Future Yard Sale
#1
Future Yard Sale
I just did a yard sale with a friend today. I put in about 10 pieces of fabric that had anywhere between 1 yard to as much as 5 yards. I did not cut anything into smaller pieces except for a few bad spots. I really don't want to have to cut the pieces according the customers wishes at the time of the sale unless I have to. None of the fabric was sold.
Question #1 What is the best way to sell fabric at a yard sale? Should I cut the fabric up into smaller pieces?
Question #2 Should I cut the fabric up into smaller pieces and, if so, what is the smallest amount I should cut?
Thanks
Question #1 What is the best way to sell fabric at a yard sale? Should I cut the fabric up into smaller pieces?
Question #2 Should I cut the fabric up into smaller pieces and, if so, what is the smallest amount I should cut?
Thanks
Last edited by patricej; 08-18-2014 at 02:40 AM.
#2
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Ontario, Canada
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I sell my fabric at my quilting guild's yard sale. I got rid of some bundles of unwanted dress material (3 yard pieces) for $1 each and still ended up taking some to the second hand store. The general public is not all that interested in fabric. I think the rules for selling on QB are in the rules and regulations section?
#4
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: AR
Posts: 3,604
Yes, if you let people know that you have fabric, the fabriholics will come out of the woodwork! haha I usually buy boxes with fabric in them at yard sales for one price. I have a great time going through the box and looking at my treasures!
#5
It also depends on what price you put on it...I often see fabric for $1 yard and sometimes a whole box for $20...sometimes it is about .50 yard...try advertizing on Craigslist if you have a lot to sell. Or for your sale.
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Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Circleville, OH
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I went to a yard sale recently that was an estate sale of a quilter. Her daughter had her mother's quilting friends price the fabric. They priced it at LQS prices per yard and it was VERY expensive. The sale started on Friday and when I went on Saturday, there was still a lot of fabric left. I came away with some great rulers, templates and magazines, but no fabric. It was too rich for my blood, especially for a yard sale.
When my mom, who was a quilter passed, we sold some of hers and I marked it reasonablly. It was all gone within an hour. I did the same thing when my "sister of my heart" passed with her quilting fabric and again, it sold quickly. Of course I picked out what I wanted, but there was SO much, I didn't have room to store it all and I knew it would find good homes.
When my mom, who was a quilter passed, we sold some of hers and I marked it reasonablly. It was all gone within an hour. I did the same thing when my "sister of my heart" passed with her quilting fabric and again, it sold quickly. Of course I picked out what I wanted, but there was SO much, I didn't have room to store it all and I knew it would find good homes.
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: MN
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I paid $2.00 a yard for fabric at a yard sale last Thursday.
The lengths varied from a nine yard piece to 1/8 yard pieces.
Her sale was advertised on craisgslist and the listing included "quilting fsbric"
She had a price list taped ro the garage door. I do not know if she was willing to cut pieces ornot.
I considered sll of the fabrics "respectable enough to be usable". I think many of them had been purchased at Walmart, but there were some with lqs brands on the selvages, also.
I bought $38 worth.
She was going to "sniff off" the yardage, but I told her I was more comfortable with her using a yardstick. (In this case, i she did have "long enough arms")
She had a helper that marked down the lengths and I refolded the nine yard piec
You did not mention how much you were asking for your fbrics.
I did make an effort to get to this one because of the ad.
I have seen very little fabric of any kind ( that is not made up into something ) at garage/yard sales.
The lengths varied from a nine yard piece to 1/8 yard pieces.
Her sale was advertised on craisgslist and the listing included "quilting fsbric"
She had a price list taped ro the garage door. I do not know if she was willing to cut pieces ornot.
I considered sll of the fabrics "respectable enough to be usable". I think many of them had been purchased at Walmart, but there were some with lqs brands on the selvages, also.
I bought $38 worth.
She was going to "sniff off" the yardage, but I told her I was more comfortable with her using a yardstick. (In this case, i she did have "long enough arms")
She had a helper that marked down the lengths and I refolded the nine yard piec
You did not mention how much you were asking for your fbrics.
I did make an effort to get to this one because of the ad.
I have seen very little fabric of any kind ( that is not made up into something ) at garage/yard sales.
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