Iamquilter

I did just that last week an am waiting for a call back from the Hospital because I wanted to donate to the cancer center for children that have cancer.

retiredteacher09

The charity quilters that I work with have a box in our church for material/quilt/sheet donations. They also have a small budget from the church. Once in a while, a notice is run in the bulletin as to what supplies are needed. While sorting through things in my in-laws house, I took most of their old sheets, flat or fitted, and blankets, etc. We are based in a suburb of St. Paul, MN.

jamannix

I agree with previous poster. Use 1000s of Bolts- first quality fabrics for less than $4/yd - plus I LOVE the full name of the on-line shop, 1000s of bolts but only one nut.
I also use Marshall Dry Goods - very inexpensive.
Finally, Fabric.com has frequent sales with excellent prices.
Judy

cbuchanan

Kona muslin is beautiful for quilt backs. I buy the wider fabric (108" or 116"...can't remember) and have a lot less waste>

quilter in the making

For my DDIL's quilt I made her for Christmas, I went to Walmart and bought a twin flat sheet (Mainstay?) for $4 and used that. Loved the feeling of it after it was quilted. I'll be doing that more often.

sik1010

There is a Quilt Store in East Lansing that lets you trade in fabric and they give you credit by the pound to buy new fabric. The fabric brought in for exchange is put aside and they have sewing days during the year & use up that fabric. Everyone brings their machine and sews simple patterns, some iron, some border, some quilt them & some tie them, these are then donated locally. I don't know all the particulars, but I could ask them when I get there again. I believe they take some type of tax credit for the donation, so it's good for their business & you get credit in their store for new. Some people get tired of parts of their stash and they enjoy this. I don't know that they will give you the fabric, but they support these sewing days strongly and they're a big social event; some go for 10-12 hours, so they get a variety of sewers. If you're interested or want to present this idea to a local shop, I can check for you.

thrums

I looked under our local Craig List but couldn't find curb alert. What heading is it under?

Thank you. :)

thrums

Could you share the name and address?

Thanks.

:)

thrums

Here's a list of chapters:

http://www.quiltsforkids.org/chapters/

memepat

One of the ladies in my guild ask for everyones scraps or UFOs for charity quilts.