE...I have begun to apply that to magazine. I will thumb through new magazines in stores and if there is something that I want to make, then I'll by the magazine, or if I have a better filing system (one where I actually can find what I want) I'll go to my local library and photo copy it.

leatheflea

The goodwill here wont sell fabric or canning supplies or old computers. How do I know I tried giving them an old monitor and printer. Even with the printer software they wouldnt take it, thats when they gave me a list of things they wouldnt take.

TanyaLynn

Another great place to save is the Habitat foro Humanity warehouse. Haven't seen anything for sewing, but lots of other things you might need particularly if you are doing any repair, redecorating or constructing projects. They are really at reduced prices and have a lot of brand new things. My son got some beautiful cabinet pulls at very low prices.

ptquilts

this is where Freecycle comes in handy. I got rid of an 18 year old printer last year to someone who Really wanted that model. Paid me to ship it to him and everything.

Just go to www.freecycle.org and put in your local area. You will have to join the group to post or read ads, but you can set it to where you do not get emails from them if you don't want to. The groups are run by Yahoo Groups, I have never had a problem with spam or scammers, and I belong to a few FC groups. If you have a yahoo account you can just sign in with that.

joyceesew

At our local quilting guild we have a guild library and can borrow books for one month for free. Late fees are one dollar per month.

wraez

leatheflea, have you tried asking them to hold it for you, call you and you will be happy to go get it and give a donation for something that they throw away? or maybe they bundle it and sell all fabric as 'rags' ... I think that is what alot of thrift stores do.

warm quilt hugs, sue in CA

wraez

at our local .99 store they were selling plate holders made of wooden dowels and I use it for holding my rulers, etc., was a great buy for a buck. At least I think they were for stacking plates, they were in the kitchen gadget area.

I also bought lots (40) of the carpet rotary blades at Harbor Freight, oh my they are wonderful. And needles in bulk from a yahoo group called Needlecoop. Divided the packs with 3 other friends and we each got 75 needles (25 were titanium) for less than $16. I won't need to buy more blades or needles for a long long time.

warm quilt hugs, sue in CA

JUNEC

What a great idea

grmamrtha1

I'm a pack rat--I can't Throw anything away. But... I found Freecycle.org and I've given more stuff away that has been in my house and never used. But I couldn't throw it away. So Freecycle has been wonderful for me. I very rarely ask for anything, but fortunately I've given Lots away. I think everybody should join Freecycle.org. Keep the landfills free of stuff that won't decompose. Who cares what would become of landfills anyway???