Impressed with freecycle
#21
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Any place I can sew
Posts: 434
Since I'm new to quilting, and I know how expensive fabric is...I posted on my local freecycle board looking for anyone willing to part with scraps for me to practice on. One lady offered me a bag of her "scraps" and when I picked it up off her porch, I was pleasantly surprised to see that it wasn't just scraps. I must have walked away with 20+ yards of different fabrics. Some only a a few inches, but others had a few yards. Not all of them are patterns I would have chosen myself, but hey...it was free and it's for practice!
Just had to share!
Just had to share!
Welcome to the QB, you will love it.
As for your fabric find, I'm doing the HAPPY DANCE for you.
You talked about some of the patterns on the fabric are not things you would have picked, you will find that as you start making blocks with your new finds you might change your mind. I've found that some of the fabric I thought was more to my grandmothers taste, ended up making some of the best looking quilts. Remember after it's cut up and then put back together with other fabrics, it becomes something else.
Good luck and have fun, fun, fun.
Snooks
#22
Your pic is really cute!!!
#23
Super Member
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Central Wisconsin
Posts: 4,391
I lurk on freecyles here locally.. usually it hasnt' been too good of pickings... I try to be specific of what I am seeking ( heck I even use blends and knits) sheets or scrpas are fine....but say up front I can NOT use clothing 4-5 times I've ended up with junk clothing that I would not even take to Good will......
I have used freecycle in other ares with grand results..... you just never know what your gonna get...
I recycle anything and eveything I can....
reuse
make do
buy less
I have used freecycle in other ares with grand results..... you just never know what your gonna get...
I recycle anything and eveything I can....
reuse
make do
buy less
#25
Super Member
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Sweet Home Alabama
Posts: 3,140
Good find! I used to use freecycle quite a bit. Found some really helpful things. Got an Xray box that was in a dr. office and it makes a great light box for tracing. One lady gave me a big bunch of quilt magazines. Lucked out on a bag of ultra suede one time. Went for a bag of scraps and fabric one time and it ended up being mostly junk but guess you get a lemon every now and then. It's a great idea but there are weirdos out there. My dd got involved with one of them. Lady wanted a vase dd had posted and it was already gone. She kept emailing and wanting "her" vase. Finally had to report her. But I've met some really nice people too.
#26
Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Clifton NJ
Posts: 129
I use freecycle often! I have received many wonderful donations of fabric for my Linus Projects.
In turn I have put up quilting magazines, books, fabrics that I wouldn't use in quilting. I got rid of yard chairs and picked up a great leaf blower for my son who had just bought a house.
I will not open the door to anyone- I just leave the items on the front steps
Also there are some neighborhoods I would not go into to pick things up.
One has to be very careful these days- Sad isn't It?
Evelyn
In turn I have put up quilting magazines, books, fabrics that I wouldn't use in quilting. I got rid of yard chairs and picked up a great leaf blower for my son who had just bought a house.
I will not open the door to anyone- I just leave the items on the front steps
Also there are some neighborhoods I would not go into to pick things up.
One has to be very careful these days- Sad isn't It?
Evelyn
#28
I had a lot of scraps and yardage that I wasn't going to use and posted on freecycle. Met a very nice woman (I'm her husbands best friend, she very seldom goes to JoAnn's anymore). I always send her an email to give her first dibs on anything fabric related, she along with other women from her church make a lot of charity quilts. We keep in touch by email very often now too, even about other things.
I have received many useful things also, 13 unopened bags of queen size batting sold at JoAnn's, thicker batting on the rolls, lots of fabric, books, templates, a pvc frame (which I gave to a friend who hand quilts) one of the craft tables sold at JoAnn's just to name a few.
I have received many useful things also, 13 unopened bags of queen size batting sold at JoAnn's, thicker batting on the rolls, lots of fabric, books, templates, a pvc frame (which I gave to a friend who hand quilts) one of the craft tables sold at JoAnn's just to name a few.
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