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I hit the Mother Lode- FREE S.E.X. (long)
A few weeks ago I posted about the lady at church that was going to let
me go through her fabric closet. Tonight at church choir practice, her husband brought the closet to me. 3 large black HEAVY garbage bags full of fabric. 1 marked "Summer fabrics" 1 marked "Summer fabrics and Silks" and 1 marked "Cotton for quilting". I wish I had a digital camera to take pictures of it all. Words do not express how much fabric there is here. We're talking hundreds of yards. I've already dumped them out and fondled each piece. The next few days I'm going to sit and measure each one. Some of it is already marked because she bought it and never used it. I'll give a brief list of what I've got. Remember that almost every piece she sent is at least a yard. She said if it was smaller that 1/2 a yard she threw it out. Several solid colored cottons. Different shades of blues, browns, purples. About 5 different ginghams. Many cottons in different patterns. One is a beautiful red with blue and gold butterflies on it. Several of them are oriental prints. Several of them are toile (sp?) prints. Some BEAUTIFUL silks. One is marked 5 yards, from a distance it looks solid black, but up close it has Japanese pagodas and oriental stuff on it. I usually don't like orientals, but I like it. I may keep it and if I lose all this weight it would make a realy beautiful dress. Many yards of terry cloth. About 10 different plaids- they look like the Madras type, a few of them may be homespuns. Many yards of linen type material. Some of it I may keep and make placemats and napkins out of. Many yards of solid colored doubleknit polyester. Some other fabics that are probably meant for drapery's. 1 large gaudy green, red and white, large flowered, window curtain. 1 or 2 large pieces of lace. Some flannels. Some sheer polyesters. She did a lot of sewing when her children were growing up. Most of this fabic was probably purchased during the 50's and 60's. Some of it's really gaudy, but usable. Some of it I wish I knew manufactures. Most of it isn't marked. Do any of you have any ideas about dating material? there is 1 large piece of a teal blue Hoffman batik with palm trees on it. I usually don't like batiks, but i kind of like that piece. 1 piece that is marked "2 1/2 yards Indian Cotton" it looks handmade, it's a sort of tan color with sort of burgundy colored spiderweb looking stuff on it. It's really cool. 1 large piece that looks like hand-dyed tie-dye. Would be a perfect backing for a quilt using hand-dyed fabric. 1 large panel that looks sort of like a southwestern rug. Has birds and fish. I love it, except it's some strange colors. Teal, gold, orange, white and yellow. I'm supposed to go through it and keep what I want, and donate the rest to the upcoming church rummage sale. That's part of why I'll go ahead and measure the pieces. I'm the one who does 90% of the pricing at the garage sale, and it will be easier to sell and deal with if I mark it now. Wish i could keep it all, but I don't have enough room, and some of it I don't think I would honestly ever use. I don't want to mess with an e-bay account or I'd try to sell some of it. I think some of it's too nice to put in the church sale. I'm just in awe of all this fabric. I think I'll make her a lap quilt with some of it. She's a really cool lady, and especiall nice for giving me all this. Babs |
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I think I would die for fabrics like that!!!!! *stares at her own meager supply* It's almost worth talking to my mother about.... |
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I am so jealous of the haul you have!!! Oh man my fabric addiction is
getting worse and worse and for the life of me I don't understand it!!!! Scraps and bits and oddball pieces are my total weakness. I love the challenge of the many bits and what to do with them LOL I have my pictures of some of my scrap squares up on a site now, plus the progression of my frugal quilting effort of making blocks from old bed skirts that cost me a total of $4.oo! www.geocities.com/applessauce/koffeekwilt |
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Oops my link didn't work
Try this one sorry http://www.geocities.com/applessauce/koffeekwilts "~K-K~" wrote in message news:xTH1c.129913$Hy3.97868@edtnps89... I am so jealous of the haul you have!!! Oh man my fabric addiction is getting worse and worse and for the life of me I don't understand it!!!! Scraps and bits and oddball pieces are my total weakness. I love the challenge of the many bits and what to do with them LOL I have my pictures of some of my scrap squares up on a site now, plus the progression of my frugal quilting effort of making blocks from old bed skirts that cost me a total of $4.oo! www.geocities.com/applessauce/koffeekwilt |
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I've now measured every piece. 170 yards of scrumptious free fabric. WOW!
