Please share your best money-saving tips for quilters on a budget
#112
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Ohio, the land of 4 seasons. sometimes all in the same week!
Posts: 2,487
hi, I have been quilting for only a year or so. you mentioned a string quilt . . . what is that? I do a lot of charity stuff but not familliar with that.
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#113
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Oregon
Posts: 3,355
I've gotten some great books at low prices from this site:
http://www.edwardrhamilton.com/
I'm tickled pink to see so many great tips. Thanks for starting this thread.
http://www.edwardrhamilton.com/
I'm tickled pink to see so many great tips. Thanks for starting this thread.
#115
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: OFallon, MO
Posts: 2,281
Originally Posted by greaterexp
I've gotten some great books at low prices from this site:
http://www.edwardrhamilton.com/
I'm tickled pink to see so many great tips. Thanks for starting this thread.
http://www.edwardrhamilton.com/
I'm tickled pink to see so many great tips. Thanks for starting this thread.
#116
use the barter system. when I do a simple sewing job for my friends, like to put a hem in a pair of trousers, or fix a ripped skirt, etc. when they want to pay me, I just say get me a spool of quilting thread. that's a bargin for them and I keep in thread for my quilting.
#117
Quilters are such resourceful and creative people. I've already learned a ton of tips from this thread. And as long as you're happy sewing with what you have or can get/afford, that's all that matters.
My idea of big fun is digging into my pile of scraps. It's liberating, creative, recycling, and educational. I'm still learning, so I'm a little afraid about messing up $13 a yard fabric. Scraps are forgiving. That expensive stuff mocks me. LOL!
My idea of big fun is digging into my pile of scraps. It's liberating, creative, recycling, and educational. I'm still learning, so I'm a little afraid about messing up $13 a yard fabric. Scraps are forgiving. That expensive stuff mocks me. LOL!
#118
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Eden, Utah; originally NY
Posts: 357
Originally Posted by newbiequilter
I don't understand the tip about straws on the thread holders.....do you mean the wooden thread racks which hang on the wall or the plastic boxes for thread.....???
#119
ALL OF THE ABOVE...! We recently moved stuff around from guest rooms, etc., and I had 2 extra king size mattress pads, the ones that go under sheets on top of the mattress. In great shape. I washed them very well, then cut off the white fabric going around the 4 sides and have used part of one as a filling for a child's quilt. It worked out perfectly. By the way, the sides I cut off, I trimmed and folded and use them for "samples" in my machine embroidery.
#120
Originally Posted by bonniebusybee
Originally Posted by newbiequilter
I don't understand the tip about straws on the thread holders.....do you mean the wooden thread racks which hang on the wall or the plastic boxes for thread.....???
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