I didn’t need anything else to do. But I found this great quiltalong and signed up because I needed to make someone a quilt and because the grand prize is a tricked out Janome sewing machine.
New fabric for this would have run over $50, which was not in the budget. So I turned to the thrift store stash and found a few plaid men’s shirts and a plaid pair of pajama pants. After a return trip to the thrift store on 1/2 price day I had enough shirts for a great start. I’m saving the pockets for another project.
Here is some of what was left.
June 7, 2009 at 8:07 am |
I am mad about plaid! I love it! I can’t wait to see the progress of this!
June 9, 2009 at 9:02 am |
Pockets project – now that got my attention!
June 14, 2009 at 7:52 am |
Thanks to you I have thrifted shirts for fabric. (hence part of my scrap stash!)
I even thrifted a couple of brand new shirts — let me explain. They were batik fabric, extra large men’s shirts on clearance for TWO DOLLARS each. I think I got about a yard out of them. I know I couldn’t have bought batik FQs for that.
June 14, 2009 at 7:54 am |
oh..and I meant to add….always check the clearance racks for all cotton items –sometimes you find great bargains on fabric that way. (My big score, above, was in a clothing store. NOT WALLY!)