Babs Jan wrote: Babs!! Doing a fabriholics happy dance for you!!!! Have fun!!!!!!!!!! |
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Only in my dreams......
-- Mary http://community.webshots.com/user/mardor1948 "David & Barbara Schmidt" wrote in message ... I've now measured every piece. 170 yards of scrumptious free fabric. WOW! Babs |
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ALOHA
I belong to a group of quilters. We have been given bags of fabrics several times to use in making baby quilts which we donate. Many of them go to Foster Children when taken from their homes. It gives them something to hang onto through a rough time. It is always such fun to go through the bags of fabrics. I can relate to your pleasure in doing so. I recently took a class in Magic Stack and Whack. The hexagons that turned out the most interesting were the ones done with an ugly fabric. Keep this in mind for those odd color/print ones perhaps. Have fun....enjoy. aloha Joan Hancock Kona Hawaii |
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Wow.....it just doesn't get better than that........enjoy!!!!!!
Lorraine http://members.rogers.com/poodiac/lorrainesworld.htm "David & Barbara Schmidt" wrote in message ... A few weeks ago I posted about the lady at church that was going to let me go through her fabric closet. Tonight at church choir practice, her husband brought the closet to me. 3 large black HEAVY garbage bags full of fabric. 1 marked "Summer fabrics" 1 marked "Summer fabrics and Silks" and 1 marked "Cotton for quilting". I wish I had a digital camera to take pictures of it all. Words do not express how much fabric there is here. We're talking hundreds of yards. I've already dumped them out and fondled each piece. The next few days I'm going to sit and measure each one. Some of it is already marked because she bought it and never used it. I'll give a brief list of what I've got. Remember that almost every piece she sent is at least a yard. She said if it was smaller that 1/2 a yard she threw it out. Several solid colored cottons. Different shades of blues, browns, purples. About 5 different ginghams. Many cottons in different patterns. One is a beautiful red with blue and gold butterflies on it. Several of them are oriental prints. Several of them are toile (sp?) prints. Some BEAUTIFUL silks. One is marked 5 yards, from a distance it looks solid black, but up close it has Japanese pagodas and oriental stuff on it. I usually don't like orientals, but I like it. I may keep it and if I lose all this weight it would make a realy beautiful dress. Many yards of terry cloth. About 10 different plaids- they look like the Madras type, a few of them may be homespuns. Many yards of linen type material. Some of it I may keep and make placemats and napkins out of. Many yards of solid colored doubleknit polyester. Some other fabics that are probably meant for drapery's. 1 large gaudy green, red and white, large flowered, window curtain. 1 or 2 large pieces of lace. Some flannels. Some sheer polyesters. She did a lot of sewing when her children were growing up. Most of this fabic was probably purchased during the 50's and 60's. Some of it's really gaudy, but usable. Some of it I wish I knew manufactures. Most of it isn't marked. Do any of you have any ideas about dating material? there is 1 large piece of a teal blue Hoffman batik with palm trees on it. I usually don't like batiks, but i kind of like that piece. 1 piece that is marked "2 1/2 yards Indian Cotton" it looks handmade, it's a sort of tan color with sort of burgundy colored spiderweb looking stuff on it. It's really cool. 1 large piece that looks like hand-dyed tie-dye. Would be a perfect backing for a quilt using hand-dyed fabric. 1 large panel that looks sort of like a southwestern rug. Has birds and fish. I love it, except it's some strange colors. Teal, gold, orange, white and yellow. I'm supposed to go through it and keep what I want, and donate the rest to the upcoming church rummage sale. That's part of why I'll go ahead and measure the pieces. I'm the one who does 90% of the pricing at the garage sale, and it will be easier to sell and deal with if I mark it now. Wish i could keep it all, but I don't have enough room, and some of it I don't think I would honestly ever use. I don't want to mess with an e-bay account or I'd try to sell some of it. I think some of it's too nice to put in the church sale. I'm just in awe of all this fabric. I think I'll make her a lap quilt with some of it. She's a really cool lady, and especiall nice for giving me all this. Babs |
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Aloha and welcome to RCTQ Joan. Thanks the effort for the kidlets
.... no finer use of quilting skills than to make one for a child in need. Got Chocolate? PAT, Official Chocolate Taster of RCTQ, just pining away for some chocolate covered macadamia nuts!! J H wrote: ALOHA I belong to a group of quilters. We have been given bags of fabrics several times to use in making baby quilts which we donate. Many of them go to Foster Children when taken from their homes. It gives them something to hang onto through a rough time. It is always such fun to go through the bags of fabrics. I can relate to your pleasure in doing so. I recently took a class in Magic Stack and Whack. The hexagons that turned out the most interesting were the ones done with an ugly fabric. Keep this in mind for those odd color/print ones perhaps. Have fun....enjoy. aloha Joan Hancock Kona Hawaii |
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Babs,
When and where is the church rummage sale?!! Sounds like I should get there early. Happy fabric fondling, Janet of Gar "David & Barbara Schmidt" wrote in message ... A few weeks ago I posted about the lady at church that was going to let me go through her fabric closet. Tonight at church choir practice, her husband brought the closet to me. 3 large black HEAVY garbage bags full of fabric. 1 marked "Summer fabrics" 1 marked "Summer fabrics and Silks" and 1 marked "Cotton for quilting". I wish I had a digital camera to take pictures of it all. Words do not express how much fabric there is here. We're talking hundreds of yards. I've already dumped them out and fondled each piece. The next few days I'm going to sit and measure each one. Some of it is already marked because she bought it and never used it. I'll give a brief list of what I've got. Remember that almost every piece she sent is at least a yard. She said if it was smaller that 1/2 a yard she threw it out. Several solid colored cottons. Different shades of blues, browns, purples. About 5 different ginghams. Many cottons in different patterns. One is a beautiful red with blue and gold butterflies on it. Several of them are oriental prints. Several of them are toile (sp?) prints. Some BEAUTIFUL silks. One is marked 5 yards, from a distance it looks solid black, but up close it has Japanese pagodas and oriental stuff on it. I usually don't like orientals, but I like it. I may keep it and if I lose all this weight it would make a realy beautiful dress. Many yards of terry cloth. About 10 different plaids- they look like the Madras type, a few of them may be homespuns. Many yards of linen type material. Some of it I may keep and make placemats and napkins out of. Many yards of solid colored doubleknit polyester. Some other fabics that are probably meant for drapery's. 1 large gaudy green, red and white, large flowered, window curtain. 1 or 2 large pieces of lace. Some flannels. Some sheer polyesters. She did a lot of sewing when her children were growing up. Most of this fabic was probably purchased during the 50's and 60's. Some of it's really gaudy, but usable. Some of it I wish I knew manufactures. Most of it isn't marked. Do any of you have any ideas about dating material? there is 1 large piece of a teal blue Hoffman batik with palm trees on it. I usually don't like batiks, but i kind of like that piece. 1 piece that is marked "2 1/2 yards Indian Cotton" it looks handmade, it's a sort of tan color with sort of burgundy colored spiderweb looking stuff on it. It's really cool. 1 large piece that looks like hand-dyed tie-dye. Would be a perfect backing for a quilt using hand-dyed fabric. 1 large panel that looks sort of like a southwestern rug. Has birds and fish. I love it, except it's some strange colors. Teal, gold, orange, white and yellow. I'm supposed to go through it and keep what I want, and donate the rest to the upcoming church rummage sale. That's part of why I'll go ahead and measure the pieces. I'm the one who does 90% of the pricing at the garage sale, and it will be easier to sell and deal with if I mark it now. Wish i could keep it all, but I don't have enough room, and some of it I don't think I would honestly ever use. I don't want to mess with an e-bay account or I'd try to sell some of it. I think some of it's too nice to put in the church sale. I'm just in awe of all this fabric. I think I'll make her a lap quilt with some of it. She's a really cool lady, and especiall nice for giving me all this. Babs |
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